Miracle of Education: The Principles and Practices of Teaching and Learning in Finnish Schools

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Amazing Pisa Results in Finnish Comprehensive Schools....Pages 3-18
The Societal Factors Contributing to Education and Schooling in Finland....Pages 19-38
Finnish teachers as ‘makers of the many’....Pages 39-54
The Core of School Pedagogy....Pages 55-66
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Striving for Educational Equity and Excellence....Pages 69-81
The Finnish National Core Curriculum....Pages 83-96
Research-Orientation in a Teacher’s Work....Pages 97-112
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
Promoting Mathematical Thinking....Pages 115-130
Science at Finnish Compulsory School....Pages 131-147
Language and Literature Education....Pages 149-160
Language Education - Foreign Languages....Pages 161-176
Religious Education....Pages 177-187
History, Social Science and Geography Education....Pages 189-207
Arts Education....Pages 209-223
Front Matter....Pages 225-225
Drama Education in the Finnish School System....Pages 227-236
Icts in a School’s Everyday Life....Pages 237-248
Public Institutions as Learning Environments in Finland....Pages 249-262
Luma Science Education Centre....Pages 263-272
Epilogue....Pages 273-279
Back Matter....Pages 281-288