Education, Equity and Inclusion

Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable North

Diane B. Hirshberg, Mhairi C. Beaton, Gregor Maxwell, Tuija Turunen, Janette Peltokorpi

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN:
  9783030974596
• eBook ISBN:
  9783030974602
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Comparative Education

This open access book provides a current view on education, equity and inclusion within the lens of education for a sustainable North. The first book published by the University of the Arctic Thematic Network for Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity ( Including the North: A comparative study of the policies on inclusion and equity in the circumpolar North, 2019) highlighted policies of inclusion and equity in education in national and regional contexts. This new book explores in more depth the provision of education across the north, focusing on challenges and innovations in meeting the needs of diverse learners in remote and rapidly changing contexts.

While many texts address issues of equity, inclusion and diversity, they are almost all focused on the global South, and miss the lessons that can be learned from Northern regions. This book offers an extended essay on teaching and learning through various perspectives and experiences with the aim of creating a moresustainable North. It is structured around two main themes: 1) Supporting Teachers for Diversity and Inclusion in the Classroom including consideration of language and identity issues, 2) Engendering community solutions to structural and geographical challenges in education in the circumpolar north.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• 1. Introduction: Education, Equity and Inclusion for a Sustainable North
• 2. Adaptation Isn’t Just for the Tundra: Rethinking Teaching and Schooling in Alaska’s Arctic
• 3. The Role of Evaluative Thinking in Generating, Evaluating and Scaling Innovations in Learning: A Case Study of the Greenland Education System
• 4. Sámi Teacher Education or Teacher Education for Sámi Students? Central Cornerstones in Sámi Teacher Education
• 5. Education Provision for Indigenous and Minority Heritage Languages Revitalisation: A Study Focusing on Saami and Scottish Gaelic
• 6. Policy Equity Contexts in Inclusive Education for Immigrant Children in the Faroe Islands
• 7. Does it Matter Where You Live? Young People’s Experiences of Educational Transitions from Basic Education to Further Education in Finnish Lapland
• 8. Personal and Ethnic Identity in Representatives of the Indigenous Peoples of the Russian Far North: The Nenets and the Sami
• 9. “A Lesson Is Most Exciting [When] the Teacher Typically Explains Complex Topics”: A Student Perspective on Public Schooling in Greenland
• 10. Teaching Social Sustainability and About Sweden’s Sami Peoples in Senior Secondary School
• 11. Collaborative Pedagogies: Seeking and Finding Truth Within Indigenous Children’s Literature Through Multiliteracies
• 12. ‘Analysis of Policies Supporting Teachers to Tackle Linguistic and Cultural Diversity and Facilitate Inclusion from the Perspectives of Iceland and the Faroe Islands’
• 13. A Walk on the Wild Side – On the Motivation of Immigrant Workers to Provide Public Service in Greenland
• 14. Multi-grade Teaching in a Small Rural School in Northern Norway
• 15. Fostering Professional Development for Inclusive Education in Rural Iceland: A Collaborative Action Research Project
• 16. Southern Reflections on Education Toward a Sustainable North
• Correction to: Sámi Teacher Education or Teacher Education for Sámi Students? Central Cornerstones in Sámi Teacher Education