Raiker / Rautiainen Educating for Democracy in England and Finland

Principles and Culture
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-317-24845-3
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education

With the growth of Islamic State, the annexation of Ukraine by Russia and the growth of right-wing political parties like UKIP in UK and the True Finns in Finland, discussions on the nature of democracy and democratic citizenship have never been more important. Exploring the relationship between democratic values, classroom practices and neo-liberalist ideology in England and in Finland, the contributors to this book argue that it is the role of governments and the education systems they support to create teachers and students who can voice critically appraised judgements to guide their citizenship.

With chapters co-written by English and Finnish authors, Educating for Democracy analyses the history and current state of education systems in England, Finland and other European countries to establish whether they are effective in creating democratically-minded citizens. Recent years have seen decreasing control of educator professionalism as governments are becoming more concerned about economic growth, and in some cases, survival. The contributors to this volume question whether educators are becoming less effective as a result, exploring the idea that democracy is a dying concept, and asking whether educators are now simply creating cogs for the neo-liberalistic/capitalist machine.

This book will be essential reading for academics and researchers in the fields of teacher education, education studies and comparative education. It will also be of great interest to those concerned with issues surrounding citizenship, democracy and the role of the government in education.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Raiker, Andrea

Rautiainen, Matti

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction, Andrea Raiker and Matti Rautiainen 2. Understanding England and Finland’s approaches to education- a reflective piece, Josephine Moate 3. Democracy and classroom practices, Andrea Raiker and Matti Rautiainen 4. The role of the teacher, Andrea Raiker, Tina Nikkola and Marja Maensivu 5. Inclusion, Cathal Butler and Aimo Naukkarinen 6. Differentiating for democratic education, Marilyn Leask and Matti Kuorelahti 7. Democracy and the curriculum, Neil Hopkins and Mirja Tarnanen 8. Accountability and democratic education, Jenny Gilbert, Pentti Moilanen and Sakari Saukkonen 9. Roots of democracy and teacher pupil interactions and relationships, Emma Kostiainen, Uvanney Maylor and Ulla Klemola 10. Power and democracy in education, David Mathew, Pentti Moilanen and Sakari Saukkonen 11. Researching education, Sarah Cousins, Wendy Cunnah and Josephine Moate 12. Theorising education, Olli-Pekka Moisio and Andrea Raiker 13. Concluding chapter, Andrea Raiker and Matti Rautiainen.

Über Autor(innen)

Andrea Raiker is the Academic Director of Postgraduate Studies at University of Bedfordshire.

Matti Rautiainen is a lecturer at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland.