Nordic voices : : teaching and researching comparative and international education in the Nordic countries / / Halla B. Holmarsdottir and Mina O'Dowd.

This volume represents the work of sixteen authors, who all work at different universities and other academic institutions in the Nordic countries. It provides insight into the diversity of research being conducted in the northernmost parts of Europe. Although it would be incorrect to assert that re...

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Superior document:Comparative and International Education ; Volume 3
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Place / Publishing House:Rotterdam ;, Boston ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2009]
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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Comparative and international education (Sense Publishers) ; Volume 3.
Physical Description:VI, 317 s.; ill.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Halla B. Holmarsdottir and Mina O’Dowd
  • Introduction / Halla B. Holmarsdottir and Mina O’Dowd
  • The Post-Lisbon Discourse on Skill Mismatches and Competence Upgrading / Marcella Milana
  • Global Influences and National Peculiarities in Education and Training / Sara Frontini
  • Interprofessional Cooperation Between Teachers and Librarians / Joron Pihl
  • Citizenship Education and Intergovernmental Organisations / Nelli Piattoeva
  • Social Cartography Mapping in Theory and Practice / Mina O’Dowd
  • Private Schools and Social Segregation in Basic Education / Jon Lauglo
  • Teacher’s Voices / Heidi Biseth
  • Trajectories in a Changing Field / Jette Steensen
  • Voices from the Field / Kristin Skinstad van der Kooij and Joron Pihl
  • A Digital Divide / Gréta Björk Guðmundsdóttir and Sólveig Jakobsdóttir
  • The HIV/AIDS Pandemic in South Africa / Anders Breidlid
  • A Tale of Two Countries / Halla B. Holmarsdottir
  • Making and Implementing Education Policy in the Context of External Support to Sector Development Programs / Tuomas Takala
  • Education that Builds Peace or Fuels Armed Conflict / Kendra Dupuy
  • A Way Forward / Holger Daun
  • Reflections / Mina O’Dowd and Halla B. Holmarsdottir
  • Contributors / Halla B. Holmarsdottir and Mina O’Dowd.