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The website offers a concise overview of the Swedish education system with brief information about: pre-school, childcare for schoolchildren, compulsory school, non-compulsory schooling, folk high schools (independent adult education colleges), higher vocational education, universities and university colleges. In addition, there is a presentation of the education system with special emphasis on the role of the National Agency for Education (Skolverket).

NFPF/NERA was founded in 1972 and is an educational research association that covers all the Nordic countries. NERA supports educational research in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The association publishes the journal Nordic Studies in Education and organises an annual congress.

BIN-Norden is a Nordic research network based on humanistic, cultural-historical and aesthetical studies. It is a continuation of previous Nordic network and Nordic collaboration since the 70s. Originally, focus was on literature and new media for children, children’s folklore and their oral expressions; now all humanistic studies based on a cultural-historic, cultural-theoretic and aesthetical approach are included.

The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) was developed by the OECD to assess the reading, mathematics and science literacy of 15-year-olds in participating countries. PISA assesses how well prepared students are for life beyond the classroom by focusing on the application of knowledge and skills in everyday situations. This website informs about what PISA means, about national co-ordinators and offers a summary of the Swedish results as well as the full PISA report for Sweden.

SYL as founded in 1921 and is the National Union of University Students in Finland. The website provides information on goals and activities of SYL, including development cooperation, educational and social politics. SYL also publishes a newsletter („Trending“), and participates in NOM, a regional organisation bringing together the student organisations of Nordic and Baltic countries (Sweden, Finland, Denmark – incl. the Faroe Islands and Greenland, Iceland, Norway; and since 2006: Esthonia, latvia and Lithuania). The website furthermore provides information for foreign students wanting to study in Finland, as well as further links to ministries, organisations and further information. Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

Information on the section ´children and young adults´ from the Nordic Council. The objective of the work with children and young people in the Nordic region is to create good living conditions and improve their opportunity for influence. The efforts are based on shared fundamental values such as justice, equality, democracy, openness and commitment.

Valhalla is the Nordic Council of Ministers´ portal for children and youth culture in all the Nordic countries. Valhalla´s objectives are: to give information about children and youth culture in the Nordic countries, to give information about national activities with a common Nordic relevance, to share ideas and experience with all those working with children, youth and culture in the Nordic countries, to create opportunities for contacts and network building in this field.

Eurydice is the „Network on education systems and policies in Europe“. Amongst others, it provides comprehensive country profiles on education systems in Europe in its „Eurypedia“. All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a national unit responsible for regularly updating the information. Due to the same structure of the chapters / education sectors for every country, it is easy to compare different countries. Use the tab „In other countries“ at the right hand top of the site, next to the „Table of contents“. [Abstract: Editors of Education Worldwide]

NOSP contains references to serials available in Nordic and Baltic libraries. Article copies may be requested from the holding libraries via the online ordering service. NOSP covers all subject areas. The main emphasis is, however, on natural science, medicine and social science. NOSP has been existing since 1977 and is based on a co-operation between national union catalogues and national libraries in: Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Faroe Islands and Norway. Detailed information in english.

Please note: The links to the manuals on this page are no longer working. We are providing working links from the Internet Archive for the introduction and the first two books. The third book is unfortunately not archived there. * Educational Spaces 21 – Introduction [pdf] * Physical and Architectural Learning Environments [pdf] * Virtual and Technological Learning Environments [pdf] The project „Educational Spaces 21. Open up!“ (EDUSPACES21 for short), which ran until 2016, aimed to „assist schools in modernizing their educational spaces with 21st century solutions in mind. The central idea of this approach is to see educational space in broader terms than as a mere classroom.“ The EDUSPACES21 project was funded by the EU’s Erasmus+ program. Partner institutions were located in Sweden, Poland, and Germany. The follow-up project is „NOVIGADO – Active Learning and Innovative Teaching in Flexible Learning Spaces.“ [Summary: Information provided by the editors of the site and supplemented by the editors of Education Worldwide]