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Direct linkSahlberg, 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
Bollag, Burton – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2008
Recently, the Modern Language Association (MLA) called for a major reorganization of undergraduate academic programs and even the structure of foreign-language departments. Typically, the initial two years of language instruction are taught by non-tenure-track instructors with little or no voice in the department. Faculty members mainly teach the…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Language Acquisition, Second Language Instruction, Linguistics
