How to Work Systematically Around Teaching Quality? Teachers, school-owners and researchers in conversation.
The panel discussion, led by Marte Blikstad-Balas, tackled the question of how to work systematically around teaching quality in the Nordic countries.
The panellists from different levels of the school sector in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden shared their perspectives on how to approach this complex challenge.
One of the questions raised during the discussion was the role of assessment in efforts to improve teaching quality. How much, and in what ways, should students and teachers be assessed? And how should assessment information be used to work on teaching quality?
There were no quick fixes proposed during the discussion, but there was agreement among the panellists that willingness to work systematically on teaching quality was not a barrier. All levels of the school systems in the Nordic countries agree that working systematically on teaching quality is important.
The panellists also discussed a then-unreleased video from QUINT, which summarised the findings of the LISA Nordic study. That video can be viewed below.
Panelists
Helgi Grímsson
Director of Department of Education & Youth, City of Reykjavik.
Marte Gerhardsen
Director of the Department of Education, City of Oslo.
Robin Smith
First vice president of the Swedish Teachers’ Union.
Christer Holmlund
Secretary-General for NLS, the Nordic Teachers’ Union.
Peter Marquard Sejersen
Teacher from Odense Municipality, Denmark.