Nordic Perspectives on Moral and Citizenship Education

Nordic Perspectives on Moral and Citizenship Education provides current knowledge on the research and practice of moral and citizenship education in Nordic countries including Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Teachers, parents, and policy makers need updated knowledge on the state of moral education and citizenship education in all these countries. The book guides into research-based thinking to understand how to make scientifically, morally, and pedagogically wise choices related to the education of students. Nordic countries share a common social and cultural history with the same values on human rights and principles of non-discrimination, social justice, respect for life, human dignity, and cultural diversity. In the chapters of this book this foundation is explored in more detail and similarities and differences between the Nordic countries become visible.

Contributors are: Irina Ivashenko Amdal, Silvia Edling, Kristin Endresen-Maharaja, Ragný Þóra Guðjohnsen, Nadine Huchthausen, Elina Kuusisto, Jonas Lieberkind, Charlotta Lindvall, Jan Löfström, Valerie Margrain, Carsten Fogh Nielsen, Gisela Priebe, Kirsi Tirri, Ingimar Ólafsson Waage and Merete Wiberg

Kirsi Tirri, PhD (1994), University of Helsinki, is a Professor of Education at the University of Helsinki, Finland. She has published widely on teacher education, moral education and gifted education in international journals and book chapters. She has also authored 15 monographs including Measuring Multiple Intelligences and Moral Sensitivities in Education (Sense, 2011) and Teachers’ Professional Ethics: Theoretical Frameworks and Empirical Research from Finland (Brill, 2022).