北欧諸国における教師教育の動向

Abstract

Widespread concern had been expressed over the roles of teacher education in promoting the quality of national education in terms of students' academic performance, and/or of their individual holistic development. Education in Nordic countries with traditional school culture dominated by an egalitarian philosophy, had attracted peoples' attention by their unique but different approaches in their educational practices and theories. This article focuses mainly on Denmark and Finland and attempts to analyze the features of teacher education systems underlying their educational atmosphere and structures of both the countries. By juxtaposing the school curricula, deployment and salary system, and career route of teachers, the paper draws similarities and differences found in the two systems. Discussion then will be extended to the merits and shortfalls of the systems and the direction of educational reforms undertaken by both the countries from a comparative perspective.