WEBINAR: Launch of the Northern Lights report

The report is based on the international study International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) from 2009 and 2016 and is published by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA).

The Nordic countries have long traditions of democracy and Nordic students do relatively well in the ICCS surveys. The picture is also positive for general education, to which greater attention has been paid in recent educational reforms, indicating that those charged with drawing up education policy understand how important the role of the school is in establishing an understanding of democracy among the citizens of the future. 
 

• Welcome and opening comments from Paula Lehtomäki, Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers
• Introductory comments from Dr. Dirk Hastedt Executive Director, IEA NM
• Presentation of the report: “Northern lights on civic and citizenship education” by Bryony Hoskins Department of Social Sciences, University of Roehampton
• A more in-depth analysis of chapters 3 and 4 by co-authors Senior Researcher Idun Seland at the Faculty of Education and International Studies and at Norwegian Social Research (NOVA), Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway and Professor Heidi Biseth, Faculty of Humanities, Sports and Educational Science, Department of Culture, Religion and Social Sciences, University of South-Eastern Norway

Moderator: Anne-Berit Kavli, Head of Department, Department for Schools and Kindergartens, Norwegian Directorate for Education and Training