Educational policy makers across a wide array of settings have made concerted efforts to improve their educational systems by paying close attention to their teaching profession. The state of Connecticut in the north-eastern U.S.A. and the northern European country of Finland are two such jurisdictions. However, unlike most other settings, where low-trust, accountability based policies have been imposed on the teaching profession, Finland and Connecticut’s policies can be considered teacher-friendly. This paper compares the teacher policies implemented in those two settings over the past fifteen years. Given the well-documented link between teacher quality and student achievement, it is worth considering these teacher friendly policies, whi...
In this thesis, I address two polarised debates in education policy: how teachers should be held acc...
Finland has received very good results in international student achievement tests such as PISA and I...
Examines the policies that determine how teachers are prepared, certified, hired, paid, evaluated, e...
Educational policy makers across a wide array of settings have made concerted efforts to improve the...
For two decades, Finland has been in the education spotlight as they consistently receive high inter...
abstract: Teacher preparation programs and how they function and educate future teachers can have la...
Throughout the past decade, Finland’s educational system has been in the international limelight due...
While Finland and Singapore both enjoy the global educational limelight due to their successful scho...
Education reform is currently a hot topic for politicians and policy makers in the United States. Re...
While Finland and Singapore both enjoy the global educational limelight due to their successful scho...
Background: International achievement studies such as the Programme for International Student Assess...
This study examines how the contemporary European policy debate addresses the further development of...
The chapter analyses teacher professionalism and how professional teachers are educated in Finland a...
Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston UniversityPLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authori...
This article offers readers the opportunity to eavesdrop on a conversation between teacher educators...
In this thesis, I address two polarised debates in education policy: how teachers should be held acc...
Finland has received very good results in international student achievement tests such as PISA and I...
Examines the policies that determine how teachers are prepared, certified, hired, paid, evaluated, e...
Educational policy makers across a wide array of settings have made concerted efforts to improve the...
For two decades, Finland has been in the education spotlight as they consistently receive high inter...
abstract: Teacher preparation programs and how they function and educate future teachers can have la...
Throughout the past decade, Finland’s educational system has been in the international limelight due...
While Finland and Singapore both enjoy the global educational limelight due to their successful scho...
Education reform is currently a hot topic for politicians and policy makers in the United States. Re...
While Finland and Singapore both enjoy the global educational limelight due to their successful scho...
Background: International achievement studies such as the Programme for International Student Assess...
This study examines how the contemporary European policy debate addresses the further development of...
The chapter analyses teacher professionalism and how professional teachers are educated in Finland a...
Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston UniversityPLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authori...
This article offers readers the opportunity to eavesdrop on a conversation between teacher educators...
In this thesis, I address two polarised debates in education policy: how teachers should be held acc...
Finland has received very good results in international student achievement tests such as PISA and I...
Examines the policies that determine how teachers are prepared, certified, hired, paid, evaluated, e...