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Direct linkLietzén, Outi – European Educational Research Journal, 2023
This article explores the positioning of dual qualifications (DQs) in the Finnish education policy and the education system since the late 1980s. The analysis is carried out in the context of academic-vocational divide. At the end of the 1980s, Finland questioned the functionality of the strict academic-vocational divide in post-compulsory…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Academic Education, Vocational Education, Educational Policy
Lappalainen, Sirpa; Nylund, Mattias; Rosvall, Per-Åke – European Educational Research Journal, 2019
Educational equality has been a central tenet framing educational policy in Nordic welfare states and stimulating school reforms in the 1960s and 1970s. However, the conceptualisation of equality has fluctuated, reflecting the changing economic and political climate within which policy statements have been made. In this article, we analyse policy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Curriculum, Equal Education, Cross Cultural Studies
Vanhalakka-Ruoho, Marjatta; Koski, Leena; Silvonen, Jussi; Tamminen, Merja – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2016
The study analyses how the educational pathways of ninth graders are constructed by practices of adolescents and their parents in families with different educational statuses. The importance of contextualising the educational transition as it occurs in daily life and socially structured family cultures is emphasised. The research question is: How…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Grade 9, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education
Behle, Heike – European Journal of Training and Development, 2017
Purpose: Using the example of an amalgamated secondary school qualification (International Baccalaureate Career-related Programme--IBCP), in which both vocational education and training (VET) and academic subjects are taught, the paper aims to discuss the use of skills and knowledge gained during the IBCP for post-secondary school activities.…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Secondary Education, Vocational Education, Academic Education
Download full textTolppanen, Sakari; Tirri, Kirsi – International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity, 2014
This study investigated the expectations of gifted students for a science enrichment summer program held in Finland in 2011 and how these expectations were met. The students' expectations were studied by analyzing the answers of 1,935 camp applicants. Altogether, 4,348 expectations were identified through content analysis. The data showed that the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Enrichment Activities, Academically Gifted, Summer Programs
Salmela-Aro, Katariina; Tynkkynen, Lotta – Journal of Adolescence, 2012
The aim of this study is to examine differences in student burnout by gender, time status with two time points before and after an educational transition, and educational track (academic vs. vocational). The definition of burnout is based on three components: exhaustion due to school demands, a disengaged and cynical attitude toward school, and…
Descriptors: Track System (Education), Females, Adolescents, Males
Vasalampi, Kati; Salmela-Aro, Katariina; Nurmi, Jari-Erik – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2010
This study investigated whether adolescents' appraisals of their education-related goals change during the transition from comprehensive school to postcomprehensive secondary education (academic vs. vocational track) and how such appraisals contribute to their self-esteem. Six hundred and seven 16-year-old adolescents were surveyed three times:…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Adolescents, Talent Development, Goal Orientation
