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Transforming Teachers’ Work Globally

In Search of a Better Way for Schools and Their Communities

  • Eija Kimonen
  • Raimo Nevalainen
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Enhancing Transformation in Teachers’ Work

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 1-1
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    2. Supporting Teachers’ Work
      La Tefy Schoen
      Pages 3-34
    3. Extending Teachers’ Work to Outdoor Learning Environments
      Elizabeth L. Hammerman, Donald R. Hammerman
      Pages 35-53
    4. Changing Aims and Values of Outdoor-Oriented Education
      Eija Kimonen
      Pages 55-79
    5. Professional Orientations and Competences of Teachers in a School and Community Context
      Raimo Nevalainen, Eija Kimonen
      Pages 81-108

  3. Examining the Changing Nature of Teachers’ Work

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 109-109
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    2. The Teacher as an Implementer of Curriculum Change
      Raimo Nevalainen, Eija Kimonen
      Pages 111-147
    3. Teacher Perspectives on Reform in a Small, Rural American School of Historically Finnish Culture
      Thomas L. Alsbury, Karen T. Jackson
      Pages 149-173
    4. The Challenges of Basic Education Curriculum Change in Rural Primary Schools in West China
      Shuo Liu, Ruifeng Cui, Genshu Lu
      Pages 175-198

  4. Reforming Teachers’ Work in a Comparative Perspective

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 199-199
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    2. Philosophical Perspectives for Teachers’ Work
      Eija Kimonen
      Pages 201-227
    3. Teacher Competences in a Changing School Culture
      Raimo Nevalainen, Eija Kimonen
      Pages 229-259
    4. The Reform and Development of Teacher Education in China and Japan in an Era of Social Change
      Congman Rao
      Pages 261-301
    5. Teachers’ Work and Changing Socialization Environments
      Eija Kimonen
      Pages 303-338
    6. Understanding the Educational Change Process and Teachers’ Work
      Dhruv Raina, Shakuntla Nagpal, Pranati Panda
      Pages 339-344
  5. Back Matter
    Pages 345-364
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About this book

Keywords

comparative education educational change outdoor-oriented education teacher professionalism teachers' work

Editors and affiliations

  • Eija Kimonen
    • 1
  • Raimo Nevalainen
    • 2
  1. 1.University of Eastern FinlandFinland
  2. 2.University of JyväskyläFinland

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