Authors: Tove Stjern Frønes, Andreas Pettersen, Jelena Radišić, Nils Buchholtz
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-01-21 - Publisher: Springer Nature
Does the Nordic model of education still stand by its original principles and safeguard education for all? This Open Access volume is a carefully crafted collection of chapters that investigate the different aspects of equity, equality and diversity across the education systems in the Nordic countries. Based on data from
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-02-03 - Publisher: Routledge
Tinkering with the current educational system from within has not provided a just and equitable education for all children. In this book, acclaimed education theorist Joanne Larson poses basic questions about the nature and purpose of schooling. Proposing that what is needed is a new purpose that is more consistent
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-12-17 - Publisher: Routledge
An enduring educational concern that has plagued researchers and policy makers in a number of affluent countries is the endemic nature of educational inequalities. These inequalities highlight distinct differences in the educational skills, knowledge, capabilities and credentials between learners’ demographic characteristics. They also point to issues of educational disadvantage that
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-06-28 - Publisher: IGI Global
In comparing one public school to another, discussions frequently include talk concerning the socioeconomics of a school or district, which then leads to talk about the advantages that one socioeconomic setting has over another. Educators tend to agree that low academic achievement frequently associated with a low socioeconomic status is