Schoolteachers and the Nordic Model: Comparative and Historical Perspectives (Oxford Studies in Comparative Education)

ISBN 10: 0367535890 / ISBN 13: 9780367535896

Published by Routledge, 2023

pages cm. Seller Inventory # 26397689765

Synopsis:

Schoolteachers and the Nordic Model examines the cultural distinctiveness of the Nordic teaching profession and teacher training compared to examples from Europe and North America.

The book explores the concept of these ‘teacher cultures’ as various dimensions of professional identities, recruitment patterns, teachers’ social status, values and knowledge. It considers how Nordic teachers“ socio-cultural backgrounds and their shifting societal roles compare with continental European examples, analysing the societal consequences of teacher cultures for the current Nordic welfare states. Offering a unique focus on teachers, the book uses a shared comparative and historical approach to add new knowledge to the analysis of global convergence and divergence in educational systems.

The book will be of great interest to researchers, scholars and post-graduate students in the fields of comparative education, educational policy, the sociology of education and the history of education. It will also be of interest to policy makers, teacher educators and school leaders.

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

About the Author:

Jesper Eckhardt Larsen is Associate Professor in the History of Education at the University of Oslo, Norway.

Barbara Schulte is Professor in Comparative and International Education at the University of Vienna, Austria.

Fredrik W. Thue is Professor in the History and Theory of Professions at Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Schoolteachers and the Nordic Model: ...
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2023
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New