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Transforming Teachers’ Work Globally

In Search of a Better Way for Schools and Their Communities

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. Eija Kimonen

    1. University of Eastern Finland, Finland

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  2. Raimo Nevalainen

    1. University of Jyväskylä, Finland

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  • This book suggests that the essential professional responsibility of the teacher is to create learning environments in which teaching and educating are linked to real-life situations.

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Enhancing Transformation in Teachers’ Work

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Supporting Teachers’ Work

      • La Tefy Schoen
      Pages 3-34

    3. Extending Teachers’ Work to Outdoor Learning Environments

      • Elizabeth L. Hammerman, Donald R. Hammerman
      Pages 35-53

    4. Changing Aims and Values of Outdoor-Oriented Education

      • Eija Kimonen
      Pages 55-79

    5. Professional Orientations and Competences of Teachers in a School and Community Context

      • Raimo Nevalainen, Eija Kimonen
      Pages 81-108

  3. Examining the Changing Nature of Teachers’ Work

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
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    2. The Teacher as an Implementer of Curriculum Change

      • Raimo Nevalainen, Eija Kimonen
      Pages 111-147

    3. Teacher Perspectives on Reform in a Small, Rural American School of Historically Finnish Culture

      • Thomas L. Alsbury, Karen T. Jackson
      Pages 149-173

    4. The Challenges of Basic Education Curriculum Change in Rural Primary Schools in West China

      • Shuo Liu, Ruifeng Cui, Genshu Lu
      Pages 175-198

  4. Reforming Teachers’ Work in a Comparative Perspective

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199
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    2. Philosophical Perspectives for Teachers’ Work

      • Eija Kimonen
      Pages 201-227

    3. Teacher Competences in a Changing School Culture

      • Raimo Nevalainen, Eija Kimonen
      Pages 229-259

    4. The Reform and Development of Teacher Education in China and Japan in an Era of Social Change

      • Congman Rao
      Pages 261-301

    5. Teachers’ Work and Changing Socialization Environments

      • Eija Kimonen
      Pages 303-338

    6. Understanding the Educational Change Process and Teachers’ Work

      • Dhruv Raina, Shakuntla Nagpal, Pranati Panda
      Pages 339-344

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 345-364
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Eastern Finland, Finland

    Eija Kimonen

  • University of Jyväskylä, Finland

    Raimo Nevalainen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Transforming Teachers’ Work Globally

  • Book Subtitle: In Search of a Better Way for Schools and Their Communities

  • Editors: Eija Kimonen, Raimo Nevalainen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-470-3

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6209-470-3Published: 02 January 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 370

  • Number of Illustrations: 44 b/w illustrations, 44 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Education, general

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