Overcoming Challenges: Foreigners in Denmark with Kids at School
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🍎 For anyone moving abroad
🍎 For anyone moving abroad and raising their children in a culture different from their own, school can be a major source of culture clash. We naturally compare the education our children receive to our own, which is rarely the same 👨🏫 Enroll your child in the very same school that you attended and you’ll soon see that curriculums, teaching methods, and faculty change over time. Imagine navigating that in a new country, culture, and language!
🎙 This week we sat down with two international parents living in Copenhagen and learning about the Danish school system as foreigners in Denmark. Both Adrian and Annie are figuring out the differences between Danish schools and British and American schools respectively 😮 They were incredibly open and candid while sharing their experiences and the adjustments that they’ve made as parents in Denmark who were raised and educated in other countries.
One of the biggest differences, which they both pointed out, is that the academic focus in Danish schools occurs on a different timeline. The early grades are focused on behaviour and pastoral skills - the “reading, writing, and arithmetic” comes later 📚 For Adrian and Annie, this is very different than their own education and the children of their friends back home. They both stress that no country does it right or wrong, only different. They know that students in Denmark aren’t at a deficit or disadvantage for starting the focus on academic instruction later. They also point out that their friends back home may have kids who read earlier, but their children have advanced language skills from living bilingual lives and having multiple cultural influences at home 🌍
For some internationals moving to Denmark to work temporarily, it’s important to understand how the education system may be different in Denmark. A later focus on reading may present challenges if their child is moved to another education system and assessed for reading levels in another country 📖 Both guests prefer having their children enrolled in Danish schools over international schools for various reasons like the cultural immersion and their family’s long-term outlook. Attending an international school can mean classmates relocating during the school year which can be a social challenge.
➡️ You can hear more from @AdrianMackinder @annieineventyrland in our latest video and on episodes of What Are You Doing in Denmark streaming now with more to come.
🤔💭 What are your thoughts and experiences on enrolling your children in schools abroad or living abroad during your own education?
#expatindenmark #expatlife #livingindenmark #denmark🇩🇰 #denmark #danmark #denmarklife #danishschool #livingabroad #expatparents
🎙 This week we sat down with two international parents living in Copenhagen and learning about the Danish school system as foreigners in Denmark. Both Adrian and Annie are figuring out the differences between Danish schools and British and American schools respectively 😮 They were incredibly open and candid while sharing their experiences and the adjustments that they’ve made as parents in Denmark who were raised and educated in other countries.
One of the biggest differences, which they both pointed out, is that the academic focus in Danish schools occurs on a different timeline. The early grades are focused on behaviour and pastoral skills - the “reading, writing, and arithmetic” comes later 📚 For Adrian and Annie, this is very different than their own education and the children of their friends back home. They both stress that no country does it right or wrong, only different. They know that students in Denmark aren’t at a deficit or disadvantage for starting the focus on academic instruction later. They also point out that their friends back home may have kids who read earlier, but their children have advanced language skills from living bilingual lives and having multiple cultural influences at home 🌍
For some internationals moving to Denmark to work temporarily, it’s important to understand how the education system may be different in Denmark. A later focus on reading may present challenges if their child is moved to another education system and assessed for reading levels in another country 📖 Both guests prefer having their children enrolled in Danish schools over international schools for various reasons like the cultural immersion and their family’s long-term outlook. Attending an international school can mean classmates relocating during the school year which can be a social challenge.
➡️ You can hear more from @AdrianMackinder @annieineventyrland in our latest video and on episodes of What Are You Doing in Denmark streaming now with more to come.
🤔💭 What are your thoughts and experiences on enrolling your children in schools abroad or living abroad during your own education?
#expatindenmark #expatlife #livingindenmark #denmark🇩🇰 #denmark #danmark #denmarklife #danishschool #livingabroad #expatparents
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