Teacher Education in the Nordic Region : Challenges and Opportunities /

This open access book is the first account of the whole diversity of teacher education in the Nordic region: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, the Åland Islands and Sápmi (where the Sámi people live). Today, large parts of the world are looking to the Nordic mo...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Elstad, Eyvind (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
Edition:	1st ed. 2023.
Series:	Evaluating Education: Normative Systems and Institutional Practices,
Subjects:	Teachers-Training of. Education and state. Schools. Teaching and Teacher Education. Educational Policy and Politics. School and Schooling. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

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About the authors
Why should people outside the Nordic region be interested in teacher education in the Nordic region?; Eyvind Elstad
Part I: The evolution of teacher education in the North
Chapter 1 An overture: A historical overview of political and cultural precursors of the Nordic school system and its variety of teacher education programmes; Eyvind Elstad
Chapter 2 The evolution of the extended comprehensive school model and the modern profession-oriented teacher education after World War II; Eyvind Elstad
Part II: Teacher education in Nordic countries and autonomous areas
Chapter 3 The education of teachers in Sweden: An endeavour struggling with academic demands and professional relevance; Björn Åstrand
Chapter 4 Tension patterns in Finnish teacher education - recruitment, reform and relevance; Sven-Erik Hansén, Jari Lavonen, Jan Sjöberg, Jessica Aspfors, Tom Wikman and Inger Eriksson
Chapter 5 Teacher education in Norway; Kaare Skagen and Eyvind Elstad
Chapter 6 Teacher education in Denmark; Lis Madsen and Elsebeth Jensen
Chapter 7 Five-year teacher education for compulsory school in Iceland: Retreat from research-based to practice-oriented?; Baldur Sigurðsson, Amalía Björnsdóttir and Thurídur Jóna Jóhannsdóttir
Chapter 8 Teacher education in the Faroe Islands; Hans Harryson
Chapter 9 Teacher education in Greenland; Lars Demant-Poort and Eyvind Elstad
Chapter 10 The long road to Sámi teacher education; Eyvind Elstad
Part III: Crossnational and comparative studies of teacher education
Chapter 11 Nordic student teachers' evaluation of educational theory, subject didactics, practice training, time-on-task and turnover intentions; Eyvind Elstad, Knut-Andreas Abben Christophersen and Are Turmo
Chapter 12 Bringing a global teacher education model to Scandinavia: Examining Teach First in Norway; Katrine Nesje
Chapter 13 Teacher education: How transnational and national policymaking intersects and remakes Nordic collaboration; John Benedicto Krejsler
Chapter 14 Teacher education of the future: Trends and possible scenarios in the Nordic context; Eyvind Elstad.