Overview
- This book is the first account of teacher education arrangements in all areas of the Nordic region
- This book contains overview and in-depth educational analyses of teacher education across the Nordic region
- This book discusses the challenges and opportunies of the Nordic professional environment
- This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
Part of the book series: Evaluating Education: Normative Systems and Institutional Practices (ENSIP)
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About this book
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 model of social organization, and interest in the Nordic comprehensive school system and teacher education arrangements is no exception. A good education is a key to prosperity and well-being. And the quality of students’ education is undoubtedly linked to the quality of their teachers’ education. While teacher education in the Nordic region is globally admired, it also faces new challenges. The leading scholars writing in this volume discuss the challenges and opportunities that professional environments are facing. By providing solid portraits of each area as well as analyses across the region, this book will be a great resource to students, academics in teacher education and schooling as well as social scientists and policy-makers inside and outside the Nordic region.
This is an open access book.
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Evolution of Teacher Education in the North
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Front Matter
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Teacher Education in Nordic Countries and Autonomous Areas
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Crossnational and Comparative Studies of Teacher Education
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Eyvind Elstad is a full professor at the University of Oslo. Dr. Elstad is an expert on teaching, teachers’ work and teacher education. He examines teacher education, teaching, teachers as employees, and schools as workplaces. His current main interest is teacher education in the Nordic region. He has published over 120 scientific articles and chapters, has edited 7 books on several topics and published in professional journals. Professor Elstad has served several board and committee memberships in many countries.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Teacher Education in the Nordic Region
Book Subtitle: Challenges and Opportunities
Editors: Eyvind Elstad
Series Title: Evaluating Education: Normative Systems and Institutional Practices
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26051-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-26050-6Published: 14 March 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-26053-7Published: 14 March 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-26051-3Published: 13 March 2023
Series ISSN: 2570-0251
Series E-ISSN: 2570-026X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 384
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Teaching and Teacher Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Education, general
Keywords
- Nordic education
- Teacher education
- Nordic educational policy
- Teacher training
- Teacher education in Norway
- Nordic school system
- Nordic teacher education programs
- Teacher education in Nordic countries
- Teacher education in Denmark
- Teacher education in Sweden
- Teacher education in Iceland
- Teacher education in Finland
- Greenland education
- Nordic Indigenous people
- Sámi teacher education
- Teachers evaluation
- Global teacher education
- Scandinavia education
- education after World War II
- Open Access