Inquiry on Professional Development of Teacher Educators' Practice in Finnish University

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26780476
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sociology of education
• Research Institution: University of Fukui
• Principal Investigator: Hayase Yuri 福井大学, 学術研究院教育・人文社会系部門(教員養成・院), 講師 (90611773)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: フィンランド / 教師教育者

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research’s aim is inquiring how to develop teacher educators’ professionality in Finnish University by comparing international trend. The idea that “teachers as learning profession” is shared in educational reform of teacher education in Japan. Teachers have been educated in Master’s level since 1970s in Finland. Teachers have autonomy for their work and they are respected as high professionals.
Developing standards for teacher educators is international trend and sharing vision among teacher educators and building network is highlighted. There is no standard for teacher educators but building network and supporting teachers by teachers themselves through sharing their practice in universities as platform are Finnish features. Teachers themselves become teacher educators is direction in Finland.

Free Research Field

教師教育、比較教育