What is it about?
The analysis shows that although the various aspects of Finnish education have been extensively studied in China, the content of prior studies has generally been similar and is insufficiently in depth. In particular, current research (1) lacks effective exploration of the successful experience of Finnish education reform, and (2) devotes insufficient attention to the social culture and core concepts that serve as the basis of education in Finland. This paper extends the authors’ recent review of Chinese literature on Finnish education and places special emphasis on the discussions regarding how China can learn from Finland’s experience with educational reform.
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Why is it important?
This paper opens a window to international reader to know the state-of-the-art research published in Chinese language on Finnish education in Chinese publications. It also identifies gaps in the current research in the field, and calls for a change in the future research agenda from examining the successful elements of Finnish education to focusing on how the experience of Finnish education is relevant to reforms in China.
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It is my great pleasure to wok with my co-author. We hope that our work will help strengthen communications between Chinese and intentional academic communities studying Finnish education, which has so far be separating from each other.
Yuzhuo Cai
Tampere University
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This page is a summary of: From the Finnish Experience to the Chinese Path: Review and Reflections on Chinese Research on Finnish Education, ECNU Review of Education, June 2019, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/2096531119852251.
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