The Nordic Model of Education and Home-School Relations

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

In the symposium, presentations from Iceland, Finland, Sweden and Norway, together with a discussant from the U.S., will contribute to a discussion of how parents’ position in education in each of the respecting countries aligns with the idea of a Nordic model of education. The symposium contributes to the ongoing discussions regarding whether it still makes sense to talk about a Nordic model of education, and shows that although the Nordic countries in some instances have reached contrasting points of view and alternative solutions, similarities also exist.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Family, School, Community Partnerships

Chair

• Unn-Doris Karlsen Baeck, UIT The Arctic University of Norway

Papers

• Pressure Changes in Parent Teacher Relations: The Case of Iceland - Kristín Jónsdóttir, University of Iceland

• Parents and the Nordic Model of Education in the Finish National Curricula for Basic Education - Satu Perälä-Littunen, University of Jyväskylä

• Inclusion, Exclusion, or Segregation: Parents' Position in Education in Sweden - Limin Gu, Umeå University

• Parents in School Governance: The Case of Norway - Unn-Doris Karlsen Baeck, UIT The Arctic University of Norway

Discussant

• Joyce L. Epstein, Johns Hopkins University