Articles from Sweden
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Union growth 2021-04-06 Europe: Study on industrial relations and privatisation
A study for the ETUCE, EI’s European region, showed the impact of market ideology and management practices and privatisation on industrial relations and social dialogue. In addition to looking at the evolution of EU policy in the past decade, researchers studied different methods and results of industrial relations in Francophone...
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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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Union growth 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 2020-02-04 Sweden: Study visit bonds international education unionists
Trade union organisation, the teaching profession, and the teacher/student relationship sparked fruitful discussions during a study visit attended by teacher union representatives of the Gambia, Indonesia, Malawi, the Philippines, and South Africa. The visit was organised by the Swedish education union, Lärarförbundet, in Sweden, on the occasion of World Teachers’...
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Trade union rights are human rights 2019-06-20 “The Fast Track for Newly Arrived Teachers in Sweden: the union’s perspective”, by Patrik Ribe.
In 2015 the number of immigrants seeking asylum in Sweden reached record numbers. In total, Sweden received 163 000 asylum seeking refugees that year. For us. as a teachers’ union, it was natural to contribute to the creation of a system that would make good use of the teaching competence...
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Leading the profession 2019-03-22 « Constructing Teachers’ Professional Identities »
By Philippa Cordingley, Bart Crisp, Paige Johns, Thomas Perry, Carol Campbell, Miranda Bell and Megan Bradbury.
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Equity and inclusion 2019-03-06 #IWD2019 #Education Voices : “It All Starts With Good Teachers: Women’s Leadership in Education & in Unions”, by Johanna Jaara Åstrand
When I first joined the union, what attracted me was not so much the suggestion that the union was there to protect me if something should happen to me in my professional life. My motivation was more that the union was a place where I could make things happen together...
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 2018-06-19 “Between hope and despair in the EU copyright reform- What's in it for education?”, by Nikola Wachter
I am a teacher by training and I am concerned about the current European Union copyright reform. I am familiar with the day to day practices of preparing lessons, the search for the best picture, text snippet, piece of music or video that will help me to explain a certain...
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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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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2018-05-07 #ResNet: Amplifying teacher voice: getting stuck into research, by Philippa Cordingley
One of the things we are exploring in our research into how different countries construct teachers’ professional identities that will be presented at Education International’s annual Research Network meeting today, is the nature of the links between investing in research-informed teaching and amplifying teachers’ collective professional voice.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 2018-04-10 Copyright and education: unequal conditions for teaching and learning in Europe, by Teresa Nobre
What can a teacher do in a classroom with a poem, a video, an artwork or a piece of music created by someone else? From early childhood education to higher education, literary and artistic works can be used by teachers, academics and researchers, education support personnel and students for educational...
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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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Equity and inclusion 2018-03-08 #8March: Takeaways from EI World Women’s Conference by Matilda Gustafsson, Lärarförbundet, Sweden.
"Three days filled with women's engagement, struggle and sharing. Wise, experienced colleagues from all over the world."
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Union renewal and development 2018-02-13 A leader in Swedish education is remembered for his lifetime’s work
Family and friends traveled to Leksand, Sweden, to reflect on the life of Lars-Erik Klason, a champion of public education and trade unionism in both Sweden and around the world.
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Equity and inclusion 2017-10-18 Sweden: fast track training for migrant teachers
Since Autumn 2016, five Swedish universities have started offering a new course for newly-arrived teachers and preschool teachers.
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Fighting the commercialisation of education 2017-06-05 The CETA’s “Investment Court System”: A Supreme Tribunal to Protect the Wealth of Foreign Nationals
Imagine if governments proposed a supreme tribunal for the world. The tribunal would have the power to review anything countries can do in their sovereign role. It could review countries’ laws and regulations at any level. It could review the judgments of their highest courts.
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Leading the profession 2017-05-31 Constructing Teachers’ Professional Identity – learning from seven countries
Early stages in research projects are always a mix of aspirations, exploration of the research literature and growing clarity about key questions. In a research project that is as important as the one funded by Education International, to explore how national policies and cultural factors influence the development of teachers’...
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 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.
This May Day, why not try solidarity?