Small Rural Primary Schools in Finland: A Pedagogically Valuable Part of the School Network

Autor/inn/en	Kalaoja, Esko; Pietarinen, Janne
Titel	Small Rural Primary Schools in Finland: A Pedagogically Valuable Part of the School Network
Quelle	In: International Journal of Educational Research, 48 (2009) 2, S.109-116 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0883-0355
DOI	10.1016/j.ijer.2009.02.003
Schlagwörter	Rural Schools; Rural Areas; Foreign Countries; Teaching Methods; Elementary Education; Teaching Conditions; Educational Environment; Centralization; School Culture; Rural Education; Educational Policy; Educational Research; School Community Relationship; Research Reports; Small Schools; Institutional Survival; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Ausland; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Elementarunterricht; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Centralisation; Zentralisierung; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Research report; Forschungsbericht; Finnland
Abstract	This paper reviews research on small rural primary schools in Finland and analyses it under three thematic foci: the relationship between the local rural school and the surrounding community, the small rural primary school as a learning environment, and the teachers' profession in this context. Over 30% of Finnish primary schools are small rural schools with three to four permanent teachers and teaching groups. Their culture encompasses ties to the local community while providing an almost unique school environment as a context for multiple learning and instructional processes. The review suggests that the position of small rural primary schools is threatened, as the continuing process of centralisation endangers the basic Finnish right to equal basic education in rural areas. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10