Practices of professional learning communities

M Antinluoma, L Ilomäki, A Toom - Frontiers in education, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Building professional learning communities (PLC) has become a widely recognized strategy
for school development and for student achievement. Four Finnish comprehensive schools …

Intercultural education in transition: Nordic perspectives

P Mikander, H Zilliacus, G Holm - Education Inquiry, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Over the last several decades intercultural education has played a key role in many
educational policies and practices, both across the Nordic countries and internationally. In …

How and why education counters ideological extremism in Finland

PM Niemi, S Benjamin, A Kuusisto, L Gearon - Religions, 2018 - mdpi.com
The intensification of radical and extremist thinking has become an international cause of
concern and the fear related to terrorism has increased worldwide. Early 21st century public …

Religiously diverse multicultural literature for early childhood

SV Bennett, AMA Gunn, K van Beynen… - Early childhood …, 2022 - Springer
Through culturally sustaining teaching, teachers can transform practice and pedagogy to
challenge inequities and create a space for affirming students' diverse religious …

In-service and pre-service teachers' orientations to linguistic, cultural and worldview diversity

A Kimanen, J Alisaari, A Kallioniemi - Journal of teacher education …, 2019 - dergipark.org.tr
Culturally and linguistically responsive education takes the learners' diverse identities and
languages into account in many ways. This article explores the orientations that emerge …

Takanga 'enau fohe: a scoping review of the educational successes and challenges of Pacific learners in Australia 2010–2021

M Pale, L Kee, B Wu, W Goff - The Australian Educational Researcher, 2024 - Springer
International literature has recognised the importance of education research with Pacific
learners. In an Australian context, the early years learning framework for Australia and the …

Dialogue, Worldview inclusivity, and intra-religious diversity: addressing diversity through religious education in the finnish basic education curriculum

M Ubani, E Hyvärinen, J Lemettinen, E Hirvonen - Religions, 2020 - mdpi.com
The purpose of this article is to discuss how religious and non-religious diversity are
addressed in the current national core curriculum for religious education (RE) in basic …

Approaching culture, negotiating practice: Finnish educators' discourses on cultural diversity

A Kimanen - Journal of Multicultural Discourses, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This article explores the ways in which 10 interviewed educators in Finnish multicultural
comprehensive schools talk about cultural diversity. Recent theories and research try to …

Interrogating the promise of a whole-school approach to intercultural education: An Australian investigation

S Ohi, J O'Mara, R Arber, C Hartung… - European …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Intercultural education (ICE) is a priority for schools and schooling systems worldwide. While
extensive policy and academic literature exists that describes how ICE should be done in …

'Foreigners in Our Schools': Cultural Diversity, Othering, and the Desire for Justice in Schools

N Szelei, AS Pinho, L Tinoca - Urban Education, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This study explored 'cultural diversity'in urban schools in Portugal by conducting discourse
analysis on interviews with school practitioners. Findings show that 'cultural diversity'was …