What Works in Nordic School Policies?:Mapping Approaches to Evidence, Social Technologies and Transnational Influences

This book offers an original contribution to the area of international research on comparative education policies and the influence of transnational agencies on national school policy and reform. With a focus on grasping what the Nordic model or the Nordic dimension means in school and educational p...

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Other Authors: Krejsler, John Benedicto, Moos, Lejf
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Springer 2021
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Online Access:https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/what-works-in-nordic-school-policies(cd13f709-6f69-4df8-8b72-1b0d48c744b6).html
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66629-3
https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783030666286
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Summary:This book offers an original contribution to the area of international research on comparative education policies and the influence of transnational agencies on national school policy and reform. With a focus on grasping what the Nordic model or the Nordic dimension means in school and educational policy, the book explores in depth the school policy contexts of the five Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. It demonstrates how these particular national contexts engage with and contextualize transnational collaboration on issues like school reform, accountability, evidence and what works, and digitalization. The book situates these policy issues over a long period of time while integrating the latest developments and reforms. It demonstrates how context matters. It shows how the often elusive, but pervasive Nordic dimension can only be fully understood by painstaking scrutiny of the five national contexts, their particular trajectories and mutual interactions in formal and informal education.