Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: There are three interconnected purposes of this special issue on teaching American Studies in the Nordic countries. The first purpose is to map the Nordic teaching field, to establish a baseline for understanding the institutional and practical circumstances of American studies teaching in our four countries. Second, through a series of shorter essays, we wish to provide insights from scholars engaged in the day-to-day work of curriculum development, didactic considerations, the negotiation of institutional frameworks, and the challenges of meeting students' needs and expectations. Together, these essays are intended to create a greater understanding of the defining features of American studies as a fieldof teaching (though, as we shall see, not always as a discipline) in the Nordic countries, to show what our national circumstances look like, and to ask how we can turn its characteristics to a regional advantage.
Source: American Studies in Scandinavia
Authors: Jenny Bonnevier, Adam Hjorthén
Institutions: Örebro University, Uppsala University
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4405380794