Critical Approaches to Norwegian Education

Paul Thomas is Professor of Pedagogy at the University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway.Sonia Munoz Llort is Associate Professor of Special Education at the University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway.Sissel Egden is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education and International Studies at Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway.

• IntroductionPart I1. The Feminization of Education?2. The Paradox of The “Identity Synthesis”3. Engaging Boys Beyond Trump’s Manosphere4. The Burden of Representation5. Empowered Identities: Muslim Girls Redefining NormPart II6. Protecting Critical Thinking: Norway’s U.S. Warning7. The Neoliberal Reconfiguration of Knowledge8. Rethinking Education: More Than Just Stem9. Cultivating Intrinsic Motivation Over High-Stakes Testing10. Challenging Norms: Critical Thinking in Norwegian EducationPart III11. Decolonizing Literary Texts12. Decolonizing The Memory of Norwegian History13. DeCO2olonizing Our Climate: The Racism in Climate Change14. Beyond The Matrix: Algorithms, Bias, and DecolonizationPart IV15. The Handshake: A Democratic Dilemma in Norway16. Tensions of Democracy and Muslim Schools in Norway17. Jewish and Muslim Synergy Via Democratic Education18. Whiteness and the Boundaries of Democracy19. Defining Norwegian Identity: A Democracy in TransitionConclusionBibliographyIndex