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Transnational Influences on Values and Practices in Nordic Educational Leadership

Part of the Studies in Educational Leadership Book Series (volume 19)

Editors: Moos, Lejf

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6226-8

ISBN: 978-94-007-6225-1

Publisher: Springer Netherlands - Springer Journals

Feb 27, 2013

1 - 10 of 13 Chapters

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Prelude: Tuning the Instrument

Moos, Lejf

Pages: 1 –16

[This chapter introduces the intentions and the arguments of our work. We wanted to explore if transnational influences change national and Nordic values and practices and contribute to forming them into a Nordic model of school leadership. We build on and develop our understanding of school...
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Denmark: New Links Between Education and Economics

Moos, Lejf; Kofod, Klaus Kasper; Hjort, Katrin; Raae, Peter Henrik

Pages: 19 –30

[The Danish educational system is described within general, societal and political frames. Both structures and discourses of education are changing, as all sectors of society are affected by an economic move towards a global marketplace. From 1980 and onwards the Nordic welfare state, created...
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Educational Leadership in Finland or Building a Nation with Bildung

Uljens, Michael; Nyman, Cilla

Pages: 31 –48

[This chapter argues that the Finnish model of educational leadership must be seen as a function of larger tensions, and solutions to such tensions, developed throughout history. The educational policy of Finland as a welfare state builds on a tradition of positive mutual effects between...
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Transnational Influence and Educational Policy in Iceland

Hansen, Börkur

Pages: 49 –60

[This chapter will outline transnational influence on educational policy in Iceland. During the last few decades, educational policy has emphasised decentralisation and empowerment of schools. At the same time, accountability measures have been implemented, particularly concerning basic schools...
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Norway: Centralisation and Decentralisation as Twin Reform Strategies

Møller, Jorunn; Skedsmo, Guri

Pages: 61 –72

[This chapter aims to identify how teaching and leadership within the Norwegian education sector have been conceptualised over time. It starts by sketching some key elements in the history of the education system, including how teachers have played a crucial role in the processes of shaping of...
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Sweden: Centralisation and Decentralisation as Implementation Strategies

Holmgren, Mikael; Johansson, Olof; Nihlfors, Elisabet

Pages: 73 –85

[From the 1930s to 1980s, Swedish education was generally governed much in the same way as the rest of the social democratic welfare state. Policy was to be formulated at the national level through negotiation between leading politicians and representatives of major organised interests,...
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Independent Schools in Different Nordic Contexts: Implications for School Leadership?

Skott, Pia; Kofod, Klaus Kasper

Pages: 89 –111

[Although national education systems are to some degree very stable, we know from earlier country descriptions that the Nordic countries do experience changes, affected by transnational influences. Many educational policy questions are recurrent over time. It is like a shuttle moving between...
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Leadership for Democracy

Moos, Lejf; Hansen, Börkur; Björk, Göran; Johansson, Olof

Pages: 113 –131

[Two perspectives inform the discussion in this chapter. The first is the cultural, societal background of the Nordic countries. In general, the Danish, Icelandic, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish societies have a history of participatory and deliberative democracy with a strong focus on equity....
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The Professionalisation of Nordic School Leadership

Uljens, Michael; Møller, Jorunn; Ärlestig, Helene; Frederiksen, Lars Frode

Pages: 133 –157

[This chapter deals with the ongoing neoliberally influenced educational policy process and how this process affect the (re)professionalisation of school leadership in the Nordic countries. The neoliberal process puts an increased focus on school leadership, accountability, quality assurance and...
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Successful Nordic School Leadership

Moos, Lejf; Johansson, Olof; Skedsmo, Guri

Pages: 159 –172

[With the starting point in the ‘International Successful School Principal Project’ that looked into how success had been sustained over a 5-year period, we found that the governing structures of schools, the definitions of quality, the methods to measure quality and the criteria of success had...

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