The Faroese Path to a Comprehensive Education System
This article traces the Faroese path to a comprehensive education system, following the winding road from Norwegian heritage to Danish rule and an increasing degree of autonomy. The main research question explores the extent to which the Faroese themselves have determined the develop-ment of their e...
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ftntnutrondheimi:oai:ntnuopen.ntnu.no:11250/2644188 2023-05-15T16:10:49+02:00 The Faroese Path to a Comprehensive Education System Volckmar, Nina 2019 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2644188 eng eng Umeå University https://doi.org/10.36368/njedh.v6i2.153 Nordic Journal of Educational History. 2019, 6 (2), 121-142. urn:issn:2001-7766 http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2644188 cristin:1762573 Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no CC-BY 121-142 6 Nordic Journal of Educational History 2 Journal article Peer reviewed 2019 ftntnutrondheimi https://doi.org/10.36368/njedh.v6i2.153 2020-03-04T23:32:26Z This article traces the Faroese path to a comprehensive education system, following the winding road from Norwegian heritage to Danish rule and an increasing degree of autonomy. The main research question explores the extent to which the Faroese themselves have determined the develop-ment of their education system, and the extent to which Norwegian and most of all Danish influences have been crucial in this process. Previous research on the development of Faroese education is insuffi-cient and few secondary sources are available. Therefore, this article is largely based on primary sources, such as legislation, curricula, circulars, official reports and interviews. The analysis shows that changes in governance structures and economic conditions are determinant factors that have had impact on the extent to which the Faroese have been responsible for their own educational development. Strong economic growth in recent years has allowed the Faroe Islands to adopt what is considered to be “global education” and “international standards". publishedVersion Nordic Journal of Educational History 2019. © Nina Volckmar.This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC-BY4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Article in Journal/Newspaper Faroe Islands NTNU Open Archive (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) Faroe Islands Nordic Journal of Educational History 6 2 121 141 |
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This article traces the Faroese path to a comprehensive education system, following the winding road from Norwegian heritage to Danish rule and an increasing degree of autonomy. The main research question explores the extent to which the Faroese themselves have determined the develop-ment of their education system, and the extent to which Norwegian and most of all Danish influences have been crucial in this process. Previous research on the development of Faroese education is insuffi-cient and few secondary sources are available. Therefore, this article is largely based on primary sources, such as legislation, curricula, circulars, official reports and interviews. The analysis shows that changes in governance structures and economic conditions are determinant factors that have had impact on the extent to which the Faroese have been responsible for their own educational development. Strong economic growth in recent years has allowed the Faroe Islands to adopt what is considered to be “global education” and “international standards". publishedVersion Nordic Journal of Educational History 2019. © Nina Volckmar.This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC-BY4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
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