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Direct linkRautalin, Marjaana – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
This study examines the Finnish media debate surrounding the OECD-led PISA Study during the periods 2001-2009 and 2013-2014. The empirical focus of the study is on how debaters dissatisfied with Finnish education have justified their criticism in the context of debating PISA and how the justifications used have changed as Finland's PISA ranking…
Descriptors: News Reporting, Criticism, Educational Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Schatz, Monika; Popovic, Ana; Dervin, Fred – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2017
Since the recent global paradigm shift in the governance of higher education toward business and marketing, internationally competitive education is increasingly considered as an asset for governments. Consequently, governments started to invest in education branding and marketing their educational systems. In Finland, national interest in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Higher Education, Universities
Simpson, Ashley; Dervin, Fred – Educational Practice and Theory, 2017
In recent years the words 'Finnish education' have been accompanied by utterances of 'an education miracle,' 'the best education system,' 'a success' and a number of other adjectives and superlatives to 'describe' education in Finland. While Finland's PISA ranking has declined media interest and discourses on 'Finnish education' have not relented.…
Descriptors: Ethnocentrism, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality
OECD Publishing, 2016
Although low performers should invest more time and effort in their studies, they seldom do. One reason is because they often feel that they get no return on their investment: more studying does not automatically lead to better marks in school. But with the right kind of in-school support, including creative and engaging mathematics-related…
Descriptors: Low Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Educational Attitudes, Learner Engagement
Takayama, Keita; Waldow, Florian; Sung, Youl-Kwan – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2013
Drawing on the conceptual work of externalisation in comparative education and multi-accentual signs in cultural studies, this article examines how the print news media accentuate "Finnish education" in the process of inserting this external reference into the domestic political discourses around education reform in Australia, Germany…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, News Media, Comparative Education, Educational Change
Bracey, Gerald W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2005
Recalling a study about public attitudes toward schools in various countries, the author of this article asked Jouni Valijarvi of the University of Juvaskyla how Finns perceived their schools and whether PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) results had any impact on their perceptions. Valijarvi was the senior author of The Finnish…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Attitudes, Dropout Rate, Academic Achievement
