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Title: The Historical Background of School System and Teacher Image in Finland

The Historical Background of School System and Teacher Image in Finland

by Merja Paksuniemi (Author)
©2013 Monographs 110 Pages
Education

Summary

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.

Details

Pages
110
Publication Year
2013
ISBN (PDF)
9783653032352
ISBN (Hardcover)
9783631643105
DOI
10.3726/978-3-653-03235-2
Language
English
Publication date
2013 (September)
Keywords
Teacher Training Colleges Primary School Finnish educational system pedagogical philosophy
Published
Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2013. 110 pp., 7 b/w fig., 2 graphs
Product Safety
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Biographical notes

Merja Paksuniemi (Author)

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.

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Title: The Historical Background of School System and Teacher Image in Finland