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Direct linkLi, Yongjian; Dervin, Fred – Education and Society, 2018
This article reflects on the meanings of comparing and contrasting in international and comparative education, using two education utopias as case studies. It is inspired by our visits to schools in rural China and Finland and by our interest in issues of social justice, equality/equity. The article also discusses the meanings of the fashionable…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Justice, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education
Virtanen, Pasi; Myllarniemi, Jussi; Wallander, Heini – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2013
Purpose: This paper aims to demonstrate how higher education in Finland can benefit from using methods such as Web 2.0 technologies. Design/methodology/approach: The paper describes how different types of learners (auditory, visual, kinaesthetic) benefit from being exposed to new methods and tools in the tuition process (traditional teaching…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Pilot Projects, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Darling-Hammond, Linda, Ed.; Rothman, Robert, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2011
The issue of teacher effectiveness has risen rapidly to the top of the education policy agenda, and the federal government and states are considering bold steps to improve teacher and leader effectiveness. One place to look for ideas is the experiences of high-performing education systems around the world. Finland, Ontario, and Singapore all have…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Leadership Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
Niikko, Anneli; Havu-Nuutinen, Sari – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2009
This study was conducted during the academic year 2002-2003 in a municipality in Eastern Finland. It focuses on pre-school education assessing its quality factors from the parents', teachers' and children's points of view. Theoretically, the study focuses on analyses of the purposes of the national core curriculum and pedagogical issues that are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Educational Quality, Teachers
