The Role of Educational Policy and Adult Education in the Integration of Immigrants in Iceland and the other Nordic Countries.

• Main Author: Arnbjörsdóttir, Birna
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: Milli Mála 2015
• Subjects: Náð; Iceland
• Online Access: https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/millimala/article/view/1464

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 ly?st 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 yfirly?strar stefnu íslenskra stjórnvalda er náð. Að lokum er velt ...