Seeking understanding of the textbook-based character of Finnish education

Bibliographic Data

ID21494792
AuthorsJosephine Moate (0000-0003-3530-4373, University of Jyväskylä, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume47
Issue3
Pages353-365
Publication date2021-05-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Education for Teaching International Research and Pedagogy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0260-7476 • E-ISSN: 1360-0540
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02607476.2021.1896341
OpenAlexW3133624483
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited14

This article provides a critical exploration of the textbook-based character of Finnish educational culture. The opening section points to the need to recognize and better understand the role of textbooks in Finnish education. The next section outlines how and why textbooks have become a characterizing feature of Finnish educational culture before addressing different ways in which pupils and student-teachers are socialized into textbook-based practices of schooling. The later sections critically consider the importance of textbooks as part of Finnish education, as well as the implications for educational research, the ongoing development of Finnish education and in particular teacher education. This study suggests that a more clearly explicated understanding of text-based educational cultures is needed to better understand the character of Finnish education and to broaden the lens for theorisations of, as well as practices within, education

Character education · Educational research · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Sociology · Teacher education · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Psychology · Religious Education and Schools · Values and Moral Education

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