Public Institutions as Learning Environments in Finland

Jukka Salminen; Leena Tornberg; Päivi Venäläinen

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Public Institutions as Learning Environments in Finland

In: Miracle of Education

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Jukka Salminen

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The National Core Curriculum for Basic Education 20141 has assigned national grade and subject based objectives, so called broad-based learning aims, as well as local curriculum possibilities. There are seven broad-based learning themes that support students’ holistic growth and adaptation to the ever-changing society outside the school building. Public institutions offer possibilities for learning, especially in themes such as cultural know-how, interaction and creation, multimodal literacy, participation and a sustainable cultural future. There is a detailed chapter on different learning environments in the curriculum, which schools can use. In the 2010s, there is great demand for talking about digital learning environments, but also physically authentic environments like public institutions, such as libraries, museums, nature and science centres. Public cultural institutions in this chapter are understood to be part of the built environment. The services provided by these are available to all citizens in Finland. These include: libraries, museums, various art institutions, theatres, music institutions and science centres. The expertise of the writers of this chapter is based on museums and libraries as learning environments, so that will be the focus of this chapter. Finland has a broad network of public libraries and museums. The utilization of this network as part of basic education has been relevant for decades. Development work has been carried out in museums and libraries as well as in the field of education. Various projects have been implemented at the state and municipal levels. In turn, individual schools and institutions have conducted successful local collaboration. Learning in public institutions has not been researched either in Finland or internationally to as wide an extent as learning at school or other formal learning settings. However, feedback from teachers and students, evaluations and summations of projects show that studies in different learning environments, such as museums and libraries, are deemed to have a positive impact on learning. They function as learning environments, in particular as support for life-long learning.

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Miracle of Education

The Principles and Practices of Teaching and Learning in Finnish Schools

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Print Publication Date:: 01 Jan 2016

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