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Urban, Mathias; Reikerås, Elin; Eidsvåg, Gunnar Magnus; Guevara, Jennifer; Saebø, Janken; Semmoloni, Carolina – Global Studies of Childhood, 2023
This paper presents and discusses the findings of a collaborative investigation into Nordic approaches to evaluation and assessment in early childhood education and care. The project explored values and principles that underpin and guide evaluation in ECEC systems and practices in five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Educational Quality
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Bladh, Stephan; Heimonen, Marja – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2007
In this paper, the authors discuss the influence of democracy and law on music education in Sweden and Finland, and the potential for music education as training in democracy. The latter consideration can be instructive regardless of the nation, or its laws and paradigms of music education. The theoretical background is based on Jurgen Habermas'…
Descriptors: Music Education, Democratic Values, Educational Legislation, Democracy
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Vakeva, Lauri; Westerlund, Heidi – Action, Criticism, and Theory for Music Education, 2007
The winning of an artist representing the lowest level of Finnish musical taste during the 2006 Eurovision song contest marks not only the rebellious attitude towards the over-sanitized contest, but it was the result of a new practice--voting by text message. Recently, music-biased schools that were once selective of the music they teach are now…
Descriptors: Music Education, Democracy, Democratic Values, Foreign Countries