The Development of Partnership between School and Parents....

Abstract of speech made by Solveig Gaarsmand and Niels-Christian Andersen, The National Association of School Parents, Denmark, in the conference on Participation, Social Cohesion and Citizenship, in Brussels, 28 November 2001"School is ...mere

Danish Parents Opinion on Language Learning

Artikel i "EPA INFO BULLETIN" Winter 2001. (Info Bulletin udgives af European Parents Organisation, en europæisk sammenslutning af skolers forældrerepræsentationer)Language learning is essential to communication. Our first language is ...mere

School under Pressure. Parents Role

Indlæg på: Internationales Kolloquium Ascona: Überforderte Schule? - 17.-22. September 2000, Monte Verità, Ascona, SchweizOr could we say: School meets with new challenges instead? Both statements are true in my opinion but the first ...mere

Democracy in Schools

Speech at the Natioanal Conference on School, Malta, 20. oktober 2001Thank you very much for the invitation to come to Malta and tell about European Parents Association and parents influence and responsibility in school. It is a great ...mere

Development of the Danish School System

Lecture at conference in Lucca, Toscany, 7 April 2001The political hierarchy: In Denmark the Parliament is responsible of the Act. The municipality and the county are responsible of the resources, the school board (7 parents ...mere

Evaluating Schools: Parents Role

Lecture on evaluation, 26 April 2002, AGE Tuscany, Prato in ItalyContinuous evaluation and quality of schools are important aspects of school development. Evaluation is a documentation of what has been reached according to aims and ...mere

Internet Safety, speech at conference on Internet Safety in Rome, 4 July 2002

The situation on Internet Safety in DenmarkFirst I want to thank you for the invitation to take part in the final Forum on Friendly Internet. I have been invited as the vice president of the Danish parental association School and Society. I’m ...mere

Immigration and Education. From the Integration to the Didactics.

Lecture at conference at the Pisa University, 17 October 2002Who are the immigrated families?When we talk about immigrants in Western Europe it sounds as if the immigrant families are a homogeneous group. But the truth is that they are ...mere

Together We Can Work It out! Parents and School

Article in Revue Internatioale D Éducation,Les Parents et l école, Sèvres, no 31, novembre 2002 In Denmark there are three levels of political decision making as to public school: the state, the municipality and the school. The state is ...mere

The Teacher Education and the Parents (from To the Danish Folkeskole .., 2002, Krogh)

A Teachers job is very versatile. Bjarne Møller Jørgensen, the Principal of Skaarup Teacher Training Institute, describes the teaching profession as follows: “Your contribution as a teacher is to form and promote standards and mindsets, ...mere

Children with Special Needs, Article delivered at Conference on Special Needs in Vienna, 22 November 2003

Children with special needs and their parents ...mere

Violence in Schools

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Advocacy Skills for the Parents Knowledge and Influence on Education

Report results of the seminar in Tbilisi, Georgia, 4-5 April 2007 on Advocacy Skills for the Parents Knowledge and Influence on Education By Solveig Gaarsmand, School and Society, ...mere

Bilingual students in Italy, Pavia

ARION STUDY VISITGROUP REPORT written by Kath WoodwardResource ManagerDate of Study Visit:  10 – 14th October 2005.Title of Study visit: Lintegrazione Clei figli di migranti:  strategie della scuola e del tern’torio ...mere

A Crisis of Discipline?

  AUTORISER L’AUTORITE, XVIème Congrès des APEL  - Montpellier 4, 5 et 6 juin 2010 by Solveig Gaarsmand School And Society, DK Parents´Counselling Text When we discuss the ...mere