Review on Higher Education in the Field of Sports in Finland
Pokkinen, Maiju (2018)
Pokkinen, Maiju
Haaga-Helia ammattikorkeakoulu
2018
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018113019165
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018113019165
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The aim of this thesis was to collect the highlights of the Finnish education system to be benefitted in the early stage of the Kenya-Finland Education and Research Alliance project (KENFIN-EDURA). KENFIN-EDURA is a three-year project between University of Helsinki, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences and Kenyatta University and it aims to build higher education and research capacity to address the physical activity and nutrition transition in Kenya.
This thesis is produced based on qualitative research methods case study and ethnography. It focuses on higher education in the field of Sports in Finland and it includes the institutions of Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Kajaani University of Applied Sciences, Lapland University of Applied Sciences and University of Jyväskylä.
All the degree programmes have competence-based curricula, but their implementations differ from some parts. The curricula have student centered teaching methods and increased cooperation with the working life in common.
All universities of applied sciences have similar competences guiding their teaching which proves that the institutions work in cooperation with the aim of developing the working life and meeting the demands of the modern world. Even though institutions of higher education are self-sufficient when it comes to planning the teaching, the guidelines of the strategies of European Union and Bologna process can be identified in the philosophies of these institutions’ curricula.
You cannot adapt curricula as such to any country. The restricting factors can be different resources, habits, culture and even location. However it is possible to take some features of another education system and implement them in another.
This thesis is produced based on qualitative research methods case study and ethnography. It focuses on higher education in the field of Sports in Finland and it includes the institutions of Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Kajaani University of Applied Sciences, Lapland University of Applied Sciences and University of Jyväskylä.
All the degree programmes have competence-based curricula, but their implementations differ from some parts. The curricula have student centered teaching methods and increased cooperation with the working life in common.
All universities of applied sciences have similar competences guiding their teaching which proves that the institutions work in cooperation with the aim of developing the working life and meeting the demands of the modern world. Even though institutions of higher education are self-sufficient when it comes to planning the teaching, the guidelines of the strategies of European Union and Bologna process can be identified in the philosophies of these institutions’ curricula.
You cannot adapt curricula as such to any country. The restricting factors can be different resources, habits, culture and even location. However it is possible to take some features of another education system and implement them in another.