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2007. Faculty of Education ► Staff 300 (incl.100 in Teacher training school) ► 20 professorships ► 80 lecturers ► 9 senior assistants ► 12 assistants.

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2 Faculty of Education ► Staff 300 (incl.100 in Teacher training school) ► 20 professorships ► 80 lecturers ► 9 senior assistants ► 12 assistants ► 2400 Master-students ► 170 Doctoral students Department of Teacher Education Department of Educational sciences: ► Education and Adult Education ► Early Childhood Education ► Special Education ► Institute of Educational Leadership

3 2007 ► National centre for educational research ► Multidisciplinary research institute ► Mission: Developing education through scientific research ► Five areas of research strength ► Involved in doctoral education Institute for Educational Research

4 2007 Educational Policy in Finland ► Equality of education has high priority ► Education for all – 140 years old tradition – comprehensive school 1970 – well-educated parents -> promotes motivation for life-long and life-wide learning – social and regional equality

5 2007 Teacher education in Finland ► Teacher’s profession has a high status ► Popular field of study > high qualifications of enrolled teacher student ► Master degree necessary also for primary level teachers ► Integration of theory and practice (Teacher training school) ► Pedagogical knowledge and subject knowledge integrated ► Teachers are life-long learners ► Teacher education is research-based

6 2007 Teacher Education in the Faculty Kindergarten teacher Primary school teacher (=class teachers) Subject teacher Special education teacher School / Study Counsellor Principals Adult education teachers Sign language class teachers and subject teachers

7 2007 Training programme includes: ECTS credits 1) Language and Communication Studies 25 2) Basic Studies in Education * 25 3) Intermediate Studies in Education * 35 4) Advanced Studies in Education ** 80 5) Multidisciplinary School Subject Studies 60 6) Minor Subject Studies 60 7) Optional Courses 15 TOTAL 300 * Including 12 ECTS credits Teaching Practice ** Including 16 ECTS credits Teaching Practice Master’s degree programme of primary school teachers

8 2007 Excellence in research High quality of education Social responsibility and innovations Department of Teacher Education Department of Educational Sciences Shared aims Faculty of Education 1.8.2007–

9 2007 I Learning communities, collaboration, and social interaction within schooling and working life contexts II Educational cultures, childhood, and well-being III Professional growth and guidance of life-wide and life-long learning Areas of Research Strength 2006–2010

10 2007 I a) Learning communities and the construction of individual identities

11 2007 I b) Different forms of collaborative and cooperative learning; cultural mediation of learning

12 2007 I c) Various learning environments and pedagogical practices; structures and processes of teachers’ and students’ participation

13 2007 a) Cultures and policies of childhood b) Parenthood, family and child-rearing II Educational cultures, childhood, and well-being

14 2007 a)Professional identities and learning communities b) Teacher's professional growth and development c) Life-wide and life-long guidance III Professional growth and guidance in life-wide and life-long learning

15 2007 Our research is characterized by ► collaboration and networking nationally and internationally ► multidisciplinary and cross-disciplinary research ► networking and collaboration with schooling and working life We aim to promote life-long learning and high quality of education at all levels of schooling.

16 2007 ► The mission of the institute is to develop a leadership function in the educational sector so that the educational organisations succeed in their task as well as possible. ► Strong international collaboration, e.g. visiting professors and International Master and Doctoral Programmes starting from 2007. Institute of Educational Leadership

17 2007 Programmes of the Institute of Educational Leadership ► Principal preparation programme for teachers ► Advanced leadership programmes for leaders and superintendents ► PhD programme in educational leadership for senior leaders and administrators ► International Master’s programme (started 2007) ► International PhD programme (started 2007/2008)

18 2007 Guidance and Counselling Education & Research Unit ► Provides education for school / study counsellors working at different levels in the educational system ► Research is focused on: –Guidance and counselling in higher education –Multicultural guidance and counselling –Working life guidance and counselling –Philosophical and theoretical foundations of guidance and counselling

19 2007 Institute for Educational Research (IER) ► A national, multidisciplinary research institute ► Staff: 80 employees, of which 50 are researchers Five areas of research strength: ► International and national evaluation of education ► Links between education and working life ► Higher education ► Educational use of information technology ► Developing research methods

20 2007 ► Assessing Learning Outcomes (PISA Studies) ► ICT in Learning and Working Environments ► Learning, Education and the Changing Working Life ► Higher Education Studies ► Learning and Teacher Identity in the Academic Community ► International Development in Education and Training ► School Community and the Teacher Profession ► Methods and Data Management Research teams in IER

21 2007 Future aims in research and doctoral training ► Promoting excellence of research ► Increasing publishing in international refereed scholarly journals ► Strengthening the collaboration between the Faculty and the Institute for Educational Research ► Enhancing international research collaboration (foreign visiting professors, international conferences) ► Internationalisation of education: International Master’s Programme and International PhD Programme in Educational Leadership (2007–2009) ► 12–15 doctoral dissertations yearly: article dissertations ► Increasing research funding from external sources (Academy of Finland, EU, etc.)

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