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International Student Migration in Finland
2021
There is increasing attention on the retention of international students with many stakeholders desiring to keep international students for long-term economic growth. This study examines the factors affecting international students to stay in Finland five years after initial enrolment with particular focus on the role graduation plays in students staying or leaving. Tracking 11 (years) entering cohorts for five years across national (Finland) data registries, we found evidence of an inverse relationship between graduation, degree type, and the probability of staying; higher the degree level of graduation, the decrease in probability an international student stays. We conclude that while gra…
Waldemar Martyniukin haastattelu
2010
European Centre for Modern Languages’in (ECML) johtaja Waldemar Martyniuk vieraili konferenssipuhujana soveltavan kielentutkimuksen kesäkoulussa ja kansainvälisessä konferenssissa ”Who needs languages” kesäkuussa Suomessa. Elisa Miettisen tekemässä haastattelussa pohditaan kielenoppimisen tulevaisuutta Euroopassa sekä kouluissa käytettävän opetuskielen asemaa. Tekstissä sivutaan myös Martyniukin konferenssissa pitämää esitelmää. nonPeerReviewed
Staff Members’ Professional Agency within the Staff Community and the Education Policies: Supporting Integration in Multicultural and Multiling…
2022
In recent decades, increased diversity and migration have challenged school staff members’ ways of working. This study aimed to identify the challenges faced by Finnish school staff in supporting students with migrant backgrounds, and to elaborate on how they enact professional agency toward these challenges. The data consist of 15 thematic interviews with staff members across various work positions in two Finnish lower secondary schools. Based on thematic analysis, the challenges within the staff community and the education policies were found to include the following: (1) the diversification of students makes tensions more visible in the staff community, and (2) inflexible education polic…
Opetussuunnitelma käytännössä : historian opetuksen ja opettajuuden jännitteitä
2022
Lectio praecursoria yleisen historian väitöskirjaan Orders of history: An ethnographic study on history education and the enacted curriculum, Jyväskylän yliopistossa 8.4.2022. nonPeerReviewed
Ideologian jäljillä : perusopetuksen opetussuunnitelman perusteiden arvoperustan poliittinen analyysi
2016
Perusopetuksen opetussuunnitelman perusteet on lainsäädännön ohella merkittävin asiakirja, jolla perusopetuksen toimintaa ohjataan ja määritellään Suomessa. Tässä tutkimuksessa tarkastelen POPS2014-opetussuunnitelmaa poliittisena dokumenttina, joka on syntynyt eri intressiryhmien valtataistelun tuloksena. Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on selvittää, millaisia ideologisia piirteitä opetussuunnitelman arvoperustaan on artikuloitu ja millaisilla artikulaatioilla hegemoniaa pyritään rakentamaan. Tutkimus perustuu laclaulaiseen diskurssiteoriaan, joka on jälkifoundationalistinen viitekehys ja ongelmalähtöinen metodi. Tässä tutkimuksessa lähestymistapa mahdollistaa neutraaleilta ja luonnollisilta näyt…
Finnish reform of the funding and provision of special education : the views of principals and municipal education administrators
2015
This study examines the current state of special education provision and resources in Finland after the extensive reform of the government transfer system and Basic Education Act implemented in 2010–2011. Data were collected from a survey of compulsory school principals and from interviews with the highest-ranking officials in municipal education administration. The results show that participants viewed the Basic Education Act as having a more significant impact on the provision of special education than the reform of the government transfer system. Partly due to the reforms, local authorities have targeted the resources of special education differently and used resources more effectively. …
Tensions in the New Millennium : Inclusion Ideology and Education Policy in the Finnish Comprehensive School
2017
This article examines the discrepancy between the ideology of inclusive education and the national education policy in the Finnish comprehensive school education. The study covers twenty years and is based on observations that indicate that the change in comprehensive school education, grounded in inclusive education ideals, has been slow. This has been the case, even though Finnish education policy has, on principle, committed to many international statements that promote inclusion ideology. The data consists primarily of statistics indicating the number of students in special education and national and international research on the subject. It confirms our supposition, but also the fact t…
Changing the heart and soul? Inequalities in Finland’s current pursuit of a narrow education policy
2018
The Finnish educational system is well known for its excellent learning results, highly trained teachers and egalitarian values. However, when the political leanings of the government change, its policies are usually altered as well. In this policy report we give an account of the recent changes and current trends in Finnish education policy. We analyse the characteristics of the Sipilä Government’s current education policy since 2015 and compare it to the Nordic welfare-state ideals of universalism, equality and social justice which have traditionally been the key building blocks of the Finnish education system. The Government’s policy appears to be narrow-minded and ignorant of issues rel…