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Paananen, Maiju; Lipponen, Lasse – Early Child Development and Care, 2018
In this paper, we consider pedagogical quality particularly as equal opportunities for participating in decision-making in preschool. Relying on Ferraris' [2013. "Documentality: Why it is necessary to leave traces." New York: Fordham University Press] theory of Documentality, we demonstrate how pedagogical documentation can contribute to…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Equal Education, Educational Quality, Preschool Education
Siivonen, Päivi – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2016
Continuous learning and updating one's competences and abilities have become requirements for staying "up-to-date" and "at the top of one's game". Lifelong learning policy has been persuasive in its emphasis on equal learning opportunities for all: everyone has endless possibilities and capabilities to learn according to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Academic Achievement, Secondary Education
Brodin, Jane – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2009
Learning in Motion (LIM) was a European project involving seven partners in five countries: Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Germany and Greece. The project focused on inclusion and access to outdoor education and was financed by the European Commission within the framework of the Socrates-Grundtvig Programme. The aim of the project was to explore if and…
Descriptors: Municipalities, Outdoor Education, Mental Retardation, Mental Disorders
Ahola, Sakari; Kivela, Suvi – Educational Research, 2007
Background: Early school leaving and dropout are widely recognized as problems, leading to further marginalization and exclusion of young people from society at large. The Finnish government has set a target that, by the year 2008, 96% of those who complete compulsory education will continue without interruption in secondary education or in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Problems, Leisure Time, Out of School Youth
Brunila, Kristiina; Ylöstalo, Hanna – Journal of Education and Work, 2015
This article deals with challenging the gender inequalities that exist in education and working life. It contemplates the kinds of discursive power relations that have led to gender equality work in Finland. In today's conditions where equality issues are being harnessed more strongly to serve the aims of economic efficiency and productivity, it…
Descriptors: Gender Bias, Equal Education, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Power Structure
Varjo, Janne; Kalalahti, Mira – European Educational Research Journal, 2015
Since the 1980s, numerous education reforms have sought to dismantle centralised bureaucracies and replace them with devolved systems of schooling that emphasise parental choice and competition between increasingly diversified types of schools. Nevertheless, the "Finnish variety of "post-comprehensivism" continues to emphasise…
Descriptors: School Choice, School Districts, Educational Benefits, Foreign Countries