Taking Steps towards Institutionalising Multicultural Education--The National Curriculum of Finland

Autor/inn/en	Zilliacus, Harriet; Holm, Gunilla; Sahlström, Fritjof
Titel	Taking Steps towards Institutionalising Multicultural Education--The National Curriculum of Finland
Quelle	In: Multicultural Education Review, 9 (2017) 4, S.231-248 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Zilliacus, Harriet)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2005-615X
DOI	10.1080/2005615X.2017.1383810
Schlagwörter	Multicultural Education; National Curriculum; Foreign Countries; Educational Research; Educational Change; Equal Education; Educational Policy; Ethics; Educational Practices; Social Justice; Prosocial Behavior; Cultural Pluralism; Case Studies; Discourse Analysis; Curriculum Development; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Multikulturelle Erziehung; Ausland; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Bildungsreform; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Ethik; Bildungspraxis; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Kulturpluralismus; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Diskursanalyse; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Finnland
Abstract	Internationally multicultural education research has pointed to the need to move from superficial to social justice-oriented multicultural education. However, realising this goal in policy and practice is a challenge. This study takes Finland as a case and examines the discursive developments of multicultural education in its national curriculum 1994-2014. Despite being a country which is known for emphasising equity and equality in education, superficial forms of multicultural education have prevailed. However, the results of this study show that the curricular discourse is clearly moving towards social justice education where multicultural perspectives are an integrated part of the curriculum. The 2014 curriculum, which came into effect 2016, emerges as a policy which aims to foster ethical and respectful students with a sense of fairness and an open attitude towards all kinds of diversity. The challenge for Finland is to ensure implementation and advance transformativeness in future curriculum reforms. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01