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Hartvigson, Lars; Heshmati, Almas – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2023
This study compares an ideal model of a sustainable research institution and the dominating model used by Sida. It uses a complementary capacity building (CCB) model aimed to promote an improved research culture for strengthening the sustainability of research partnerships in economics and management disciplines. This study uses bibliometric data…
Descriptors: Sustainability, International Cooperation, Educational Development, Foreign Countries
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Edström, Kristina; Kolmos, Anette; Malmi, Lauri; Bernhard, Jonte; Andersson, Pernille – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2018
This paper investigates the emergence of an engineering education research (EER) community in three Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland and Sweden. First, an overview of the current state of Nordic EER authorship is produced through statistics on international publication. Then, the history of EER and its precursor activities is described in three…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Authors
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Virolainen, M.; Persson Thunqvist, D. – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2017
The Nordic countries are often referred to as a group even though their education systems and training models are very different. The aim of this study is to advance understanding of those differences and compare the developments and organisation of initial vocational education and training (IVET) in Finland and Sweden since the 1990s as examples…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational Development, Comparative Analysis
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Alexiadou, Nafsika; Dovemark, Marianne; Erixon-Arreman, Inger; Holm, Ann-Sofie; Lundahl, Lisbeth; Lundström, Ulf – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2016
The last 40 years have seen great political attention paid to issues of inclusion in education, both from international organisations and also individual nations. This flexible concept has been adopted enthusiastically in education reforms concerned with increased standardisation of teaching and learning, decentralisation of education management,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Competition, Comparative Education
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Boström, Lena; Dalin, Rolf – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2016
This research examined teachers' attitudes in a school development project, The best regional educational system in the world which focuses on regional development and school improvement. The project was performed in counties in Mid Sweden, which have a lower educational level and school achievements and a competence escape compare with other…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
OECD Publishing, 2018
Taking the students' perspective, Education Policy Outlook 2018: Putting Student Learning at the Centre analyses the evolution of key education priorities and key education policies in 43 education systems. It compares more recent developments in education policy ecosystems (mainly between 2015 and 2017) with various education policies adopted…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education
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Oppedisano, Veruska; Turati, Gilberto – Education Economics, 2015
This paper provides evidence on the sources of differences in inequality in educational scores and their evolution over time in four European countries. Using Programme for International Student Assessment data from the 2000 and the 2006 waves, the paper shows that inequality decreased in Germany and Spain (two "decentralised" schooling…
Descriptors: Evidence, Equal Education, Etiology, Educational Development
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Hansen, Hanne Foss – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2009
Current educational evaluation is institutionalized as an element in national educational policy in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. This article analyses how higher education and primary and lower secondary education have adopted and institutionalized educational evaluation. The analysis shows similarities and differences in organizing and practicing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Educational Assessment, Educational Research
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Elovainio, Paivi – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1983
The article contrasts the development of secondary schools in Sweden, Finland, and Norway at the end of the nineteenth century and shows how secondary school development was affected by political power structure and conflicts involved in the definition of a national identity for each of the three countries. (SB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Culture Conflict, Educational Development, Educational History
Marton, Ference – Educational Development: Information on Research and Development in Post-Secondary Education, 1975
In response to the growing dissatisfaction of students in the late 1960's to the traditional educational system, where the student felt forced into a role of dependency and passive consumption, the Swedish Commission on University Education suggested an instructional system of supervised student teams as a supplement to regular instruction. The…
Descriptors: Activism, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Educational Development