Contents (Tentative) Foreword Howard Gardner Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Where Theres a Will Theres a Way Northern Exposure Finland as an Inspiration Learning From Others The Plan of This Book 1.?The Finnish Dream: A Good School for All Postwar Finland Universal Basic Education The New School Is Born Expanding Upper-Secondary Education Improving Educational Attainment Four Phases of Educational Change The Finnish Education System in 2020 The Finnish Dream Challenged 2.?The Finnish Paradox: Less Is More From Periphery to Limelight Educational Attainment Equity of Outcomes Student Learning Cost of Education Finnish Paradoxes of Education The Perils of PISA 3.?The Finnish Advantage: The Teachers The Culture of Teaching Becoming a Teacher Research-Based Teacher Education Teachers as Researchers Professional Development Teachers Are Leaders School Leaders Are Teachers Good Teachers, Great Schools What If Finlands Great Teachers Taught in Your Schools? 4.?The Finnish Way: Competitive Welfare State The Power of Globalization The Global Educational Reform Movement An Innovation Economy Welfare, Equality, and Competitiveness Foreign Innovation, Finnish Implementation Myths About The Finnish School 5.?Is the Future Finnish? Success by Being Different Successful Educational Reform The Transfer of Change Knowledge Stress Test for Finnish Schools The Future of Finnish Education Postscript Sir Ken Robinson Notes References Index About the Author
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Pasi Sahlberg is a professor of education policy at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. His books include Hard Questions on Global Educational Change: Policies, Practices, and the Future of Education. He received the 2021 Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL) Hedley Beare Award for Educational Writing and the 2021 ACEL Dr. Paul Brock Memorial Medal. Visit Pasis website at www.pasisahlberg.com