Arild Tjeldvoll
Biographic Data
| ID | 1555718 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arild Tjeldvoll |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arild |
| FAMILY NAME | Tjeldvoll |
| SIGNATURE | TJELDVOLL A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oslo |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Vietnam – A New Economic Dragon in Southeast Asia
This study investigates and identifies some of the primary determinants of Vietnam’s growth during the Doi Moi era and provides an assessment of their relevance and application to contemporary challenges. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam has an impressive record of economic growth and poverty reduction over the past two decades. Capitalizing on the advantages of its cultural and economic features, the strategy of incremental Doi Moi reforms has …
Letter from the Special Issue Co-Editors
Change leadership in universities
The intensified competition of the global, market-based knowledge economy requires change leadership in universities and colleges throughout the world. National policy makers increasingly see knowledge as a core resource of modern economies and a prerequisite for global competitiveness. By implication, the quality of university leadership becomes crucial, both in the West as well as in Asia which has demonstrated the most rapid growth globally ov…
A Report on the Head-Ache in Norway
The article examines different understandings of school leadership in Norway by reporting the findings of a HEAD Project (2004-8). The article discusses how school leadership training in Norway has responded to the government's educational policy aims and strategies in the context of globalization. Using the concept of "education value chain," the study reveals that while the government favors professional leadership policy formulated within the …
Finnish Higher Education Reforms
(2008). Finnish Higher Education Reforms: Responding to Globalization. European Education: Vol. 40, No. 4, pp. 93-107
Guest Editor's Introduction
The Norwegian unified school - a paradise lost
Norway has a legacy of educational policies for equal opportunity in a comprehensive learning environment - envisaged in the model of the Unified School. A peak of success was reached in the third quarter of the 20 th Century. Everybody got the opportunity of secondary and tertiary education free of charge. Education had a distinct equalizing effect. In the last quarter of the last century, indications of serious problems started to appear. Resea…
The Decline of Educational Populism in Norway
Recent election campaigns in Norway have seen a heated debate about education issues. With reference to an increasing number of indications of crisis in the education system, especially within teacher training, the problems are discussed as possible effects of a particular Norwegian educational populism. Comparing Norwegian education to that of the United Kingdom and the United States it is claimed that Plato's essentialism still seems to be stro…
Guest Editor's Introduction
Legacies of equality versus quality for competitiveness: Norway has had compulsory primary education since 1739. The Educational Act of this year was motivated by the religious needs of the State Lutheran Protestant Church and the political power needs of the King of Denmark, who was also head of the church. From 1389 to 1814 Norway was a part of Denmark. The great majority of the population lived in rural areas, dependent on small farming and co…
The Service University in the Global Marketplace
Universities seem to be in a state of deep transition. Recruitment, financing, and relationships with various user groups show a transitory tendency that could create a principally new situation for traditional research universities. In this paper, aspects of service development internationally are presented and the concept of service is analyzed. The views on service development by university professors and regional clients of the University of …
Change leadership in universities
The intensified competition of the global, market-based knowledge economy requires change leadership in universities and colleges throughout the world. National policy makers increasingly see knowledge as a core resource of modern economies and a prerequisite for global competitiveness. By implication, the quality of university leadership becomes crucial, both in the West as well as in Asia which has demonstrated the most rapid growth globally ov…
The Norwegian unified school - a paradise lost
Norway has a legacy of educational policies for equal opportunity in a comprehensive learning environment - envisaged in the model of the Unified School. A peak of success was reached in the third quarter of the 20 th Century. Everybody got the opportunity of secondary and tertiary education free of charge. Education had a distinct equalizing effect. In the last quarter of the last century, indications of serious problems started to appear. Resea…
Finnish Higher Education Reforms
(2008). Finnish Higher Education Reforms: Responding to Globalization. European Education: Vol. 40, No. 4, pp. 93-107
Vietnam – A New Economic Dragon in Southeast Asia
This study investigates and identifies some of the primary determinants of Vietnam’s growth during the Doi Moi era and provides an assessment of their relevance and application to contemporary challenges. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam has an impressive record of economic growth and poverty reduction over the past two decades. Capitalizing on the advantages of its cultural and economic features, the strategy of incremental Doi Moi reforms has …
The Decline of Educational Populism in Norway
Recent election campaigns in Norway have seen a heated debate about education issues. With reference to an increasing number of indications of crisis in the education system, especially within teacher training, the problems are discussed as possible effects of a particular Norwegian educational populism. Comparing Norwegian education to that of the United Kingdom and the United States it is claimed that Plato's essentialism still seems to be stro…
The Service University in the Global Marketplace
Universities seem to be in a state of deep transition. Recruitment, financing, and relationships with various user groups show a transitory tendency that could create a principally new situation for traditional research universities. In this paper, aspects of service development internationally are presented and the concept of service is analyzed. The views on service development by university professors and regional clients of the University of …
The Service University in the Global Marketplace
Universities seem to be in a state of deep transition. Recruitment, financing, and relationships with various user groups show a transitory tendency that could create a principally new situation for traditional research universities. In this paper, aspects of service development internationally are presented and the concept of service is analyzed. The views on service development by university professors and regional clients of the University of …
The Norwegian unified school - a paradise lost
Norway has a legacy of educational policies for equal opportunity in a comprehensive learning environment - envisaged in the model of the Unified School. A peak of success was reached in the third quarter of the 20 th Century. Everybody got the opportunity of secondary and tertiary education free of charge. Education had a distinct equalizing effect. In the last quarter of the last century, indications of serious problems started to appear. Resea…
The Decline of Educational Populism in Norway
Recent election campaigns in Norway have seen a heated debate about education issues. With reference to an increasing number of indications of crisis in the education system, especially within teacher training, the problems are discussed as possible effects of a particular Norwegian educational populism. Comparing Norwegian education to that of the United Kingdom and the United States it is claimed that Plato's essentialism still seems to be stro…
Guest Editor's Introduction
Legacies of equality versus quality for competitiveness: Norway has had compulsory primary education since 1739. The Educational Act of this year was motivated by the religious needs of the State Lutheran Protestant Church and the political power needs of the King of Denmark, who was also head of the church. From 1389 to 1814 Norway was a part of Denmark. The great majority of the population lived in rural areas, dependent on small farming and co…
Guest Editor's Introduction
Finnish Higher Education Reforms
(2008). Finnish Higher Education Reforms: Responding to Globalization. European Education: Vol. 40, No. 4, pp. 93-107
A Report on the Head-Ache in Norway
The article examines different understandings of school leadership in Norway by reporting the findings of a HEAD Project (2004-8). The article discusses how school leadership training in Norway has responded to the government's educational policy aims and strategies in the context of globalization. Using the concept of "education value chain," the study reveals that while the government favors professional leadership policy formulated within the …
Letter from the Special Issue Co-Editors
Change leadership in universities
The intensified competition of the global, market-based knowledge economy requires change leadership in universities and colleges throughout the world. National policy makers increasingly see knowledge as a core resource of modern economies and a prerequisite for global competitiveness. By implication, the quality of university leadership becomes crucial, both in the West as well as in Asia which has demonstrated the most rapid growth globally ov…
Vietnam – A New Economic Dragon in Southeast Asia
This study investigates and identifies some of the primary determinants of Vietnam’s growth during the Doi Moi era and provides an assessment of their relevance and application to contemporary challenges. The Socialist Republic of Vietnam has an impressive record of economic growth and poverty reduction over the past two decades. Capitalizing on the advantages of its cultural and economic features, the strategy of incremental Doi Moi reforms has …
Political science (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Higher education (5 works) · Development economics (4 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Global Educational Policies and Reforms (4 works) · Higher Education Governance and Development (4 works) · Politics (4 works)