Talk:Education in Norway/Archive 1

Confused about grade, years, and strange shorthand notation...
I've been looking at this page and cannot figure out the grade system (as compared to that in Canada, in my case). The section on Primary School suddenly starts using the notation "grades 2 through 7 (years 3–8 or P3/4-S2/3)". There is no information on what a grade vs a year is. In fact, since the site says students enter school in grade 1, this is presumably year 2 ??? It makes no sense. The notation P3/4-S2/3 is completely cryptic. Icefield (talk) 09:04, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Considering the merge suggestion
Because I've seen many articles called "Education in [Country]", like Education in Germany and Education in Spain, and because it sounds better than "[Country]'s school system", I feel that the two articles should be merged, with Education in Norway staying. DarkPhoenix 22:41, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
 * I support this suggestion. Zerblatt 19:44, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Merge
I for one, support this. Norwegian school system, and education in Norway is basicly the same thing. Clq 22:39, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Cleaned the article
I've been cleaning the article a bit. However, i was not sure what to call the various stages of education, so i ended up calling them Children's school and Lower/Upper secondary school. --Aqwis 19:59, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

English learnt
Do Norwegians learn American or British english? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)
 * I might be wrong but i believe that, officially, we are supposed to learn British English in school. However, some teachers speak and write english influented by American or even Aussie English, and of course, when you're learning English, your teacher is quite influental in deciding what kind of English you end up speaking. In lower secondary school the pupils learn about the differences between British and American English, and some teachers do give their pupils a choice between the two dialects of English and give the ones who want to learn American English some special lessons. But in the end, most Norwegians seem to end up speaking/writing a mix of British and American English. --Aqwis 11:16, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

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Info
Another source for info incase anyone is interested: The norwegian emmbasy in England. Luredreier 23:55, 18 June 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Luredreier (talk • contribs)

Grading
I wish to bring doubt upon the validity of the grading part as 1 is usually lowest and 6 highest, 2 being lowest passing grade.

Also, +/- is used, but is strictly speaking not allowed as far as I know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.52.29.72 (talk) 12:51, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't think this is the place for that. 80.212.44.121 (talk) 20:15, 10 April 2016 (UTC)

Allmueskole/Fattigskole/Fundasskole
All mention of these three types of schools is missing from this article. -Yupik (talk) 22:20, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

Diagram for visual presentation of school system
Hi.

I was looking to get a quick overview over the school system in USA, Norway, Brazil and UK. A diagram for the USA school system was very informative. For someone that know and understand the Norwegian school system. Could I suggest that a Diagram is amde and implemented in to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Norway similar to diagram in the link’s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Sweden, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Japan and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_United_States. I do not believe that the school systems can easily be better presented than that (this in addition to existing written text and link’s of course). If anyone can take this initiative it would be great. I am afraid it is a little above me to make this type of Diagram (lack of knowledge)

I found a mapping of the Norwegian School system today. Look link. and page 25. [] Any one who now how to get this map in to the applicable site?

Regards. Jan M — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jan Manger (talk • contribs) 08:53, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

Orphan text
I have removed this texts from the page Secondary education as it is over detailed- can you use it here? High school is normally provided with three years in school or with two years in school and two years in an enterprise. General studies primarily emphasize theoretical knowledge and lead to general university admissions certification. If one chooses general studies courses, you can enter university after three years. Vocational education and training leads to an occupation and to vocational competence with or without a craft- or journeyman's certificate. Choosing vocational education/training allows one to enter working life within 3 to 5 years. Students also have an opportunity to take the supplementary programme for general university admissions certification.

High school in Norway is the most common education level as it provides the theoretical and practical education to work as a skilled worker e.g. a carpenter or chef. There are multiple basic programs to choose from and gives a complete understanding of the craft or profession obtained.

List of programs: 3 general studies
 * Sports and physical education
 * Music, dance and drama with programme areas
 * Music
 * Dance
 * Drama/acting/performance
 * Specialization in general studies with programme areas
 * Arts, design and architecture
 * Natural science and mathematics studies
 * Languages, social science and economics studies
 * Media and communication

9 vocational
 * Building and construction
 * Design, arts and crafts
 * Electricity and electronics
 * Health and social care
 * Agriculture, fishing and forestry (with the option of general studies Vg3)
 * Restaurant and food processing
 * Service and transport
 * Technical and industrial production

A craftsman's or journeyman's certificate is normally the only qualification needed to work in one's chosen profession. Further education is provided through technical school, which gives a more technical education at an advanced level, but is not college.

The Norwegian high school is not to be confused with høyskole (Scandinavian university college), an educational institution whose Norwegian name translates into "high-school." Whereas videregående skole provides secondary education, høyskole provides tertiary, and is in Norway similar to university college. ClemRutter (talk) 11:18, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

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