Finnish early childhood education and care : a multi-theoretical perspective on research and practice

Finnish early childhood education and care : a multi-theoretical perspective on research and practice / Heidi Harju-Luukkainen, Jonna Kangas, Susanne Garvis, editors.

This book highlights contemporary questions around Early Childhood Education in Finland. It explores a range of issues relating to policies and practices in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). The book features many aspects of the so-called Nordic model that is evident in different practices...

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Other Authors: Harju-Luukkainen, Heidi, 1977- (Editor), Kangas, Jonna (Editor), Garvis, Susanne (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, [2022]
Series:Early childhood research and education: an inter-theoretical focus ; volume 1.
Subjects:
Early childhood education > Finland.
Early childhood education > Research > Finland.
Education and state > Finland.
Early childhood education
Early childhood education > Research
Education and state
Finland
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 Introduction to early childhood education system's policies and practices in Finland
  • Part I Multi-theoretical teacher training and professional approach
  • Chapter 2 A Contemporary Dialogue of Finnish Early Childhood Education and Care - Pedagogical leadership in early childhood education teachers' work
  • Chapter 3 Critical compassion in Finnish early childhood educators' responses to challenges of acting compassionately
  • Chapter 4. Widening text worlds in Finnish early childhood education
  • Chapter 5 Developing Praxeological Understanding in Teacher Education: A Case of Worldview Education in Finnish ECEC
  • Chapter 6 Media education in Finnish early childhood teacher education--A curricular analysis
  • Chapter 7 'Too little attention is paid to children who require specialised support.': In-service and pre-service teachers' views on policy and practice in early childhood teacher education in Finland
  • Part II Children and families in ECEC
  • Chapter 8 Teachers' understanding of children's right to participation in Finnish Early Childhood Education and Care
  • Chapter 9 Promoting participatory learning and creative thinking in Finnish ECE - A review of five arts pedagogical case studies
  • Chapter 10 North Sámi Language Nests in Northern Finland: A Case Study of Sámi Early Childhood Education and Care
  • Chapter 11 My Story, Your Story, Our Story: Reciprocal Listening and Participation through Storycrafting in Early Childhood Education and Care
  • Chapter 12 Observed Reading Sessions between 08:00-16:00 hours in Finnish Early childhood Education
  • Chapter 13 Early Skills as Predictors for Later Educational Outcome in Mathematics and Science in Finland and Sweden - A Further Analysis on TIMSS 2015 Data
  • Part III Towards Finnish Pedagogy
  • Chapter 14 Creating a Theoretical Framework for Playful Learning and Pedagogy - The Finnish Perspective
  • Chapter 15 Practices of planning as a reflection of teaching and learning concepts in ECEC: The cases of Finland and Slovenia
  • Chapter 16 Leadership in the changing context of Finnish early childhood education
  • Chapter 17 A Quilt of Practices: Sustainability Education in Finnish Early Childhood and Care
  • Chapter 18 Elements of the Pedagogical Process in Finnish Early Childhood Education
  • Chapter 19 Conclusion and orientation to the future.

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