Continuing Professional Development of Teachers in Finland

ISBN-13: 9783319957944 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 214 str.

Yongjian Li; Fred Dervin

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

Yongjian Li (李咏健) 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.