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De Witte, Kristof; François, Maxime – European Commission, 2023
The aim of this report is threefold. Its first section provides an overall sketch of the situation across Europe and the underlying mechanisms for the differences in European countries. The second section focuses on the heterogeneities within each country. It examines the disparities among students in order to understand which of those correlate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Achievement Gains
Overberg, Jasmin; Lehmkuhl, Pia; Schütz, Marcel; Röbken, Heinke – European Journal of Higher Education, 2020
In this article, we analyse reforms of academic quality assurance in light of organizational theory using the case example of Finnish higher education. Our purpose is to shed light on the processes behind repeated reforms and the motivation to continuously modify quality models that have only been in use for a relatively short period of time. In…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Higher Education, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance
Nylund, Mattias; Rosvall, Per-Åke – European Educational Research Journal, 2019
The five articles in this special issue present studies focusing on two key aspects of vocational education and transitions in the Nordic countries in relation to social justice: (a) impacts of policies and reforms on transitions and (b) content, practices, curriculum and equality. Collectively, the articles outline important similarities and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Social Justice, Educational Policy
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2019
Finnish vocational education and training is competence-based and learner-oriented. A personal competence development plan is drawn up for each learner. It charts and recognises the skills previously acquired by the learner and outlines any further competences the learner needs and how they can be acquired in different learning environments.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Higher Education, Postsecondary Education
Loima, Jyrki – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2021
This case study aimed to comprehend socio-educational policy in the light of pandemic ethic literacy in Finland. Consequently, methodologically the official, public, and ethic research data were triangulated to analyze the Ministry's understanding on educational equity in Finland. Discussion involved global pandemic ethic principles (transparency,…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Hermeneutics, Decision Making, Educational Policy
Furu, Ann-Christin; Heilala, Cecilia – International Journal of Early Childhood Environmental Education, 2021
The purpose of this article is to report on a study exploring the sustainability work (i.e., practices and pedagogies related to sustainability education) of Finnish early childhood education and care (ECEC) teaching practice settings. Recently, the early years and ECEC have gained increasing attention in sustainability education matters.…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Sociocultural Patterns, Foreign Countries
Rauha Salam-Salmaoui; Rukhsana Ali – Cogent Education, 2024
This study examines the experiences of two Pakistani doctoral researchers at the University of Jyväskylä (JYU), Finland, highlighting the disconnect between the university's internationalization policies and the realities faced by non-Western students. Employing autoethnography, the study reveals systemic Eurocentric biases and linguistic…
Descriptors: Universities, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Criticism
Mård, Nina; Hilli, Charlotta – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2022
This article investigates multidisciplinary teaching practices through models of General Didactics. Multidisciplinary education is gaining interest on international and national levels through policy reforms. Research on multidisciplinary teaching practices is often descriptive and there is a lack of theories to support teachers. General Didactics…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach, Educational Policy
Pitkänen, Hannele – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2022
Illustrating the rising trend across education systems, the article examines the socio-historical constitution of the "politics of pupil self-evaluation" in the case of Finnish compulsory education assessment policy discourse. By studying self-evaluation as a 'politics', which, drawing on studies in governmentality, engages in the…
Descriptors: Policy Analysis, Outcomes of Education, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Educational Practices
Lavonen, Jari; Mahlamäki-Kultanen, Seija; Vahtivuori-Hänninen, Sanna; Mikkola, Armi – Journal of Teacher Education and Educators, 2020
This paper describes a collaborative design for the Finnish Teacher Education Development Programme in a decentralized education system where teachers, schools, municipalities and universities have high autonomy. The development programme was designed by 70 experts from the universities and stakeholders. The research outcomes related to teacher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Design, Teacher Education Programs, Student Educational Objectives
Loima, Jyrki – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2020
The present study compared socio-educational policies and argumentation in Sweden and Finland during Covid-19 pandemic in March-May 2020. Countries were selected, first, due to similar tuition-free basic education, which performed high in global surveys. Second, no pandemic socio-educational research existed from Nordic countries. National…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Case Studies, Educational Policy
Jääskeläinen, Tuula; López-Íñiguez, Guadalupe; Phillips, Michelle – Music Education Research, 2020
Neoliberal education policies -- viewing students' life as human capital, economic investment for the labour market and consumer power -- may increase students' workload in higher education. In this mixed methods study, we examined music students' experiences of workload in Finland and the United Kingdom in connection with stress and livelihoods.…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Music Education, Neoliberalism, Student Attitudes
Frau-Meigs, Divina, Ed.; Kotilainen, Sirkku, Ed.; Pathak-Shelat, Manisha, Ed.; Hoechsmann, Michael, Ed.; Poyntz, Stuart R., Ed. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2020
Over the past forty years, media education research has emerged as a historical, epistemological and practical field of study. Shifts in the field--along with radical transformations in media technologies, aesthetic forms, ownership models, and audience participation practices--have driven the application of new concepts and theories across a…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Media Literacy, Information Literacy, Cultural Influences
Ahtiainen, Raisa; Fonsén, Elina; Kiuru, Laura – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2021
Finnish early childhood education and care (ECEC) experienced system-wide changes in legislation, curriculum, and teachers' and centre leaders' qualification requirements between 2013 and 2018. Through these changes, the Finnish ECEC follows the global trends shifting the focus of ECEC from care towards education. The data are leaders' (N = 41)…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care Centers, Educational Change, Educational Legislation
Takala, Marjatta; Sirkko, Riikka – Support for Learning, 2022
The attitudes towards inclusion and the terms used related to special needs by pre-service teachers in three Finnish universities were studied. Inclusion is the main educational policy in Finland, and special solutions are avoided when possible. With a questionnaire and a brief survey, data from 488 pre-service teachers (PSTs) were collected and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Special Needs Students, Teacher Education Programs