Transnational Influences on Values and Practices in Nordic Educational Leadership

1. Prelude: Tuning the Instrument
Lejf Moos

Part I. Country Cases

2. Denmark: New Links Between Education and Economics
Lejf Moos, Klaus Kasper Kofod, Katrin Hjort, Peter Henrik Raae

3. Educational Leadership in Finland or Building a Nation with Bildung

Michael Uljens, Cilla Nyman

4. Transnational Influence and Educational Policy in Iceland
Börkur Hansen

5. Norway: Centralisation and Decentralisation as Twin Reform Strategies
Jorunn Møller, Guri Skedsmo

6. Sweden: Centralisation and Decentralisation as Implementation Strategies
Mikael Holmgren, Olof Johansson, Elisabet Nihlfors

Part II. Thematic Chapters

7. Independent Schools in Different Nordic Contexts: Implications for School Leadership?
Pia Skott, Klaus Kasper Kofod

8. Leadership for Democracy
Lejf Moos, Börkur Hansen, Göran Björk, Olof Johansson

9. The Professionalisation of Nordic School Leadership
Michael Uljens, Jorunn Møller, Helene Ärlestig, Lars Frode Frederiksen

10. Successful Nordic School Leadership
Lejf Moos, Olof Johansson, Guri Skedsmo

11. Local Decisions Under Central Watch: A Nordic Quality Assurance System
Olof Johansson, Mikael Holmgren, Elisabet Nihlfors, Lejf Moos, Guri Skedsmo, Jan Merok Paulsen, Mika Risku

12. The Nordic Superintendents’ Leadership Roles: Cross-National Comparison
Elisabet Nihlfors, Olof Johansson, Lejf Moos, Jan Merok Paulsen, Mika Risku

13. Postlude: Wrap Up of the Argument
Lejf Moos

Keywords: Education, Administration, Organization and Leadership, Educational Policy and Politics, International and Comparative Education