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Mølstad, Christina Elde – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2015
This article investigates how state authorities in Norway and Finland design national curriculum to provide different policy conditions for local curriculum work in municipalities and schools. The topic is explored by comparing how national authorities in Norway and Finland create a scope for local curriculum. The data consist of interviews with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, National Curriculum, Curriculum Design
Sahlberg, Pasi – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2011
Since Finland emerged in 2000 as the top-scoring Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nation on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), researchers have been pouring into the country to study the so-called "Finnish miracle." How did a country with an undistinguished education system in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Recruitment, Preservice Teacher Education