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Download full textFuru, Ann-Christin; Valkonen, Satu – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2021
Finnish legislation and policy on early childhood education and care (ECEC) express sustainability as a basic value. The national core curricula state that, during their years in ECEC, all children have the right to develop necessary values, knowledge and skills for living a sustainable life. Furthermore, early years education should be permeated…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Early Childhood Education, Sustainability, Foreign Countries
Direct linkSullanmaa, Jenni; Pietarinen, Janne; Lipponen, Lasse; Soini, Tiina; Pyhältö, Kirsi – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2022
Teacher learning is crucial in terms of good quality education in early years and, respectively teachers' professional communities are crucial for teacher learning. The meaning of engagement in collaborative learning and resources available in professional community are emphasized in educational reforms. In this study, we explored teachers'…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Primary Education, Correlation
Karila, Kirsti; Rantavuori, Laura – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2014
This article examines the preschool-school transition in the Finnish school system from institutional and professional perspectives. It takes place in a context in which the fluent transition from preschool to primary school is supported by developing joint lessons for preschool and primary school children. Transition is seen as a process in which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Elementary Education, Transitional Programs
Moate, Josephine – Teacher Development, 2014
This narrative account draws on dialogic approaches to education to critically reflect on teachers' expressed pedagogic thinking in community. The context for the study is a teacher community in Central Finland comprising teachers from pre-primary to upper secondary contexts. The shared interest of the community is in the foreign-language…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Teacher Collaboration, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
Melasalmi, Anitta; Husu, Jukka – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2016
Drawing on the sociocultural view, shared knowledge is regarded as a basis for interdependent working and multi-professional learning in early childhood education. Shared professional knowledge can be seen as a central element in successful collaboration facilitating individual and collaborative professional learning. This study aims to…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Knowledge Management, Teacher Collaboration, Shared Resources and Services
Niikko, Anneli; Havu-Nuutinen, Sari – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2009
This study was conducted during the academic year 2002-2003 in a municipality in Eastern Finland. It focuses on pre-school education assessing its quality factors from the parents', teachers' and children's points of view. Theoretically, the study focuses on analyses of the purposes of the national core curriculum and pedagogical issues that are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Educational Quality, Teachers
