This bulletin disseminates information concerning educational research and experimentation in Finland. The general principles of educational research are outlined. Attention focuses on achievement of effective cooperation between educational research and decision-making. The organization of research activities promoting educational planning in…

This Information Bulletin contains an introduction and three articles on preschool education. The introduction notes the unsolved problem of providing care outside the home for children below the school age of seven, day care and preschool education being the alternatives considered. The first article "Pre-school Education in Finland"…