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Upper secondary education for youth at risk: A comparative analysis of education and training programmes in Austria, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland

open access: yesInternational Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2020
Context: Vocational education and training (VET) plays a key role in reducing early leaving from education and training, and integrating youth at risk in upper secondary education.
Evi Schmid
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Assessment for Qualification and Certification in Upper Secondary Education [PDF]

open access: yesOECD Education Working Papers, 2012
Within the policy field of student assessment, the assessment of students for qualification and certification in upper secondary education has special importance since key decisions for the progression of students may be taken on the basis of assessment ...
Dufaux, Stefanie
openaire   +3 more sources

A proactive player of the future? Working life discourses in the Finnish upper secondary school curriculum

open access: yesCogent Education, 2023
The present study examines the educational speech that appears in the upper secondary school curriculum. Teaching and the organisation of teaching is guided by the written reality of the curriculum.The Foucaultian approach is applied to study the ...
Asta Järvinen, Ari Sivenius
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The Birth of It in Upper Secondary Education in Norway [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
The first course in computer science started at “Forsoksgymnaset” (The Experimental High School) in Oslo in 1969. In 1970, it spread to three upper secondary schools (Drammen, Sogndal and Trondheim). The subject was close to mathematics, and the focus was on programming and electronic logic.
Steinar Thorvaldsen, Jan Wibe
openaire   +1 more source

Making Sense of the Financial Crisis in Economic Education: An Analysis of the Upper Secondary School Social Studies Teaching in Finland in the 2010’s [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The current financial-economic crisis has actualized important issues regarding the dynamics of the economic system, the relations between economy and politics, and the notions of good society.
Jan Lofstrom   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Support from teachers and trainers in Vocational education and training: The pathways to career aspirations and further career development

open access: yesInternational Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2014
Transition from school to work is a challenging period for young people with learning difficulties. In the dual vocational system of Switzerland, teachers at vocational educational and training (VET)-schools, as well as trainers at VET companies, provide
Claudia Hofmann   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rethinking general education in the English upper secondary system [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The Secretary of State for Education's recent announcement of an English Baccalaureate at 16+ has opened up a debate about the nature of general education in the English upper secondary system.
Spours, Ken   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Finnish upper secondary school students' experiences with online courses [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
During 2020, online education has become an alternative way of studying in primary and secondary education in situations in which ordinary contact teaching is not possible.
Lakkala, Minna   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Addressing Hostile Attitudes in and through Education—Transformative Ideas from Finnish Youth

open access: yesYouth, 2022
Amid global disturbances, the calls for educational institutions to promote peace and counter hostility intensify. However, policymakers and other adults typically draft the various programs developed for schools to pursue this mission.
Saija Benjamin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Experiences of remote teaching, technological pedagogical competencies and workload of teachers in northern Finland during the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]

open access: yesEducation in the North, 2022
In this study, we examine the experiences of teachers, particularly in relation to their remote teaching competencies, in the county of Lapland, North Finland, during the COVID-19 pandemic, as they face new pedagogical challenges in remote teaching.
Satu-Maarit Korte   +6 more
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