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Neoliberalism, Curriculum Development and Manifestations of "Creativity"
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Hakala, Juha T.; Uusikylä, Kari; Järvinen, Esa-Matti – Improving Schools, 2015
There is a manifest tendency for national education policy to follow global economic trends. In many Western industrialized countries, this relationship has intensified or strengthened within the last decades. The strengthening of this relationship has been seen, among other things, as evidence of the growing power of neoliberal ideology. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neoliberalism, Curriculum Development, Creativity
Distributed Leadership in Practice in Finnish Schools
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Lahtero, Tapio Juhani; Lång, Niina; Alava, Jukka – School Leadership & Management, 2017
The aim of this study is to explore what aspects the principals and the members of the management teams in the primary and upper secondary education schools in Vantaa support distributed leadership in their school and how necessary they see that distributed leadership is extended to the students in matters concerning the curriculum and the…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Participative Decision Making, Instructional Leadership, Foreign Countries
Large-Scale Curriculum Reform in Finland--Exploring the Interrelation between Implementation Strategy, the Function of the Reform, and Curriculum Coherence
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Pietarinen, Janne; Pyhältö, Kirsi; Soini, Tiina – Curriculum Journal, 2017
The study aims to gain a better understanding of the national large-scale curriculum process in terms of the used implementation strategies, the function of the reform, and the curriculum coherence perceived by the stakeholders accountable in constructing the national core curriculum in Finland. A large body of school reform literature has shown…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Curriculum Implementation, Educational Strategies
The Implementation of Entrepreneurship Education through Curriculum Reform in Finnish Comprehensive Schools
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Seikkula-Leino, Jaana – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2011
How has entrepreneurship education been implemented in Finnish comprehensive schools. A two-part survey was undertaken in 43 municipalities with different educational and socio-economic backgrounds. The first part, in 2005, dealt with the local curriculum reform with a focus on the development of entrepreneurship education. The second part, in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Municipalities, Educational Change, Entrepreneurship
Students' Experiences Concerning Course Workload and Factors Enhancing and Impeding Their Learning--A Useful Resource for Quality Enhancement in Teaching and Curriculum Planning
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Ruohoniemi, Mirja; Lindblom-Ylanne, Sari – International Journal for Academic Development, 2009
The aim of the study is to deepen our understanding of factors which students experience as important in learning, in order to improve the quality of teaching and curriculum planning. A total of 132 veterinary students participated in the study by answering a questionnaire containing open-ended questions. Most of the comments on factors enhancing…
Descriptors: Veterinary Medical Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Teaching Methods
Did Something Change in Health Promotion Practices? A Three-Year Study of Finnish European Network of Health Promoting Schools
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Turunen, Hannele; Tossavainen, Kerttu; Jakonen, Sirkka; Vertio, Harri – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2006
In many countries, educational and health policies currently highlight the need to develop schools towards health promotion settings for pupils and school staff. The aim of this three-year follow-up study was to investigate teachers' assessments of goal attainment and possible changes in health promotion practices in the Finnish schools that…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Followup Studies, Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis