Continuing Professional Development of Teachers in Finland

Yongjian Li, Fred Dervin (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

XI, 214 Seiten

2018 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-07095-3 (ISBN)

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This book examines continuing professional development (CPD) of teachers in Finland. As one of the best-performing countries in terms of education, the Finnish education system is often revered and held up as an example to follow. However, the authors argue that CPD actually constitutes the Achilles' heel of this 'miraculous' system, demonstrating that in fact it is a victim of contradictory discourses and actions among decision-makers, teacher educators and practitioners. Including extensive interviews from CPD providers, teachers and other educational actors, the authors critically discuss the 'wonders' of Finnish education, in the process debunking various myths created both inside and outside Finland. The authors also call for a new approach to comparative and international education. Based on over 20 years of experience in Finnish education, this pioneering book will be of interest and value to students and scholars of Finnish education, continuing professional development and international education branding more generally.

Yongjian Li ( ) is Researcher at the School of Education of Renmin University of China and the University of Helsinki, Finland. His research interests include public affairs in education management. Fred Dervin is Professor of Multicultural Education at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He is the director of several research groups, and holds several professorships in Australia, Canada, China, Luxembourg, Malaysia and Sweden.

Chapter 1. Introduction - Contextualizing Teacher Continuing Professional Development in the 'Miracle' of Finnish Education.- Chapter 2. Framing CPD to understand and explore the Finnish context.- Chapter 3. Finnish Initial Teacher Education and CPD.- Chapter 4. Data and Methodologies.- Chapter 5. Providers: Offerings and Critiques.- Chapter 6. Teachers' Views on CPD.- Chapter 7. Paratexts to CPD: Decision-making, leadership, teacher education and project work.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.12.2018
Zusatzinfo	XI, 214 p. 3 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	303 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Berufspädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
Schlagworte	CPD • Finland • Initial teacher education • ITE • professional development • Teacher development
ISBN-10	3-030-07095-6 / 3030070956
ISBN-13	978-3-030-07095-3 / 9783030070953
Zustand	Neuware