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Direct linkLahelma, Elina – Educational Research, 2014
Background: In educational policies, two discourses on gender have existed since the 1980s. I call them the "gender equality discourse" and the "boy discourse". The gender equality discourse in education is based on international and national declarations and plans, and is focused predominantly on the position of girls and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Equal Education, Gender Differences
Huuhka, Kosti – Adult Education in Finland, 1989
Describes the establishment and development of adult education centers in Finland. The adult education centers movement has adapted itself to changes without sacrificing its traditions. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational History, Foreign Countries, Institutes (Training Programs)
Peer reviewedJohansson, Egil – Interchange, 1988
In order to give a draft picture of the church- and school-based literacy campaigns in Sweden, some of the historical sources, problems, methods, and preliminary results from a broad research project on the two campaigns are discussed. (IAH)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Church Role, Educational Environment, Educational History
Peer reviewedHujula-Huttunen, Eeva; Jarvi, Seija – Early Child Development and Care, 1996
Discusses the early childhood education programs of Finland as a development of the Finnish welfare state. Claims that these programs are related to family policy and are considered part of the educare programs, which tend to be child centered and tied to family values. Discusses the future of the Finnish educational system. (MOK)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cultural Traits, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Paulston, Rolland G. – 1980
The book presents 13 articles which examine objectives, practices, sociocultural influences, and limitations of folk high schools in Northern Europe and North America from 1800 to the 1970s. Folk high schools are residential education institutions for young adults which are based upon heightening individual consciousness and commitment to a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Education, Cultural Education, Educational Assessment
PDF pending restorationStultz, Erma, Ed. – 1986
This report, written in popular education style and designed to be readable both by adult educators and by the people with whom they work, describes a week-long meeting of the World Assembly of Adult Education. Under the general themes "Where are we?""Where are we going?" and How to do it" the report provides synopses of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
Harney, Klaus, Ed.; Heikkinen, Anja, Ed.; Rahn, Sylvia, Ed.; Schemmann, Michael, Ed. – 2002
These 17 articles on different subjects of the broader theme "lifelong learning" represent the latest results of the discussions of the Vocational Education and Culture Research Network. An introduction (Klaus Harney et al.) provides summaries of the contents. The articles are "The Global and International Discourse of Lifelong…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education
