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- Vol 5 RE: App D
twenty-first-century competencestransversal competencesteacher education reformcurriculum enactmentprofessional autonomystakeholder participationteacher collaborationsustainable futuresBook chapter Evidence summaryAt a glance
Lavonen analyses how Finland pursued twenty-first-century competences through parallel national-curriculum and teacher-education reforms in a decentralised system. The curriculum combines subject knowledge with transversal competences such as thinking and learning to learn, multiliteracy, digital competence, participation, working-life capabilities, cultural competence, and sustainable futures.
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Municipalities, schools, and teachers interpret national goals locally, reflecting high professional autonomy rather than scripted implementation. Reform design involved teachers, teacher educators, ministries, municipalities, unions, students, and principals through collaboration, consultation, pilots, networks, seminars, and local support. A national teacher-education development programme similarly sought coherent research-based preparation, continuous professional learning, collaborative cultures, and capacity for curriculum enactment. Lavonen presents evaluations indicating progress while recognising that policy texts do not automatically change classroom practice. Coherence depends on shared understanding, local leadership, resources, professional agency, and sustained networks between universities and schools.
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