What are Finnish teachers made of? : a glance at teacher education in Finland formerly and today / editors, Merja Paksuniemi, Satu Uusiautti, and Kaarina Määttä (University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland)
Published
Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publisher's, Inc., [2013]
Introduction: the birth of Finnish teacher education in the 19th century -- Teacher education at Finnish teacher training colleges at the beginning of the 20th century -- Teacher education during the Second World War -- Finnish teacher education today -- Epilogue: Finnish teachers acting for the children: discipline and love combined
Summary
The purpose of this book is to provide a special viewpoint on the development of the Finnish school system and teacher education. Understanding the success of today requires information about the past. The book covers the history, ideological background, and development of Finnish teacher education from the 19th century to today. The historical review uses a northern Finnish teacher training college of Tornio as the example. This book provides interesting information about the ideological foundation of the first teacher training colleges, description of how the ideology was applied in the prac
