Tracing historical and cultural factors which gave rise to the Nordic Education Model, this
volume explores why Northern European education policy has become an international …

The chapter examines the systems of vocational education and training (VET) in four Nordic
countries, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark. First, it identifies the common political …

Denmark is known for its comprehensive welfare state. It has carried such labels as a Nordic
welfare state, a universal welfare state, a social-democratic welfare state, a generous or …

This chapter seeks take part in an emerging research where religion is approached as a
whole school endeavor. Previous research and policy recommendations typically focused …

This book addresses governing by numbers and human capital policy in higher education
by asking how higher education is quantified, how the quantitative information is used in …

This article investigates Sámi elementary education in early twentieth-century Finland,
Norway, and Sweden. The main focus lies on cultural contexts that frame and limit language …

" Dialogue"," secularisation" and" pluralism" have been key concepts in international
discussions concerning religion, public space and education for the past decades. Due to …

The article argues that observing 'the Nordic dimension'as a metaspace in methodological
terms harbors rich potential for qualifying educational research, policy, and debate. The …

In this chapter, it is proposed that we live today in a new era, called the Anthropocene, and
also that contemporary educational thought does not sufficiently take account of this …

This volume presents recent research focusing on religion in public education in
Finland.“Dialogue”,“secularisation” and “pluralism” have been the key concepts in …