The Historical Background of School System and Teacher Image in Finland

ISBN-13: 9783631643105 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 110 str.

Merja Paksuniemi

Opis

The purpose of the book is to identify and describe the teacher image that was inherent at the teacher training colleges in Finland during 1921 to 1945. It also points out what kind of pedagogical philosophies influenced the foundation of the Finnish school system. The book provides a historical point of view of teaching at the teacher training colleges and introduces the pedagogical methods which were used. The focus is on a teacher training college for women, located in Northern Finland, Tornio.

Spis treści

Contents: Finnish educational system - History of education - Primary education - Teacherhood - Teacher's Profession - Teacher selection - Teacher training college.

O autorze

Merja Paksuniemi, Ph.D., is a Lecturer at the University of Lapland, Finland. She did her doctoral research about the teacher training colleges in Finland. She does post-doctoral research on war time children in Northern Finland during the Second World War. Her personal interest and research topics are school history, primary education, teacher education, teacherhood, teacher image, and war time in Northern Finland during 1939 to 1945.