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Scotland looking abroad on education
By Melanie Defries,
Nursery World,
29 August 2007
A leading children's charity has called for a review of the way Scottish children are educated, saying important lessons could be learned from the Norwegian education system.
The report Northern Lights, by Children in Scotland, compares Scottish children with those in Norway, a country it found to have achieved higher levels of child well-being. A research team from the Scottish childcare sector who travelled to Norway last year found democracy was encouraged at a very young age, with children in kindergarten having a legal right to express their views about day-to-day activities. The Norwegian system was found to make better...
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