TY - BOOK AU - Elstad,Eyvind AU - Elstad,Eyvind TI - Teacher Education in the Nordic Region: Challenges and Opportunities T2 - Evaluating Education: Normative Systems and Institutional Practices SN - 978-3-031-26051-3 PY - 2023/// CY - Cham PB - Springer Nature KW - Education KW - bicssc KW - Educational strategies & policy KW - Teacher training KW - education after World War II KW - Global teacher education KW - Greenland education KW - Nordic education KW - Nordic educational policy KW - Nordic Indigenous people KW - Nordic school system KW - Nordic teacher education programs KW - Sm̀i teacher education KW - Scandinavia education KW - Teacher education KW - Teacher education in Denmark KW - Teacher education in Finland KW - Teacher education in Iceland KW - Teacher education in Nordic countries KW - Teacher education in Norway KW - Teacher education in Sweden KW - Teachers evaluation N1 - Open Access N2 - This open access book is the first account of the whole diversity of teacher education in the Nordic region: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, the ¿land Islands and Sp̀mi (where the Sm̀i people live). Today, large parts of the world are looking to the Nordic model of social organization, and interest in the Nordic comprehensive school system and teacher education arrangements is no exception. A good education is a key to prosperity and well-being. And the quality of students' education is undoubtedly linked to the quality of their teachers' education. While teacher education in the Nordic region is globally admired, it also faces new challenges. The leading scholars writing in this volume discuss the challenges and opportunities that professional environments are facing. By providing solid portraits of each area as well as analyses across the region, this book will be a great resource to students, academics in teacher education and schooling as well as social scientists and policy-makers inside and outside the Nordic region. This is an open access book UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/c1057cb2-dedf-433f-9924-b29ca5422656/978-3-031-26051-3.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62409 ER -