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A comparison of student teacher conceptions of excellence in teaching at two universities in England and Finland

  • Andrea Raiker
  • , Matti Rautiainen

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Abstract

‘Excellence' is a word that appears regularly in government documentation on teaching, for example when reviewing the curriculum review in England (DFE, 2011) or teacher education (DFE, 2010) but it is not defined. It appears that conceptions of excellence may be different in England and Finland,arising out of philosophical, historical, socio-economic and political differences, in other words, from cultural backgrounds. This assumption was tested by means of a small international research project that investigated student teacher conceptions of excellence in teaching at Education Departments at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland and the University of Bedfordshire in England.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationnan
PublisherBERA
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2012
EventBritish Educational Research Association Annual Conference (BERA) 2012 - Manchester
Duration: 4 Sept 20126 Sept 2012

Conference

ConferenceBritish Educational Research Association Annual Conference (BERA) 2012
CityManchester
Period4/09/126/09/12
OtherBritish Educational Research Association Annual Conference (BERA) 2012 (04/09/2012-06/09/2012, Manchester)

Keywords

  • Higher Education

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