The Finnish National Core Curriculum: Design and Development

Erja Vitikka; Leena Krokfors; Leila Rikabi

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The Finnish National Core Curriculum

Design and Development

In: Miracle of Education

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Erja Vitikka

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The national core curriculum as a means for enabling and managing educational change has an important development role in the Finnish school system. The national core curriculum is the pedagogical foundation for the organization and implementation of education, and a framework around which local curricula are designed. The national core curriculum contains the objectives and core contents of teaching for all school subjects, and also describes the mission, values, and structure of education. It describes the conception of learning and goals for developing the learning environment, school culture and working methods. This gives the core curriculum a dual role: on one hand it is an administrative steering document, on the other a tool for teachers to develop their own pedagogical praxis. In Finland, development of the core curriculum through a process of collaboration between national and local authorities is a highly developed practice. This has afforded a shift in the focus of curriculum development towards its pedagogical functionality. The Finnish core curriculum renewal process of 2014 is mainly pedagogical and aims to change the school culture, learning environments and pedagogy.

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Miracle of Education

The Principles and Practices of Teaching and Learning in Finnish Schools

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Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 01 Jan 2016

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