Transnational Influences on Values and Practices in Nordic Educational Leadership Is there a Nordic Model? /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Moos, Lejf (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Studies in Educational Leadership ; 19
• Θέματα: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Educational Policy and Politics.; International and Comparative Education.

This book explores to what extent transnational influences change national/local values and practices in the Nordic educational systems. It provides country cases and thematic chapters that give nuanced insights into the influence of transnational agencies on national governance and discourses. It d...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Contributors
• Forewords by John MacBeath, Peter Mortimore, Jim Spillane and Philip Woods
• 1. Prelude – Tuning the Instrument; Lejf Moos
• Part 1. Country Cases. 2. Denmark: New Links between Education and Economics; Lejf Moos, Klaus Kasper Kofod, Katrin Hjort & Peter Henrik Raae
• 3. Educational Leadership in Finland – or Building a Nation with Bildung; Michael Uljens and Cilla Nyman
• 4. Transnational Influence and Educational Policy in Iceland; Börkur Hansen
• 5. Norway: Centralisation and Decentralisation as Twin Reform Strategies; Jorunn Møller and Guri Skedsmo
• 6. Sweden: Centralization and Decentralization as Implementation Strategies; Mikael Holmgren, Olof Johansson & Elisabet Nihlfors
• Part 2. Thematic Chapters
• 7. Independent Schools in Different Nordic Contexts – Implications for School Leadership?; Pia Skott and Klaus Kasper Kofod
• 8. Leadership for Democracy; Lejf Moos, Börkur Hansen, Göran Bjørk & Olof Johansson
• 9. The Professionalization of Nordic School Leadership; Michael Uljens, Jorunn Møller, Helene Ärlestig & Lars Frode Frederiksen
• 10. Successful Nordic School Leadership; Lejf Moos, Olof Johansson & Guri Skedsmo
• 11. Local Decisions under Central Watch - A New Nordic Quality Assurance System; Olof Johansson, Elisabet Nihlfors,  Mikael Holmgren, Lejf Moos, Guri Skedsmo, Jan Merok Paulsen & Mika Risku
• 12. The Nordic Superintendents´ Leadership Roles: Cross National Comparison; Elisabet Nihlfors, Olof Johansson, Lejf Moos, Jan Merok Paulsen & Mika Risku
• 13. Postlude – Wrap up of the Argument; Lejf Moos
• Author Biographies.