The rhetoric of the ‘digital leap’ in Finnish educational policy documents

This article discusses the rhetorical strategies in Finnish educational policy documents dealing with digitalization. The documents argue that the national education system is in dire need of digital technologies in order to modernize its pedagogy and secure national economic competitiveness. Finnis...

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Published in:European educational research journal EERJ 2018-05, Vol.17 (3), p.442-457
Main Authors: Saari, Antti, Säntti, Janne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Competition
Curriculum Implementation
Discourse Analysis
Economics
Educational Policy
Educational Technology
Foreign Countries
Global Education
Information Technology
Institutional Autonomy
Municipalities
Persuasive Discourse
Policy Analysis
Professional Autonomy
Teaching Methods
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Summary:This article discusses the rhetorical strategies in Finnish educational policy documents dealing with digitalization. The documents argue that the national education system is in dire need of digital technologies in order to modernize its pedagogy and secure national economic competitiveness. Finnish municipalities, schools and teachers have high levels of autonomy in implementing curricula, so there is a challenge to them to adopt digitalization at all levels of education.
ISSN:1474-9041
1474-9041
DOI:10.1177/1474904117721373