Articles from Norway
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Democracy 2020-04-16 "Teachers rising to the challenge of a global pandemic", by Steffen Handal.
In Norway, schools and kindergartens have been closed since the middle of March. Only children whose parents have a socio-critical profession have been attending. The Government has decided that early childhood institutions will open April 20th and grade 1 - 4 one week later.
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Trade union rights are human rights 2020-03-27 Education unions in Nordic countries join forces with public authorities to fight COVID-19 pandemic
Educators in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden are using well-developed social dialogue channels and information technology to help curb the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Equity and inclusion 2020-03-12 Beijing +25: "Making the Promise of Beijing a Reality for Learners and for Education Sector Workers."
Examples of the work done by Education International and its member organisations in different parts of the world since the Beijing Platform for Action was adopted in 1995, demonstrate the power of taking collective action to find collective solutions.
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Union renewal and development 2019-11-08 Norway: Utdanningsforbundet sets path for the next 4 years
Under the slogan “We educate Norway”, the Union of Educators of Norway (UEN) has adopted an ambitious policy agenda that will shape the future of education in the country.
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Young members 2019-10-07 #youngteachers “Join the world of teaching! It’s worth it.”, by Anette Sandvaer (UEN, Norway).
Get ready. This is going to be a feel-good story about why you should go out into the world and teach. Also, hopefully it will inspire you to become an active unionist. And if you have left teaching, I will try to convince you to come back to the magical...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2019-03-26 Oslo: Nordic conference puts children at the centre of early childhood education
An international conference entitled, “The Nordic Way –Early Childhood Education & Care”, was organised on 26-27 March, 2019 in Oslo. It was convened by Union of Education Norway (UEN), in partnership with the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research and the Nordic Council of Ministers.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2019-03-15 “Early Childhood Education – the start of lifelong learning – but build upon play and well-being”, by Lasse Bjerg Jørgensen.
At last Early Childhood Education (ECE) is on the agenda of an International Summit on the Teaching Profession (ISTP). At this year’s Summit, ISTP 2019, the importance of ECE for lifelong learning and well-being is now, for the first time, one of the Summit’s three plenary themes.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2019-02-13 “A Pending Task: Addressing Inequality in Education”, by Karen Inga Eira and Juan Gabriel Espinola.
2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention 1989 (No 169), the only international treaty that specifically addresses the rights of Indigenous Peoples. Education International recognizes the critical role that teachers and their organizations in the education system have in ensuring the...
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Union growth 2019-01-24 #EI25: “Standing together: the power of teachers in the fight for democracy”, by Steffen Handal
The Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has said that "One child, one teacher, one book, and one pen can change the world." She is right. Education changes lives, communities and the world. It is both a key to changes in society and individual freedom projects. I therefore stand shoulder...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2018-05-25 Go for it! The Bologna ministerial summit in Paris, by Andreas Keller
Isn’ it ironic? 50 years ago, in May 1968, students in Paris were going to the barricades and aspiring to a societal revolution – and initiated an overdue reform of higher education almost throughout Europe eventually. Today, in May 2018, ministers in charge of higher education from 48 countries belonging...
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Equity and inclusion 2018-05-04 Reflections on the 62nd session of the Commission on the Status of Women, by Ann Mari Milo Lorentzen & Gro Hartveit
This year, Union of Education (Norway) had two political leaders as a part of Education International’s delegation to CSW62 in New York. We, Ann Mari Milo Lorentzen and Gro Hartveit, members of Union of Education (UEN)’s Executive Board, participated for the first time. We arrived on the 10th of March...
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Equity and inclusion 2018-03-15 “What Europe can do for refugees and migrants’ education” by Silvia Costa MEP
Refugees and migrants education, especially minors, is a top priority, the best way to empower them and foster their integration, but also one of the principles on which the EU is funded. It is incredible, though, that education of migrants - especially forced migrants and refugees - seems to be...
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Trade union rights are human rights 2018-01-15 Education organisations firmly condemn President Trump’s “vile and unacceptable” comments
Education International’s affiliates, the American Federation of Teachers and the Union of Education Norway, have strongly rejected US President Trump’s racist comments while speaking about Haiti, El Salvador and unspecified African countries.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2017-10-05 The educational bottom lines
"The Oslo School system is run like a big company where the students' achievements represent the bottom line. The goal is improvement year by year."
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Leading the profession 2017-05-03 It’s time to look carefully at where testing fails to make the grade
Teacher unions have for a long time expressed concern about the growing scope of international tests. In this post, I will point out some of the reasons why Union of Education Norway is especially critical to the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). I will also point to some alternative...
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Union growth 2017-05-01 This May Day, why not try solidarity?
As the occasion to celebrate and reaffirm the value and values of trade unions, from which their principles continue to inspire, today must also serve as a lens to carefully examine our societies and institutions.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2016-10-13 Norway: Government doubles down on support for global education
Education unionists have commended the Norwegian government for delivering on its promise to double its financial support for global education.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2016-04-29 Norwegian teachers turn their focus to funding the future of education
As a part of Global Action Week, a Union of Education Norway event embraced this year’s theme of education financing by delving into the issues of commercialisation, results-based financing and tax evasion.
Norwegian teachers turn their focus to funding the future of education