Educating Professional Teachers in Finland through the Continuous Improvement of Teacher Education Programmes
| Autor: | Jari Lavonen |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Weinberger, Yehudith, Libman, Zipora, Department of Education |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Medical education
pedagogical content knowledge Education policy 4. Education 05 social sciences curriculum integration effective teacher 050401 social sciences methods 050301 education opetussuunnitelma Teacher education 0504 sociology Teacher Education opettajankoulus eheyttäminen strategy and strategy implementation professional teacher 516 Educational sciences Sociology aineenopettaja 0503 education |
| Zdroj: | Contemporary Pedagogies in Teacher Education and Development |
| Popis: | The purpose of this chapter is to explore and analyze the kind of knowledge curriculum integration required of teachers and how teacher education should be developed to prepare teachers better for curriculum integration. The chapter is organized as follows: First, the concept of curriculum integration (CI) is briefly introduced in the context of the Finnish curriculum for comprehensive schools. Then Lee Shulman’s theory of teachers’ knowledge is discussed and applied to the framework of CI to identify the challenges teachers may face in implementing CI. Finally, implications for teacher education are suggested based on the current challenges identified in the Finnish context. The chapter analyses teacher professionalism and how professional teachers are educated in Finland and will be educated in future. Second, successes and challenges in the Finnish educational context and the role of teachers in education are discussed. The third section examines shortly primary and secondary teacher education at the University of Helsinki as an example of a teacher education programme in Finland. The main topic concerns how Finnish teacher education is aimed to be improved through broad-based collaboration. The Minister of Education nominated 100 experts from universities, the ministry, the teachers’ union, student unions and municipal union to a Finnish Teacher Education Forum and asked them to analyse research outcomes related to teacher education, to identify best practices based on teacher education strategies and policy documents in other countries, organise a national brainstorming process related to the renewal of teacher education and, inally, prepare a Development Programme for Teachers’ Pre- and In-service Education (life-long professional development) in Finland. Furthermore, the forum was asked to identify key actions to undertake to improve teacher education and support the implementation of the development programme, and also to create the conditions through inancing pilot projects and organising meetings for the renewal of Finnish teacher education through professional development projects |
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