Continuing Professional Development of Teachers in Finland
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 arg
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Continuing Professional Development of Teachers in Finland
Yongjian Li · Fred Dervin
Continuing Professional Development of Teachers in Finland
Yongjian Li School of Education University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland
Fred Dervin Department of Teacher Education University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland
ISBN 978-3-319-95794-4 ISBN 978-3-319-95795-1 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95795-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2018947630 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover image: © WLADIMIR BULGAR/Getty Cover design by Tom Howey This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer International Publishing AG part of Springer Nature The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
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Contents
1 Introduction: Contextualizing Teacher Continuing Professional Development in the ‘Miracle’ of Finnish Education 1 2 Framing CPD to Understand and Explore the Finnish Context 29 3 Finnish Initial Teacher Education and CPD 43 4 Data and Methodologies 83 5 Providers: Offerings and Critiques 89 6 Teachers’ Views on CPD 115 7 Paratexts to CPD: Decision Making, Leadership, Teacher Education and Project Work 129 8 Conclusions 157 vii
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Afterword: Learning with Each Other in Comparative and International Education 171 Bibliography 195 Index 211
List of Figures
Fig. 1.1 Finland’s system of education, from the National Agency for Education 5 Fig. 1.2 Continua of Finnish education 8 Fig. 8.1 CPD organisation and funding 161
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List of Tables
Table 4.1 Table 5.1 Table 5.2 Table 6.1
Types and sources of data 84 List of funders for CPD 90 Profiles of interviewees: providers 98 Profiles of interviewees (teachers) 117
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1 Introduction: Contextualizing Teache
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