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Teacher education in Finland Jouni Välijärvi, professor Finnish Institute for Educational Research University ofJyväskylä FIRSTMATH Phase 1st Meeting Washington, DC, USA June 7 -10, 2011
Teacher education in Finland
Jouni Välijärvi, professorFinnish Institute for Educational Research
University ofJyväskylä
FIRSTMATH Phase 1st Meeting
Washington, DC, USA
June 7 -10, 2011
University of Jyväskylä
► founded in 1934
► one of the largest universities in Finland
► total income 176,9 million euros
► 7 faculties
► over 15 700 students
► staff: about 2 500
History of the University of Jyväskylä
1863 Teacher TrainingCollege
1912 Summer University
1912 Scientific Library
1918 University Society
1934 University College of Education
2009 75th Anniversary
1963 Physical Education 1966 University
UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY MUSEUM
FACULTIES INDEPENDENT INSTITUTES
UNIVERSITY BOARD
RECTOR
SERVICE DEPARTMENTS
UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICES
UNIVERSITY COLLEGIUMSCIENCE COUNCIL
EDUCATION COUNCIL
COUNCIL FOR
SOCIETAL INTERACTION
Centre for Applied LanguageStudies
5 departmentsFACULTY OF HUMANITIES
FACULTY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY2 departments
Teacher Training School2 departments
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
3 departmentsFACULTY OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES
JYVÄSKYLÄ UNIVERSITYSCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
UNIVERSITY LANGUAGE CENTRE
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT CENTRE
SECRETARIAT FOR THE FINNISHEDUCATION EVALUATION COUNCIL
INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
OPEN UNIVERSITY
AGORA CENTER
CONTINUING EDUCATION CENTRE
KOKKOLA UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM CHYDENIUS
FINNISH INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
FACULTY OF MATHEMATICS
AND SCIENCE4 departments Konnevesi Research Station
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES2 departments
Organization
Education policy
Equal access to high quality
education
Free education for all
Local – national balance
No dead-ends
Low competition between schools
Role of private education small
Comprehensive school in the 70s
Teacher education into universities
Education policy (con.)
In the 90s towards decentralisation School-based curriculum Involvement of teachers, students and parent No textbook control, no inspection Free choice of school Calculatory funding, local autonomy
Remained centralised Compulsory subjects Time allocation Teacher education, salary system and salaries
Mother tongue•Finnish•Swedish
Foreign language•English•German•French•Russian
A- or B-level
Secondnational language•Swedish•Finnish
A- or B-level
Humanitiesand NaturalSciences•Physics•Chemistry•Biology•Georaphy•Psychology•History•Social studies•Religion (Luth. Or Orthx).•Ethics•Health Educ•Philosophy
One of these
MathematicsAdvanced orBasic
Compulsoryfor allcandidates
Core of the Finnish Matriculation Examination(test in 1 + 3 subjects)
One test from three boxes have to be selected
Mathematics in upper secondary school
Basic math: 222 + 76 + ## lessons
Advanced math: 380 + 114 + ## lessons
Nongraded curriculum
Individual programmes
Self-concept index in mathematics (PISA2003)
-0,8
-0,6
-0,4
-0,2
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0,2
0,4
0,6
USA
Denmark
Canada
Germany
Sweden
Icela
nd
Finla
nd
Norw
ay
Korea
Japan
OECD
Girls Boys
Challenges in math education
Self concept and achivement in mathematics
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480
520
560
600
Bottom Quarter Second quarter Third quarter Top quarter
Self-concept
Japan Finland OECD United States
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Autonomous teachers – culture of trust
Highly trusted professionals
Master’s degree for all
High popularity of the profession
Highly motivated and multitalented students
Culture of trust, autonomy
“Intelligent” accountability
Flexibility of models
Powerful teacher union
http://ktl.jyu.fi/ktl/osaavaverme/mainenglish
Novice teachers
No formal induction
Mentoring
In-service education: 5 days/year minimum
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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Vuosi
Applicants for class t. kindegarten t. programmes (U of Jyväskylä, 2010)
Luokanopettajan Lastentarhanopettaja
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50
100
150
200
250
Vuosi
Applicants for subject teacherprogrammes (U of Jyväskylä)
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Research competence
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Three programmes(180 + 120 credits):
MathematicsStatisticsMathematics (teacher education)
Double qualification:
For class teachers: 60 credits in mathematics-> qulified to teach math on lower secondary
For subject teachers: 60 credits in pedagogy-> qulified to teach on primarylevel
Teachers have responsibility
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ing teach
ers
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achersBudget a
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Student admitta
nce
Disciplin
ary polic
ies
Assess
ment polic
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ntentCourse
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Percentage of students
Finland
Japan
