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Direct linkKohvakka, Tanja – Multicultural Education Review, 2022
Finland has long been culturally and linguistically varied and continues to grow even more diverse every year. However, this heterogeneity has not been reflected in the country's history curriculum, which has traditionally been built on the idea of a homogenous Finnish nation. This study examines the representation of both old and new minorities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, History Instruction, Disproportionate Representation, Minority Groups
Polina Vorobeva – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Research on multilingualism in the home has approached the family as a fixed unit thus neglecting the dynamic view of the family and its intersection with family language practices. The present study aims to address this gap by focusing on Russian-speaking mothers in Finland who have raised their children bilingually in single-parent as well as in…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Multilingualism, Native Language, Second Language Learning
Pikkarainen, Merja T.; Kykyri, Virpi-Liisa – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2023
School discontinuation in Finland is more common among the Finnish Roma than among the population as a whole. We lack knowledge of the perspective of those of the Roma, representing a minority inside a minority, who have left compulsory school without a leaving certificate. Within a study about school experiences of imprisoned early school leavers…
Descriptors: Social Bias, Interpersonal Relationship, Personal Narratives, Foreign Countries
Nikoletta Maria Gulya; Anikó Fehérvári – Journal for Multicultural Education, 2024
Purpose: One key aspect of European curriculum reforms is to empower students with the skills needed to engage actively in the pluralistic and multicultural global society of the 21st century. This study aims to examine the extent of multicultural education within the national core curricula of three European countries: Hungary, Finland and…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Multicultural Education, Core Curriculum, National Curriculum
Tommi Niinisalo – Gender and Education, 2024
Finnish queer teachers work in an esteemed profession but also belong to a marginalized minority group. This article analyses interview data focusing on non-heterosexual teachers' understanding of their language use in schools, drawing from sociolinguistic research with queer linguistics. Methodologically, Critical Discourse Analysis is applied to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, LGBTQ People
Sanni Aalto; Reeta Kankaanpää; Kirsi Peltonen; Ilse Derluyn; Nikolett Szelei; An Verelst; Lucia De Haene; Sofie de Smet; Caroline Spaas; Signe Smith Jervelund; Morten Skovdal; Arnfinn J. Andersen; Per Kristian Hilden; Marianne Opaas; Natalie Durbeej; Fatumo Osman; Anna Sarkadi; Emma Soye; Mervi Vänskä – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2024
Teachers are pivotal in creating safe and efficacious learning environments for ethnic minority students. Research suggests that teachers' multicultural attitudes, self-efficacy, and wellbeing at work may all play important roles in this endeavor. Using survey data on 433 teachers in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and the United…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Well Being, Work Attitudes
Souto, Anne-Mari; Sotkasiira, Tiina – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2022
Many researchers have drawn attention to the importance of intersectionality and anti-racism in career guidance, but literature thus far contains few practical examples of how to go about dismantling ethnic and racial normativities that shape educational and labour market transitions. The aim of this article is to deepen the understanding of…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Intersectionality, Racism, Social Justice
Spjut, Lina – Journal of Educational Media, Memory and Society, 2021
This article explores ways in which textbook content can reflect national identity over time via a case study of Swedish textbooks. To this end, it analyzes and contextualizes descriptions of Finnish labor migrants in Sweden in seventy-four compulsory school textbooks. The Finnish labor group emigrated from Finland to Sweden mainly from the 1950s…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Textbook Content, Content Analysis, Migrant Workers
Heidi Huilla; Elizabeth Lay; Yannis Tzaninis – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2024
Despite a global commitment to guarantee access to and participation in high-quality education for all, the acceptance of marginalised pupils into mainstream education and changing policies and practices to support the aim are still contested challenges. This article discusses how inclusive education policy is understood and applied by pedagogues…
Descriptors: Diversity, Inclusion, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries
Rissanen, Inkeri – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2022
This study explores head teachers' and cultural brokers' views of school-Muslim parent collaboration in Finland and Sweden. The data includes semi-structured interviews with school heads (n = 20) and Muslim cultural brokers (n = 16). The theoretical background leans on the theorizing of cultural capital originating from Bourdieu and on more recent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Muslims, Parent School Relationship, Principals
Download full textElliott, Kathlyn; Benjamin, Saija; Kuusisto, Arniika; Korikivi, Pia – Journal of Social Science Education, 2023
Purpose: This theoretical article argues that the inclusion of education in the prevention of radicalization creates space to address long-standing concerns about the racialized and gendered problems created by traditional security approaches. Design/methodology/approach: The article uses intersectional feminism as a theoretical basis to discuss…
Descriptors: Feminism, Intersectionality, Teacher Role, Females
Kess, Riikka; Puroila, Anna-Maija – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2023
This study focuses on early childhood teachers' narrative identities in the North, based on the concept of narrative identities in place. The aim of the study is to deepen understanding of early childhood teachers' work in the culturally diverse North by approaching the teachers' narrative identities as closely connected with place. The research…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Place Based Education, Professional Identity, Self Concept
Ennser-Kananen, Johanna – Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 2021
This article analyzes experiences of racialization in stories of adult learners with refugee experience who attend a basic education program at a Finnish community college. Throughout a two-year ethnographic study, several students shared stories and thoughts on racialization and racism with the white researcher on site (the author). This article…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Resistance (Psychology), Racial Bias, Racial Discrimination
Jääskeläinen, Tuula – Policy Futures in Education, 2020
Hate speech has become a growing topic of discussion and debate on a global scale, especially as advances in the internet transform communication on many levels. Among scholars, hate speech has been defined as any form of expression -- for example by means of speech, images, videos or online activity -- that has the capacity to increase hatred…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Art Education, Minority Groups, Freedom of Speech
Laiti, Minna; Parisod, Heidi; Pakarinen, Anni; Sariola, Salla; Hayter, Mark; Salanterä, Sanna – Journal of School Nursing, 2021
Previous research shows that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, and other (LGBTQ+) students can experience substantial emotional- and health-related issues at school, but research into LGBTQ+ students' experiences of school nursing is limited. This qualitative study describes the experiences of Finnish LGBTQ+ students engaging…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Foreign Countries, Student Experience, Junior High School Students
