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Johanna Lasonen
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European Action Programmes for Lifelong Learning
2009
Vocational education and training has been a part of the process of creating a European community since the 1950s. The European training programmes Erasmus and Comett were launched in the 1980s. After the Maastricht Treaty, agreed in 1992, such training programmes were expanded further at the same time as emphasizing their importance to the internationalization of education. With a view to promoting and intensifying educational co-operation, in 1995 the European Commission created two new educational programmes called Socrates and Leonardo da Vinci. Both are umbrella schemes that brought together previously separate action programmes in the field of education. Leonardo da Vinci has been a E…
The Status of Vocational Education and Training
2010
Occupations have been ranked on the basis of their rewards to individuals and value for society. However, the traditional fixed ranking based on social and power hierarchies in societies is blurred in the light of recent shift in conceptions of status, culture, self-fulfillment, and identity. Youngsters' images of occupations are associated with their aspirations for studies and jobs, with qualities of work and people involved in a field, and with family background and parents' opinions. This article focuses on the concept of parity of esteem in youth education and training. Upper secondary education, either general (academic) or vocational, should prepare for higher education or/and workfo…
Intercultural Education: Promoting Sustainability in Education and Training
2008
Education for sustainable development (ESD) is a dynamic concept that encompasses a new vision of education seeking to empower people of all ages to assume responsibility for creating and enjoying a sustainable future. Today the notion of sustainable development includes ecological, economic, social and cultural sustainability. Cultural diversity and intercultural education contribute to the social and cultural aspects of sustainability. Responding to the challenge of ESD entails that the education policy is based on the participation of the whole population: all individuals should be aware of their own responsibility for creating a sustainable future in terms of ecology, economy, social re…
Reflections on Interculturality in Relation to Education and Work
2005
Internationalization and intercultural education may be contradictory concepts as the former supports globalization of the economy and the latter explains mutual learning and intercultural understanding. Higher education is preparing planners, leaders, managers, administrators, policy-makers and teachers to societies. Are pedagogical approaches of higher education inspiring students to become aware of social processes such as multiculturalism and interculturalism? Higher education includes beliefs and explanations that reveal how far diversity is being valued. A choice of critical pedagogy, that is considering the entire society, world order and different groups of societies, is discussed. …
Tavoitteena tunnustuksen antamisen tasavertaisuus
2009
Challenges of intercultural vocational education and training : developing a strand model in the change laboratory
2014
Towards science education for sustainable development in developing countries : a study of Ethiopia, Ghana and Nigeria
2006
Kestävän kehityksen edistäminen on yhteinen tavoite maailmanlaajuisesti. Siihen liittyvä tutkimus kasvatuksen ja opettajankoulutuksen näkökulmista on melko harvinaista. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli arvioida kestävän kehityksen ilmenemistä afrikkalaisessa luonnontieteiden opetuskontekstissa hyödyntämällä TIMSS 1999 -tutkimuksen luonnontieteiden osuuden arviointivälineitä. Yhtäältä arvioitiin etiopialaisten, ghanalaisten ja nigerialaisten opiskelijoiden suorituksia luonnontieteiden testissä, joka oli laadittu ja muokattu näiden maiden luonnontieteiden opetussuunnitelmien pohjalta. Toisaalta kartoitettiin opettajien mielipiteitä luonnontieteiden ja kestävän kehityksen opetuksesta muutam…
Kokemusta korkea-asteelta : musiikinopettajien kulttuurienvälinen asiantuntijuus
2009
Tarkastelen tässä luvussa musiikinopettajien kulttuurienvälistä asiantuntijuutta ja kansainvälistymistä korkea-asteen koulutuksessa. Ensin tarkastelen inhimillistä pääomaa, jonka luonteva osa kulttuurienvälinen osaaminen on. Sen jälkeen esittelen tapaustutkimukseni. peerReviewed
Educational issues for sustainable development in Africa
2006
Educational systems in Africa during the colonial period focused on a school system that was based on the perspectives of the colonial rulers. Nearly half a century ago African leaders, after the independence granted to their countries, were expressing the high hopes of positive political and economic development in their countries. But alas, the development has been regressive. Today Africa is the only continent in the world that has become poorer in the past 25 years. There has been a gradual fall in the school enrolment rate in the African countries. Countries like Nigeria, according to a recent joint study by Nigeria’s National Planning Commission and the United Nations Children’s Fund …