Jyrki Loima (toim.): Facing the future
This thematic and dialogic publication is a cooperative step and an introduction to wider, deeper and even more motivated, specific discussion and development work in the endless field of teacher education in the European Union, as well as elsewhere. In line with the European Commission’s recent wishes, all teacher educators are called upon to create and confirm cruciel common principles covering more advanced educational skills and key competencies for the future.
What might be the future challenges facing European teaching, teacher education and its future qualitative reforms? This thematically structured publication is a collection of different contributions that deal with these questions and topics related to them. The authors discuss the European challenges for teacher education, the heritage of European civilisation and democracy in education, future language education and the vital but unresolved question of entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurial or enterprising teaching and learning. One of the topics is also the Finnish teacher-education system which is discussed from a national perspective. To put it briefly, the authors of Facing the Future do not want to give any final word on the issues and challenges discussed here.
This thematic and dialogic publication is rather a cooperative step and an introduction to wider, deeper and – as we teacher educators would have it – even more motivated, specific discussion and development work in the endless field of teacher education in the European Union, as well as elsewhere.
– Teos / Title
Jyrki Loima (toim.)
Facing the future. Developing teacher education
Nidottu, 189 sivua. Gaudeamus 2008, Palmenia-sarja. / PB, 189 pages. Gaudeamus 2008, Palmenia.
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– Sisällys / Contents
THE FUTURE AND TEACHING
Challenges for Education / Kauko Hämäläinen & Jouni Välijärvi
Distinctive Highlights of Finnish Teacher Education / Pertti Kansanen
ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP – A CHALLENGE?
The Promotion of Citizenship and Civic Activity Hinges on Attitude / Jukka Rantala
Towards the New Equilibrium – Citizenship Education in the European Union / Pauli Arola
SOME LINGUAL PARA DIGMS AND COMPETENCES FOR THE FUTURE
Making the Future Happen in Language Education- from Type Tasks to Transformative Action / Raili Hilden
Communicative Oral Practice in the Foreign Language Classroom – Methodological Challenges / Pirjo Harjanne
LinE – Developing European Competence for Future Teachers / Marja K. Martikainen
TO TEACH OR NOT TO TEACH? ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION
A Th eoretical Framework for Teaching and Learning Entrepreneurship / Paula Kyrö
Curricula and Entrepreneurship – Possibilities, Alternatives and Obstacles / Jyrki Loima