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Olofsson, Anders D.; Lindberg, J. Ola; Young Pedersen, Alex; Arstorp, Ann-Thérèse; Dalsgaard, Christian; Einum, Even; Caviglia, Francesco; Ilomäki, Liisa; Veermans, Marjaana; Häkkinen, Päivi; Willermark, Sara – Education Inquiry, 2021
This paper explores policy related to digital competence and the digitalisation of Nordic K-12 schools. Anchored in some key transnational policies on digital competence, it describes some current Nordic movements in the national policies of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The concept of boundary objects is used as an analytical lens, for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technological Literacy, Elementary Schools, Secondary Schools
Broberg, Åsa; Lindberg, Viveca; Wärvik, Gun-Britt – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2021
This article argues that women's vocational education needs to be viewed in relation to the development of vocational education and training (VET) more broadly. The history of women's VET is also a history of the term "women's education" itself and how, almost a century after it was introduced, this term is hardly used. Instead, we see…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Vocational Education, Educational History
Puroila, Anna-Maija; Juutinen, Jaana; Viljamaa, Elina; Sirkko, Riikka; Kyrönlampi, Taina; Takala, Marjatta – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2021
The study draws on a relational and intersectional approach to young children's belonging in Finnish educational settings. Belonging is conceptualized as a multilevel, dynamic, and relationally constructed phenomenon. The aim of the study is to explore how children's belonging is shaped in the intersections between macro-, meso-, and micro-levels…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Sense of Community, Student School Relationship
Kuusisto, Arniika; Poulter, Saila; Harju-Luukkainen, Heidi – International Research in Early Childhood Education, 2021
This paper examines how worldviews and national values are displayed in the national (Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) curricula of Sweden, Finland and Norway. The specific interest is to investigate what similarities and differences there are between these three ECEC curricula with regard to the position of religions and other…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, National Curriculum, Values
Heidi Huilla; Elizabeth Lay; Yannis Tzaninis – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2024
Despite a global commitment to guarantee access to and participation in high-quality education for all, the acceptance of marginalised pupils into mainstream education and changing policies and practices to support the aim are still contested challenges. This article discusses how inclusive education policy is understood and applied by pedagogues…
Descriptors: Diversity, Inclusion, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries
Elina Nikula; Päivi Pihlaja; Petri Tapio – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2024
This study explores the desired future images of an inclusive school. In its policy documents, Finland has been committed to goals of inclusive education for decades; however, there are still challenges in its implementation. By utilising futures workshops, our research explores the factors envisioned by special education teacher students…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Special Education Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Barriers
Heidi Kesanto-Jokipolvi; Piia Seppänen; Satu Koivuhovi; Mari Siipola; Reija Autio; Arja Rimpelä – Journal of School Health, 2024
Background: The origin of inequalities in health outcomes has been explained by health selection and social causation models. Health selection processes operate particularly at school age. We study, if student allocation to teaching groups with aptitude tests (selective vs general class) differentiates adolescents by health behaviors and mental…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Mental Health, Aptitude Tests, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Poutanen, Mikko – Journal of Education Policy, 2023
Commercialization and commodification of higher education has been subjected to wide critique in academic literature. The relative privilege of academic professions seems to be on the decline, as universities are subjected to increasing competitive pressures -- pressures which these institutions pass on to academics. Academics experience a loss of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Higher Education, Teacher Attitudes, Universities
Shirahata, Mai; Lahti, Malgorzata – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2023
Many universities in non-English speaking countries have been adopting English as a medium of instruction to internationalize their education. We set out to compare the language policies of a Finnish and a Japanese university using the lens of language ideology -- a set of normative beliefs about the social dimension of language. Data were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Language Planning, Educational Policy
Jongbloed, Ben; McGrath, Cécile; Boer, Harry de; Gayardon, Ariane de – European Commission, 2023
This study focuses on the state and effectiveness of national funding systems of Higher Education to support the European Universities Initiative. Its focus lies on the mechanisms employed by Member States for the core funding of higher education institutions, in particular the mechanisms that include performance elements. More specifically, the…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Universities, Performance Based Assessment, Foreign Countries
Mihajlovic, Christopher; Meier, Stefan – Curriculum Journal, 2022
The present article draws attention to the latest curriculum reform in Finland, which came into effect in August 2016 and promoted a shift towards a competency-based curriculum which highlights diversity as a positive resource. The main aim of this study was to gain insights into the understanding of 'inclusion' within the context of PE policy in…
Descriptors: Special Education, Inclusion, Special Needs Students, Foreign Countries
Loima, Jyrki – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2022
This case study analyzed the Finnish National Broadcasting Company (YLE) literacy on socio-educational policies during the alpha and delta variant strategic turns 2021. The data comprised YLE releases, interdisciplinary global research, pandemic literacies, and statements of politicians/officials. Limitations occurred mainly in the data plenitude.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, COVID-19, Pandemics
Myyry, Salla – Gender and Education, 2022
This paper presents a novel process perspective on educational equality policies by examining the relationship between gender equality discourses and gender binary inequalities in the deliberative design process of the Finnish Basic Education Core Curriculum 2014. The analysis applies Nancy Fraser's theory of three-dimensional justice to feedback…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Core Curriculum, Equal Education, Sex Fairness
Berit Karseth; Simona Bernotaite; Anniken Hotvedt Sundby – Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 2024
This paper explores the work of a particular document in issuing educational values. The document is the report "Embedding Values and Attitudes in Curriculum": "Shaping a Better Future", launched in 2021 and published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Inspired by a practice-oriented method of…
Descriptors: International Organizations, Foreign Countries, Competency Based Education, Well Being
Hanhimäki, Eija; Risku, Mika – Educational Governance Research, 2021
This chapter provides the Finnish scope on cultural and social foundations of ethical educational leadership. Finland is often seen as an outlier. Predominant transnational trends are recognized but they tend to reach Finland with a delay and manifest themselves somewhat differently from the mainstream. There are contextual reasons for the…
Descriptors: Ethics, Instructional Leadership, Governance, Cultural Context