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50 Years of ERIC
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Comprehensive School Teachers' Professional Agency in Large-Scale Educational Change
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Pyhältö, Kirsi; Pietarinen, Janne; Soini, Tiina – Journal of Educational Change, 2014
This article explores how comprehensive school teachers' sense of professional agency changes in the context of large-scale national educational change in Finland. We analysed the premises on which teachers (n = 100) view themselves and their work in terms of developing their own school, catalysed by the large-scale national change. The study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Teachers, Professional Autonomy
Do Comprehensive School Teachers Perceive Themselves as Active Professional Agents in School Reforms?
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Pyhalto, Kirsi; Pietarinen, Janne; Soini, Tiina – Journal of Educational Change, 2012
This article focuses on exploring comprehensive school teachers' professional agency in the context of the most recent school reforms in Finland (i.e., developing undivided basic education). In this article, the emphasis is on analyzing the premises on which teachers view themselves and their work in terms of developing their own school, catalyzed…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Teachers, Teacher Attitudes