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How to best ensure a high quality of education is an urgent topic in most countries. For decades, learning and education have typically been concepts considered in terms of the educational sciences and psychology. Now they are more and more political concepts.
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Niemi, H., Toom, A., Kallioniemi, A. (2016). Epilogue. In: Niemi, H., Toom, A., Kallioniemi, A. (eds) Miracle of Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-776-4_19
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