'Human rights and democracy are not self-evident': Finnish student teachers' perceptions on democracy and human rights education

T Kasa, M Rautiainen, M Malama… - Human Rights …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This article discusses democracy and human rights education (DHRE) in Finnish teacher
education, drawing on existing literature, curricula and a survey of student teachers' …

Pre-service teachers co-constructing narratives about the future of education

A Lehtinen, E Kostiainen, A Martin… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study examined the kinds of narratives that nine pre-service teachers shared in online
collaborative learning discussions about the future of education in relation to global …

Who has the power to define the ideal teacher? Insights into the social structure of Finnish teacher education

A Fornaciari, M Juutilainen - Frontiers in Education, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In Finland, graduating teachers are expected to become “transformational agents” who are
able to critically reflect upon and evaluate what types of changes are necessary in education …

From playground extremism to neo-Nazi ideology: Finnish educators' perceptions of violent radicalisation and extremism in educational institutions

K Vallinkoski, S Benjamin - JSSE-Journal of Social Science Education, 2023 - 129.70.12.29
Purpose: The role of formal education is currently viewed as central in preventing violent
radicalisation and extremism (VRE), however educators' understanding, or competences …

[HTML][HTML] Addressing Hostile Attitudes in and through Education—Transformative Ideas from Finnish Youth

S Benjamin, P Koirikivi, LF Gearon, A Kuusisto - Youth, 2022 - mdpi.com
Amid global disturbances, the calls for educational institutions to promote peace and counter
hostility intensify. However, policymakers and other adults typically draft the various …

Implementing education for democracy in Finnish teacher education

A Fornaciari, M Rautiainen, M Hiljanen… - Schools, 2023 - journals.uchicago.edu
Teacher education (TE) in Finland is based on strong university autonomy, including the
right to decide the curriculum content and the teaching methods. Democracy and its values …

Youth far-right politics in Finland as a form of lived citizenship

C Lizotte, KP Kallio - Space and Polity, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Geographies of youth have explored multiple modalities of youth political agency, yet
privilege apolitical or progressive forms of politics. We propose expanding the scholarship to …

Reading between the lines: Democratic citizenship in the history curriculum in lower secondary education in Finland

J Löfström - Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 2025 - journals.sagepub.com
The paper discusses the Finnish core curriculum (curriculum framework) for basic education,
with focus on how lower secondary education in general, and history teaching specifically, is …

From training workers to educating global citizens: how teachers view their opportunities of addressing controversial global issues in vocational education

R Suhonen, A Rajala, H Cantell… - Journal of Vocational …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In the context of global crises, the priorities of vocational education and training (VET) need
to be reconsidered. VET should educate critically reflective global citizens who are capable …

” Mä tiedän millainen vastuu mulla on Suomen yhteiskunnassa, tämän yhteiskunnan kehittämisessä”: Oman äidinkielen opettajien yhteiskunnalliset tavoitteet ja …

M Yli-Jokipii, I Rissanen, E Kuusisto - Kasvatus & Aika, 2024 - journal.fi
Tässä artikkelissa tarkastellaan monikielisen oppilaan oman äidinkielen (OÄK) opettajien
yhteiskunnallista päämäärätietoisuutta yhteiskunnallisten tavoitteiden ja yhteiskunnallisen …