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Implementing the Finnish Literacy Curriculum in a First-Grade Classroom
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Räisänen, Sari; Korkeamäki, Riitta-Liisa – Classroom Discourse, 2015
This study investigated the first author's process of implementing new literacy practices as a teacher in a Finnish first-grade classroom from a poststructuralist perspective by using nexus analysis (NA). We concentrated on two essential concepts in NA, Bourdieu's habitus and Goffman's interaction order, which we linked to Grundy's curriculum…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Elementary Education, Grade 1
Students' Assessments of Music Learning Experiences from Kindergarten to University
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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
Teachers' Perceptions of Boys' and Girls' Shared Activities in the School Context: Towards a Theory of Collaborative Play
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Hyvonen, Pirkko – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2008
The Finnish educational system and curricula lay emphasis on play, collaboration and equality. Modern educational practices allow the learning environment to be enlarged from indoor classrooms to outdoor playful learning environments (PLEs). PLEs have been constructed in schoolyards in Finland with the goal of increasing learning through play in…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Play, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries