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Life purposes: Comparing higher education students in four institutions in the Netherlands and Finland
- Tampere University of Applied Sciences
- Hanze University of Applied Sciences
- Universiteit voor Humanistiek
Universities worldwide are beginning to counter the prevailing neo-liberal ideology by paying renewed attention to the moral development of students and fostering their life purposes. This mixed methods study investigates ...
- Posted June 15, 2023
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Experimenting with sustainability education: the case of a student-driven campus initiative in Finland
- Aalto University
Experiments are deemed not only useful, but necessary in sustainability transformation to enhance local decision-making. This is especially apparent in Finland where national government programmes and city administrations promote sustainability ...
- Posted May 4, 2021
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Talking About Sustainability in Teacher Preparation in Finland and the United States
- University of California, Los Angeles (CA)
This article reports on empirical research findings from a case study of teacher education in Finland and the United States. A sociological perspective was deployed for investigating how the concept ...
- Posted March 5, 2020
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High Performance Education Fails in Sustainability? - A Reflection on Finnish Primary Teacher Education
- Åbo Akademi University (Varsinais-Suomi)
- University of Helsinki
Sustainability is internationally often emphasized as an essential aim of higher education, but more as a principle than on the practical level. This is also obvious in the academic education ...
- Posted May 4, 2017
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