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Schools in Transition

Linking Past, Present, and Future in Educational Practice

Editors:

  1. Pauli Siljander

    1. University of Oulu, Finland

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  2. Kimmo Kontio

    1. University of Oulu, Finland

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  3. Eetu Pikkarainen

    1. University of Oulu, Finland

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  • The book analyzes the concept and the role of school by emphasizing the pedagogical function of school, from which vantage point, one is better positioned to see how the development of school and the modernization process are intertwined
  • Furthermore, with this vantage, it becomes possible to establish a pedagogically well-founded critical perspective to analyze the topical politico-ideological change demands and global reform trends targeted to school
  • The authors represent a wide-ranging educational expertise from different countries and cultural traditions

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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    1. A Modern Idea of the School

      • Kimmo Kontio, Eetu Pikkarainen, Pauli Siljander
      Pages 1-15

  3. Functions of the School

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-18
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    2. A Philosophical School for Our Time

      • David T. Hansen, Jessica Davis
      Pages 19-33

    4. What are Universities for?

      • Jani Kukkola
      Pages 53-63

  4. School, Learning and Teaching

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-66
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    2. Schools and the New Language of Learning

      • Jouni Peltonen
      Pages 67-77

    3. The Paradox of Being a Teacher

      • Daniel Tröhler
      Pages 79-95

    4. School Learning as Human Growth

      • Eetu Pikkarainen
      Pages 97-112

  5. School, Economics and Labor Markets

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-114
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    2. The State, Market and Education

      • Kimmo Kontio, Maximilian Sailer
      Pages 115-136

  6. School and School Reform – National Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-190
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    2. School in Transition

      • Pauli Siljander
      Pages 191-212

    5. Schooling vis-à-vis Learning

      • Andrew Stables
      Pages 241-253

    6. School Representation in Curriculum Policies

      • Alice Casimiro Lopes, Elizabeth Macedo
      Pages 255-269
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About this book

School is one of the most focal institutions in modern society. It is largely through the institutionalized forms of education that modern society attempts to secure and maintain its social and economic well-being and its valuable cultural life forms. In addition to this, school is the essential institution through which the future of a society is defined. Thus, at least when understood traditionally as a pedagogical institution, the school stands at the center of historically and socially constructed cultural life forms and at the brink of an unknown future: the determination of that future characterizes the pedagogical task of the school. It naturally ensues then, that modern discourses of the school have always been intertwined with the critical question of how past, present and future can be linked in educational practices so that schools can foster (in ever better ways) the well-being of individuals, societies and humanity. The chapters in this volume, despite the variety ofviewpoints, share this critical view. The purpose of the volume is not to offer definite answers; rather it is to stress that to understand the role and functions of school in contemporary society and to orientate its transition, a well-founded critical evaluation of prevailing pedagogical practices and policy trends is required. This evaluation is vital for the future of school and society.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Oulu, Finland

    Pauli Siljander, Kimmo Kontio, Eetu Pikkarainen

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Schools in Transition

  • Book Subtitle: Linking Past, Present, and Future in Educational Practice

  • Editors: Pauli Siljander, Kimmo Kontio, Eetu Pikkarainen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-827-3

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-827-3Published: 27 December 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 320

  • Topics: Education, general

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