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Diverse Histories, Common Ground and a Shared Future: The Education of Career Guidance and Counselling Professionals in the Nordic Countries
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Andreassen, Inga H.; Einarsdóttir, Sif; Lerkkanen, Jukka; Thomsen, Rie; Wikstrand, Frida – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2019
The development of education programmes in career guidance and counseling (CGC) has followed different paths among the various Nordic countries. Ten CGC programmes in Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden were evaluated against the NICE curricular model. The results show that all NICE core competences are represented in the…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counselor Training, Competency Based Education, Program Content
Professional Preparation in School Psychology: A Summary of Information from Programs in Seven Countries
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Oakland, Thomas; Hatzichristou, Chryse – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2014
This article summarizes prominent themes found in descriptions of school psychology programs in Estonia (Kikas, 2014), Greece (Hatzichristou & Polychroni, 2014), Hong Kong (Lam, 2014), Romania (Negovan & Dinca, 2014), Sweden (Schad, 2014), United Kingdom (Wood, 2014), and United States (Joyce & Rossen, 2014). This paper summarizes…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Counselor Training, Program Content, Guides
Developments in the Curriculum for the Swedish MSc Programme in Agriculture.
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Malmfors, Birgitta; Nilsson, Kjell-Arne – 1993
In Sweden, higher education in agriculture is provided exclusively by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. The 130 students admitted to the Master of Science program in agriculture annually may choose to specialize in one of six specialty areas (plant science, animal science, food science, biotechnology, economics, and engineering),…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Various Designs of Distance Teaching at Swedish Universities.
Flinck, Rune; Flinck, Agneta Wangdahl – 1985
Hermods, the largest correspondence school in Sweden, was established in 1898 and has offered university-level courses since 1953. In 1973, a policy was implemented allowing any university department in Sweden to offer one or more of its courses as distance courses. At present, three forms of university-level distance education are available in…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational History, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Adult Education in Sweden.
Miller, Harry; And Others – 1978
Folk high schools, study circles, labor market training, union education, and municipal adult schools are the major providers of adult education in Sweden. For the most part, these programs are financed by the government and are tuition free. Folk high schools, which are the oldest type, were founded to provide young adults with a general civic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Civics, Discussion Groups
Comparative Adult Education. The Position of Adult Education Research. Recent Planning Work of Adult Education and Research in Finland. The Contents of Adult Education Research in Five Countries.
Pantzar, Eero – Adult Education in Finland, 1985
This issue examines the following topics: comparative adult education (its scientific status and development), adult education research activity in system analysis, the inner structure of the system of adult education, adult education research and recently completed planning work, and the contents of adult education research in West Germany,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Education, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
Basic Skills in a Longterm Perspective (BAS).
Jansson, Karin, Ed. – School Research Newsletter, 1982
The Swedish Basic Skills in a Long Term Perspective research project, which is described in this paper, was prompted by the belief that only a long-term perspective could reveal significant changes in schools and society at large. The general purpose of the described project is to endeavor, in historical and societal terms, to elucidate and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries