A1 Journal article (refereed)
Seeking understanding of the textbook-based character of Finnish education (2021)


Moate, J. (2021). Seeking understanding of the textbook-based character of Finnish education. Journal of Education for Teaching, 47(3), 353-365. https://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2021.1896341


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Publication details

All authors or editorsMoate, Josephine

Journal or seriesJournal of Education for Teaching

ISSN0260-7476

eISSN1360-0540

Publication year2021

Publication date07/03/2021

Volume47

Issue number3

Pages range353-365

PublisherRoutledge, Taylor & Francis

Publication countryUnited Kingdom

Publication languageEnglish

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1080/02607476.2021.1896341

Publication open accessOpenly available

Publication channel open accessPartially open access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX)https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/74539


Abstract

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.


Keywordsschools (educational institutions)educational institutionseducation and trainingtextbookseducational methodsoperations modelsschool cultureteacher training

Free keywordsFinnish education; textbooks; educational culture; socialisation


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Reporting Year2021

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