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Learning from the World: Achieving More by Doing Less
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Baines, Lawrence – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2008
Throughout the United States, initiatives are being launched to extend the school day, increase homework, integrate technology, and require more high-stakes testing. The underlying assumption is that more time in school, more homework, more technology, and more high stakes testing will produce smarter, better-prepared students. Instead of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, School Schedules, Homework, Educational Technology
The Significance of the Youth Society Movement in Finnish Society.
Numminen, Jaakko – Adult Education in Finland, 1980
The influence of the Youth Society movement on Finnish cultural life is widespread. Three main areas can be observed in all Youth Society activities: moral education of Finnish youth, extending ideas of national awakening to everyone, and a tendency to bring different social circles closer together. (JOW)
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, National Organizations, Social Change, Social Integration
Life Stories of Social Changes: Four Generations in Finland.
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Roos, J. P. – International Journal of Oral History, 1985
A national autobiography competition was conducted for the Finnish people in 1979. Altogether, 137 autobiographies were received. Characteristics of four generations of Finns and changes in historical perspective as revealed in the autobiographies are discussed. (RM)
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Foreign Countries, Oral History, Primary Sources
The Youth Society as a National Educational Movement.
Ruotsala, Allan – Adult Education in Finland, 1980
The Youth Society is a free self-education and cooperation organization independent of party politics. It is the most democratic Finnish popular movement. The program includes arts and sports as well as learning and social participation. The goal is the development of people into good individuals and alert citizens. (JOW)
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Cultural Influences, Individual Development, National Organizations
Learning from the World: Achieving More by Doing Less
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Baines, Lawrence – Phi Delta Kappan, 2007
At this moment, in school districts throughout the United States, initiatives are being launched to extend the school day, increase homework, integrate technology, and require more high-stakes testing. The assumption underlying these initiatives is that more and more--more time in school, more homework, more technology, and more high-stakes…
Descriptors: Homework, Educational Change, Extended School Year, Comparative Education
Adult Education for Social Change. Research on the Swedish Allocation Policy. Studies in Education and Psychology 8.
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Hoghielm, Robert, Ed.; Rubenson, Kjell, Ed. – 1980
This volume contains a series of papers written for a symposium entitled "Adult Education and Allocation Policy in Sweden." Intended to provide a broader framework for analyzing allocation policy in adult education, the first paper is organized around the assumption that the effects of allocation policy both on participants and society…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Budgeting, Dropouts, Educational Objectives
Lifelong Learning: One Focus, Different Systems. Studien zur Erwachsenenbildung, Band 19.
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