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Direct linkLuke, Allan – Educational Researcher, 2011
This essay is a critique of the scientific and policy rationales for transnational standardization. It analyzes two examples of policy export: early childhood standards in one of North America's oldest Indigenous communities and the ongoing development of international standards for university teaching. It examines calls for American education to…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Global Approach
Sahlberg, Pasi – Journal of Education Policy, 2007
This article argues that system-wide excellence in student learning is attainable at reasonable cost, using education policies differing from conventional market-oriented reform strategies prevalent in many other countries. In this respect, Finland is an example of a nation that has developed from a remote agrarian/industrial state in the 1950s to…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Social Development, Policy Analysis, Foreign Students
Salminen, Lea; Pohjonen, Petri – Life and Education in Finland, 1991
Since guidelines were laid down by the Council of State in Finland in 1978, vocational adult education has been the subject of extensive planning and preparation. The result has been reports, concrete experiments, and development projects including vocational adult education centers. (JOW)
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Foreign Countries
Elwood, Jannette – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice, 2006
This review essay describes in detail two recent publications: "Formative Assessment: Improving Learning in Secondary Classrooms" (Centre for Educational Research and Innovation [CERI], 2005, Paris, OECD) and "Towards Coherence Between Classroom Assessment and Accountability" ("The 103rd Yearbook of the National Society…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Formative Evaluation, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
