Main challenges for the Norwegian schools during the last decade
Main challenges for the Norwegian schools during the last decade

Author(s): Roald Jensen, Dag Sørmo
Subject(s): Education, School education, History of Education, State/Government and Education, Present Times (2010 - today)
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Norway; education; schools; last decade; main challenges;
Summary/Abstract: This part of the book deals with elements that show how developments in school and in the teachers’ education are demanding processes. Various aspects are being pointed out as background for the necessity of continuous guidance in a profession that at all times must adapt to a complex and rapidly evolving society. Since the school receives its assignment from the authorities, it should reflect and prepare students for a society that is consistently directed towards the future. At the start of his career, a teacher has a basic education that will help him or her to manage various future challenges. With such a task, it is important that the teacher acknowledges that updates and adjustments of both own competence and interaction must be continuous processes that evolve along the way. It is difficult to be a citizen in the new modern world, but perhaps even more challenging to be a teacher who has to deal with all these changes. Society often expects the teacher to be ahead of the events. At the same time, the teacher is responsible for leading the school in the direction established by the authorities. Often, this can also be in conflict with professional judgement and decisions (Garbo, 2014).

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