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Direct linkKlapp, Alli; Jönsson, Anders – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2021
National goals and performance standards were introduced in Sweden during the 1990s as part of a curriculum reform. The intention was to detect shortcomings among students and provide support to those students who did not reach the passing grade in one (or several) subject/s. Despite this reform, approximately one-fourth of the students do not…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Foreign Countries, Educational Objectives, Factor Analysis
Fjellström, Magnus; Kristmansson, Per – Education & Training, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to compare, and identify both similarities and differences in, affordances for vocational learning in two contrasting education systems, for construction worker and shop salesperson apprentices, in Swedish contexts. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected through interviews and observations in two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Apprenticeships, Comparative Analysis, Affordances
Gumaelius, Lena; Almqvist, Monica; Árnadóttir, Anna; Axelsson, Anders; Conejero, J. Alberto; García-Sabater, José P.; Klitgaard, Lene; Kozma, Cecilia; Maheut, Julien; Marin-Garcia, Juan; Mickos, Henrik; Nilsson, Per-Olof; Norén, Agneta; Pinho-Lopes, Margarida; Prenzel, Manfred; Ray, Johanna; Roxå, Torgny; Voss, Mirjam – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
Since the 1990s, the low number of students choosing to study science and technology in higher education has been on the societal agenda and many initiatives have been launched to promote awareness regarding career options. The initiatives particularly focus on increasing enrolment in the engineering programmes. This article describes and compares…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Universities, Science Interests, College Programs
Desjardins, Richard – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2013
This study considers the extensive critique of the impact of the "market" or "neoliberal" model on learning and its outcomes in the light of alternative models. The purpose is to consider the potential impacts of the market on learning and its outcomes and to contextualise critique by considering alternative coordination…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Commercialization, Politics of Education, Global Approach
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
Download full textMelender, Hanna-Leena; Jonsén, Elisabeth; Hilli, Yvonne – Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2014
The purpose of this study was to compare the experiences of a group of Swedish and two Finnish groups of student nurses (n = 86) on the quality of clinical education over time. The data was collected using an instrument including four factors. In the comparison of the years 2009, 2010 and 2011/2012 (n = 86), there were no statistically significant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nursing Students, Undergraduate Students, Clinical Teaching (Health Professions)
Murakami, Elizabeth; Törnsén, Monika – eJEP: eJournal of Education Policy, 2015
In this study we analyze the extent to which policy documents that include standards and expectations for the preparation of school principals (i.e., head teachers) influence democratic practices. This comparative research examines educational policies that influence the work of principals both in Sweden and in the U.S., the state of Texas asking:…
Descriptors: Policy Analysis, Educational Policy, Principals, Democratic Values
Rapp, Stephan – School Leadership & Management, 2012
This research seeks to look at the effect of the new Swedish training programme for head teachers by comparing it with the previous national training programme and does so primarily through an analysis of documents and texts that served to underpin the two different programmes. To put the Swedish teacher-training programme in an international…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Administrator Education, Leadership Training
Hellstrom, Tomas; Jacob, Merle; Wigren-Kristoferson, Caroline – Industry and Higher Education, 2013
The authors investigate how Third Mission activities at universities, such as the outreach and technology transfer functions, are anchored in organizational structures and practices, and discuss the implications of this relationship for the success of the activities. They draw on case studies of two Swedish university colleges to illustrate the…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Technology Transfer
Giota, Joanna – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2007
The purpose of this article is to examine whether 13-year-old pupils in Sweden and the Netherlands have similar or different goal orientations for going to school and learning. For this purpose a cross-national comparative study was conducted involving 717 Dutch and 7391 Swedish pupils. The findings suggest that while goal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Goal Orientation
Noah, Harold J.; Sherman, Joel D. – 1979
This comparative study of primary school finance is based on ten studies of the arrangements for financing primary education in Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Yugoslavia. Chapter 1 describes the variety of approaches that individual countries…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedDahlgren, Madeleine Abrandt – Instructional Science, 2000
Compares the role of course objectives in relation to students' study strategies in problem-based learning (PBL). Results comprise data from three PBL programs at Linkopings University (Sweden), in physiotherapy, psychology, and computer engineering. Faculty provided course objectives to function as supportive structures and guides for students'…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer System Design, Course Objectives, Foreign Countries
Karrby, Gunni – 1991
A translation of parts of a Swedish study conducted in 73 full-day and 42 part-day Swedish preschools is presented. Although official Swedish policy maintains that the two types of preschool should have the same social and educational goals, Swedish public opinion holds that full-time preschools are mainly caretaking schools, and part-time…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Day Care Centers, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives
Peer reviewedLassbo, Goran – Early Child Development and Care, 1996
Examined data on family patterns in Greece and Sweden covering relations between parents and children, and family and child care settings. Found that Greek mothers stressed the general importance of their children's day care setting program more than did Swedish mothers, particularly concerning the socializing and learning aspects of the program.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Context Effect, Cultural Influences, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedKapferer, Judith L. – Comparative Education, 1988
Focuses on Australian educational policy-making, arguing that economic and employment considerations have dominated traditional education concerns. Examines reasons why Australian cultural borrowing has been unsuccessful. Suggests cultural successes in Sweden might be better models for education reform than those from economically successful…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Exchange, Education Work Relationship
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