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Hyvonen, Pirkko Tellervo – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2011
Playful learning environments (PLEs) have been constructed in schoolyards in Finland with the aim of increasing learning through play in curriculum-based education. In order to better understand and inform this development, the Hyvonen sets out to ascertain how teachers view and use play in kindergarten and elementary education. Fourteen teachers…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Play, Teacher Education Programs, Elementary Education
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Ruismäki, Heikki; Tereska, Tarja – British Journal of Music Education, 2008
This article reports on a retrospective study of Finnish pre-service elementary teachers' assessments of their musical experiences in nursery school and elementary and secondary school and real-time study of their experiences in teacher training. The participants (N = 590) had received musical instruction in five age groups (4-6 years, 7-12 years,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Preschool Education
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Karila, Kirsti; Kinos, Jarmo; Niiranen, Pirkko; Virtanen, Jorma – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2005
The presentation is based on the ongoing research project The Pedagogical Formation of Early Childhood Education in Finland. The data of the first stage consists of all written kindergarten teacher training curricula drawn up in 1973-2002. The aim is to discover the nature of the expertise that the kindergarten teacher training programmes…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education Curriculum, Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten