Teachers' Perspectives on Finnish School Education Creating Learning Environments /

• Main Author: Andere M, Eduardo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Educational sociology.; Teaching.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Sociology of Education.; Teaching and Teacher Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.

This superbly researched study offers a chalk-face perspective on the secret of Finland’s educational success. Providing an intimate and revealing portrait of the Nordic nation’s schools and its teacher training system, it sets out to explain why Finland’s students consistently rank top, with low va...

Table of Contents:

• Dedication
• Preface
• Prologue
• Introduction
• Finland's success
• Teachers
• Does Finland evaluate school education?
• Lives and thoughts of teachers and principals I
• Lives and thoughts of teachers and principals II
• Finland’s teaching and learning environment.