General description
The course is intended to all students in Master´s programme. It provides an overview of systems of education and schooling with their key actors and of their contemporary national and trans-national change. Foreign students can accomplish the course through essay according to agreement with teacher.
Learning outcomes
Through accomplishing the course, the student
- is familiar with the structure and functioning of Finnish system of education and schooling in the context of trans-national education and schooling policy
- knows the crucial actors in construction and change of systems of education and schooling
- understands the key mechanisms for developing and changing systems of education and schooling
Contents
During the course students will learn about regional, national and trans-national systems of education and schooling and about methods of influencing them.
Through individual and group studies students practice participation in development and reform activity in the action field of their own orientation. Activities are analysed and reported in moodle-environment.
Teaching methods
| Teaching method | Contact | Online |
| Lectures | 20 h | 0 h |
| Independent work | 53 h | 31 h |
Modes of study
- Degree Programme Students
- Other Students
- Open University Students
- Doctoral Students
- Exchange Students
- Degree Programme Students
- Other Students
- Open University Students
- Doctoral Students
- Exchange Students
Option 1: Participation in lectures, report from individual and group work in moodle, final exam.
Option 2: Essay according to agreement with the teacher.
Evaluation
Numeric 1-5.Study materials
Administrational and policy descriptions, documents and reports on national and trans-national systems of education and schooling.
Selection of critical research literature on systems of education and schooling.
Belongs to following study modules
2018–2019
