Promising Nordic Practices in Gender Equality Promotion: Developing Teacher Education Dialogue, Practice, and Policy Cycles On-Line

Autor/inn/en	Lopez, Jose Adan Cardona; Nordfjell, Ole Bredesen; Gaini, Firouz; Heikkinen, Mervi
Titel	Promising Nordic Practices in Gender Equality Promotion: Developing Teacher Education Dialogue, Practice, and Policy Cycles On-Line
Quelle	In: Policy Futures in Education, 16 (2018) 5, S.605-619 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1478-2103
DOI	10.1177/1478210317722286
Schlagwörter	Sex Fairness; Educational Cooperation; Equal Education; Gender Differences; Case Studies; Online Courses; Teaching Methods; Educational Policy; Self Concept; Cultural Pluralism; Standards; Information Technology; Social Systems; Sexual Identity; Social Discrimination; Homosexuality; Foreign Countries; Teacher Education Programs; Educational Development; International Cooperation; Denmark; Norway; Sweden; Finland; Iceland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexualaufklärung; Education; cooperation; Kooperation; Geschlechterkonflikt; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Online course; Online-Kurs; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Selbstkonzept; Kulturpluralismus; Standard; Informationstechnologie; Social system; Soziales System; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Soziale Benachteiligung; Soziale Schließung; Homosexualität; Ausland; Bildungsentwicklung; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Dänemark; Norwegen; Schweden; Finnland; Island
Abstract	This case study examines a Nordic on-line course on gender equality promotion in education, in which principals, teachers, school staff and gender equality activists engaged in dialogue regarding contents and practices. The on-line course was designed with reference to promising practices identified in a previous Nordic network project. The article considers challenges appearing across localities in relation to diversity, in gender equality promotion practices, policies and pedagogies. Digitalisation enables educational collaboration among teacher education institutions between the distant Nordic countries and facilitates the dissemination of Nordic education and the gender equality model, but this raises questions about whether these forms of education and equality are globally 'branded'; and whether an intersectional gender equality promotion approach can be contextually and locally specific. This paper focuses on the contradictions of gender/sex binary concepts impairing understandings of diversity, sexuality and identity, the consequences of the emergence of scepticism toward practice standardisation, discrepancies between norms of equal treatment and critical reflection, and the development of citizen-based actions initiating policy changes. It is shown that the results of the project will benefit Nordic collaboration on teacher education development. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01