There is an ongoing discussion about teacher education today: its organisation, academic status and the competence that results from different programmes. no one best way to organise education. Rather, appropriateness of organisation related desired aims. In this article, we discuss implement for class teachers, namely, a research‐based approach, which has been used in Finland last 30 years. We elaborate on theoretical framework present empirical evidence ways implementing programmes,...

This paper explores the relationship between students' interests in environmental issues, attitudes to responsibility and biocentric values school science education. The factors were investigated within framework of three moderators: gender, residential area school. survey was carried out using international ROSE questionnaire with ninth‐grade students (N = 3626) from 68 schools. Likert‐type items categorised explorative factor analysis, multivariate analysis variance used study importance...

In this article, we examine teacher educators’ views on research‐based education. Finnish education has four characteristics: (1) the study programme is structured according to a systematic analysis of education; (2) all teaching based research; (3) activities are organized in such way that students can practice argumentation, decision‐making and justification when inquiring about solving pedagogical problems; (4) learn formal research skills during their studies. According results,...

Finnish pupils have scored well on international comparative students' achievement tests. Apparently, this is the main reason for current wide interest in teacher education system and its research‐based approach. The aim of article to describe student teachers' perspectives We will report their attitudes towards approach what kinds experiences they concerning realisation studies. subjects research were part a special group students, who all had worked as teachers without being officially...

The professional development of teacher educators is gaining increasing interest globally. However, not so many studies have been carried out in the Finnish context, which somewhat surprising considering that education system and has gained much worldwide. This study investigates educators' concerns, beliefs values. results show experienced a variety concerns their work, beginning mainly dealing with position being novice, later they became more concerned heavy workloads practical...

Factors interrelating with interest in physics learning are gender, perceived relevance, contents and contexts of physics, teaching methods. Finnish ninth grade secondary school pupil different was investigated a survey conducted connection the international ROSE project. The sample consisted 3626 pupils (median age 15) 61 schools. Means all items that belong to context for both girls boys were under middle scale. most interesting things (especially girls) connected human being less...

In this article, we will discuss research-based teacher education as an organizing theme of education. We report the results two surveys in which students expressed their attitudes towards approach and experiences The construct validity inventory was tested using both exploratory confirmatory factor analyses. comparison means revealed that multimode group had a statistically higher mean score than traditional class for factors dealt with pedagogical content knowledge those subjects teachers...

Abstract This article suggests that educational psychology should pay more attention to the role of curriculum when optimal motivation learn in school is considered. The frames teaching‐studying‐learning process school. fact has several implications on After child starts school, his or her seems change from an intrinsic extrinsic motivation. To develop pedagogical thinking a student's mind means student must become acquainted with aims and goals curriculum, assimilate them into integrated...

Professional development of teacher educators has not been researched very much in Finland, although interest started to increase globally recent decades. This study investigates 15 Finnish educators' views on their professional development. The results indicate that research plays a significant role the conceptions. They considered be an integral part work, as it is assigned tasks. differs from many countries, where researching and high-quality scientific contribution necessarily big work....

Education makes a difference and teacher educators are an important part of that circle. However, there is very little research done in Finland on educators' professional development. The main purpose this study was to develop test the psychometric properties three scales measure components development, namely (a) developmental needs, (b) preferred ways fulfiling those needs (c) hindrances needs. differences between different occupational groups were also discussed. survey distributed May...

The first objective of the present study was to test factorial validity inventory designed measure students’ motivation physics in school. Based on self-determination theory (SDT), it hypothesised that four factors External Regulation, Introjected Identified Regulation and Intrinsic Motivation account for covariances among items inventory. It also expected gender moderates A sample 3626 Finnish comprehensive school students used. multilevel confirmatory factor analysis (MLCFA) used...

AbstractAbstractThis study employs confirmatory factor analysis techniques to reanalyse the correlation matrix computed from data gathered by Ainley (1985). The consisted of 227 teacher education students different tertiary colleges. used five (12 subscales) frequently questionnaire measures curiosity in her study. purpose present was test statistical fit two-factor model subsuming two styles—breadth interest and depth interest. Application goodness-of-fit indexes offered LISREL program...

From the end of 1970s, all teacher education programmes have been a part academic higher in Finland. Thus, TE has implemented universities and Finnish comprehensive upper-secondary school teachers master's degree. Research methods courses an essential for over 40 years. Our results revealed that students educational seem to prefer empirical theoretical as way acquiring knowledge. In line with previous studies, aversion quantitative was also found present study. However, there were some...