The Role of Educational Policy and Adult Education in the Integration of Immigrants in Iceland and the other Nordic Countries.
This article describes the results of a Nordic study on the role of continuing education in the integration of immigrants in the Nordic countries. Integration and education policies and their implementation is compared across the five participating countries. The conclusions are that despite common...
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fticelandunivojs:oai:ojs.hi.is:article/1464 2023-05-15T16:49:12+02:00 The Role of Educational Policy and Adult Education in the Integration of Immigrants in Iceland and the other Nordic Countries. Stefna og framkvæmd símenntunar og aðlögun innflytjenda á Íslandi og öðrum Norðurlöndum. Arnbjörsdóttir, Birna 2015-01-17 application/pdf https://ojs.hi.is/millimala/article/view/1464 isl ice Milli Mála https://ojs.hi.is/millimala/article/view/1464/561 https://ojs.hi.is/millimala/article/view/1464 Milli Mála; Árg. 3 (2011): Milli Mála 2298-7215 2298-1918 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2015 fticelandunivojs 2022-09-21T13:39:50Z This article describes the results of a Nordic study on the role of continuing education in the integration of immigrants in the Nordic countries. Integration and education policies and their implementation is compared across the five participating countries. The conclusions are that despite common emphases in the national policies, their implementation in each country varies. The study participants therefore call for more Nordic cooperation, especially in the areas of implementation, research, teacher education and development of educational opportunities for immigrants. The second half of the article describes the results of the Icelandic part of the study. Although much has been accomplished in immigrant education in Iceland, there is still a way to go before the goals of the official immigrant education policy are reached. The article concludes with reflections on the possible counterproductive effects of the strong Nordic general welfare policy on immigrants’ sense of agency and suggests ways to increase cooperation between government organizations and researchers in the Nordic countries for the promotion of integration.Keywords: Nordic countries, immigrants, policy in the Nordic countries, integration, continuing education Í þessari grein er fyrst lýst samnorrænni rannsókn á þætti símenntunar og fullorðinsfræðslu í aðlögun innflytjenda á Norðurlöndum. Borin er saman stefna í menntunarmálum fullorðinna innflytjenda, framkvæmd slíkrar stefnu á Norðurlöndunum fimm og símenntunarúrræði sem í boði eru í hverju landi. Rannsóknin leiddi í ljós að þrátt fyrir samræmi í stefnu er framkvæmd hennar í löndunum fimm mjög mismunandi og var því í niðurstöðum rannsóknarinnar m.a. kallað eftir meiri samhæfingu og samvinnu um framkvæmd og sérstaklega um rannsóknir, kennaramenntun og þróun námsleiða. Síðan er fjallað sérstaklega um íslenska hluta rannsóknarinnar. Niðurstöður hennar eru að mikið hefur áunnist en ennþá er nokkuð verk óunnið áður en markmiðum yfirlýstrar stefnu íslenskra stjórnvalda er náð. Að lokum er velt ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University of Iceland: Peer Reviewed Journals Náð ENVELOPE(-14.843,-14.843,64.382,64.382) |
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This article describes the results of a Nordic study on the role of continuing education in the integration of immigrants in the Nordic countries. Integration and education policies and their implementation is compared across the five participating countries. The conclusions are that despite common emphases in the national policies, their implementation in each country varies. The study participants therefore call for more Nordic cooperation, especially in the areas of implementation, research, teacher education and development of educational opportunities for immigrants. The second half of the article describes the results of the Icelandic part of the study. Although much has been accomplished in immigrant education in Iceland, there is still a way to go before the goals of the official immigrant education policy are reached. The article concludes with reflections on the possible counterproductive effects of the strong Nordic general welfare policy on immigrants’ sense of agency and suggests ways to increase cooperation between government organizations and researchers in the Nordic countries for the promotion of integration.Keywords: Nordic countries, immigrants, policy in the Nordic countries, integration, continuing education Í þessari grein er fyrst lýst samnorrænni rannsókn á þætti símenntunar og fullorðinsfræðslu í aðlögun innflytjenda á Norðurlöndum. Borin er saman stefna í menntunarmálum fullorðinna innflytjenda, framkvæmd slíkrar stefnu á Norðurlöndunum fimm og símenntunarúrræði sem í boði eru í hverju landi. Rannsóknin leiddi í ljós að þrátt fyrir samræmi í stefnu er framkvæmd hennar í löndunum fimm mjög mismunandi og var því í niðurstöðum rannsóknarinnar m.a. kallað eftir meiri samhæfingu og samvinnu um framkvæmd og sérstaklega um rannsóknir, kennaramenntun og þróun námsleiða. Síðan er fjallað sérstaklega um íslenska hluta rannsóknarinnar. Niðurstöður hennar eru að mikið hefur áunnist en ennþá er nokkuð verk óunnið áður en markmiðum yfirlýstrar stefnu íslenskra stjórnvalda er náð. Að lokum er velt ... |
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The Role of Educational Policy and Adult Education in the Integration of Immigrants in Iceland and the other Nordic Countries. |
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The Role of Educational Policy and Adult Education in the Integration of Immigrants in Iceland and the other Nordic Countries. |
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The Role of Educational Policy and Adult Education in the Integration of Immigrants in Iceland and the other Nordic Countries. |
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The Role of Educational Policy and Adult Education in the Integration of Immigrants in Iceland and the other Nordic Countries. |
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The Role of Educational Policy and Adult Education in the Integration of Immigrants in Iceland and the other Nordic Countries. |
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role of educational policy and adult education in the integration of immigrants in iceland and the other nordic countries. |
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