Niemi, Hannele
Miracle of Education
Part I. Introduction
1. Amazing Pisa Results in Finnish Comprehensive Schools
Pasi Reinikainen
2. The Societal Factors Contributing to Education and Schooling in Finland
Hannele Niemi
3. Finnish teachers as ‘makers of the many’
Auli Toom, Jukka Husu
4. The Core of School Pedagogy
Kirsi Tirri
Part II. The Foundations
5. Striving for Educational Equity and Excellence
Kristiina Kumpulainen, Timo Lankinen
6. The Finnish National Core Curriculum
Erja Vitikka, Leena Krokfors, Elisa Hurmerinta
7. Research-Orientation in a Teacher’s Work
Riitta Jyrhämä, Katriina Maaranen
Part III. Teaching and Learning for Life
8. Promoting Mathematical Thinking
Heidi Krzywacki, Leila Pehkonen, Anu Laine
9. Science at Finnish Compulsory School
Jari Lavonen, Kalle Juuti
10. Language and Literature Education
Liisa Tainio, Satu GrÜnthal
11. Language Education - Foreign Languages
Raili Hildén, Ritva Kantelinen
12. Religious Education
Arto Kallioniemi, Martin Ubani
13. History, Social Science and Geography Education
Arja Virta, Eija Yli-Panula
14. Arts Education
Seija Kairavuori, Sara Sintonen
Part IV. Reflections
15. Drama Education in the Finnish School System
Tapio Toivanen
16. Icts in a School’s Everyday Life
Sanna Vahtivuori-Hänninen, Heikki Kynäslahti
17. Public Institutions as Learning Environments in Finland
Jukka Salminen, Leena Tornberg, Päivi Venäläinen
18. Luma Science Education Centre
Jenni Vartiainen, Maija Aksela
19. Epilogue
Hannele Niemi, Auli Toom, Arto Kallioniemi
Keywords: Education, Educational Policy and Politics
- Author(s)
- Niemi, Hannele
- Toom, Auli
- Kallioniemi, Arto
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2012
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 300 pages
- Category
- Upbringing, Education
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9789460918117