Nordic Dialogues on Children and Families

Susanne Garvis is Professor of Child and Youth Studies at the Department of Education, Communication and Learning, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Elin Eriksen Ødegaard is Professor of Early Childhood Education at the Center of Educational Research, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway, and Visiting Professor at UiT The Artic University of Norway.

List of contributors

Introduction

Chapter 1: The collectivity of family conduct of life and parental self-understanding

Chapter 2: Family life in the Nordic countries

Chapter 3: Constituting Cultures of Compassion in Early Childhood Educational Settings

Chapter 4: Pedagogical leadership and families in Swedish preschool

Chapter 5: Early Childhood Education, gender relations and equality between parents and families in Sweden

Chapter 6: Divorce, families and children

Chapter 7: “We have this family ‘under the microscope’ so to speak”: Schools, child abuse and family support

Chapter 8: Economic, social and cultural status (ESCS) and mathematics performance of immigrant students’ in the Finnish metropolitan area in PISA 2012

Chapter 9: Coming and staying or coming and going? Immigrant families in Denmark: Challenges and opportunities for integration

Chapter 10: Parental Engagement in Icelandic Preschools

Chapter 11: The Importance of Aesthetic Activities in Norwegian Kindergartens