Historically the Finnish matriculation examination has had a dual role as an exit examination of the upper secondary school and an entrance examination to university. Optionality in the examination has dramatically increased, due to the structural reform, in 2005, and the reform of the exam in the realia subjects, in 2006. The article argues that the new optionality leads to unforeseen and undesirable results that are particularly problematic in combination with the relative assessment in the matriculation examination. It is becoming evident that the less well achieving students tend to take exams in other subjects than the better achieving students. As approximately the same percentage of students is mandated to get the highest, second hig...
The Finnish university network is the strong part of Finnish welfare state. The university provides ...
The Finnish education system is based on the skills and autonomy of teachers, which teachers adopt d...
The aim of this study is to find out how urban segregation is connected to the differentiation in ed...
When I was a member of The Matriculation Examination Board in Finland I often got feedback from teac...
The aim of the article is to elaborate how former girls’ school (Finnish girls’ school in Turku) pup...
In the beginning of the 21st century many voices called for an urgent reform of the Finnish higher e...
Tutkimus on osa pitkittäistutkimusta, jossa samaan ikäluokkaan kuuluvia oppilaita seurattiin perusop...
The focus in this study is on university curriculum design and on the experiences of its speed. The ...
School segregation is present in the biggest cities in Finland, but qualitative school- and classroo...
Perheiden aikaisempaa vapaampi kouluvalintaoikeus ja peruskoulujen eriytymiskehitys ovat nousseet nä...
Jälkiteollisten maiden tiedepolitiikassa uutta tietoa luovat organisaatiot nähdään taloudellisen men...
This article addresses discourses used to express openness in the three most recent curricula of Fin...
In the 2000s there have been major policy efforts for strengthening entrepreneurship education in Fi...
The author looks at how deviance was produced in school practices by analysing how teachers describe...
Tutkimus perustuu Opetushallituksen ja Kansallisen koulutuksen arviointikeskuksen hankkeessa tuotett...
The Finnish university network is the strong part of Finnish welfare state. The university provides ...
The Finnish education system is based on the skills and autonomy of teachers, which teachers adopt d...
The aim of this study is to find out how urban segregation is connected to the differentiation in ed...
When I was a member of The Matriculation Examination Board in Finland I often got feedback from teac...
The aim of the article is to elaborate how former girls’ school (Finnish girls’ school in Turku) pup...
In the beginning of the 21st century many voices called for an urgent reform of the Finnish higher e...
Tutkimus on osa pitkittäistutkimusta, jossa samaan ikäluokkaan kuuluvia oppilaita seurattiin perusop...
The focus in this study is on university curriculum design and on the experiences of its speed. The ...
School segregation is present in the biggest cities in Finland, but qualitative school- and classroo...
Perheiden aikaisempaa vapaampi kouluvalintaoikeus ja peruskoulujen eriytymiskehitys ovat nousseet nä...
Jälkiteollisten maiden tiedepolitiikassa uutta tietoa luovat organisaatiot nähdään taloudellisen men...
This article addresses discourses used to express openness in the three most recent curricula of Fin...
In the 2000s there have been major policy efforts for strengthening entrepreneurship education in Fi...
The author looks at how deviance was produced in school practices by analysing how teachers describe...
Tutkimus perustuu Opetushallituksen ja Kansallisen koulutuksen arviointikeskuksen hankkeessa tuotett...
The Finnish university network is the strong part of Finnish welfare state. The university provides ...
The Finnish education system is based on the skills and autonomy of teachers, which teachers adopt d...
The aim of this study is to find out how urban segregation is connected to the differentiation in ed...