Competence-based discourse and fading educational knowledge in Finnish teacher education
• Finnish teacher education's agenda has shifted from research- to competence-based. • Finnish TE aligns with political and economic aims, not educational knowledge. • Competence discourse endangers TE's academic autonomy. • Teachers need solid educational knowledge, not competence-based goals.
Authors
- Janne Säntti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2624-9069)
- Mikko Puustinen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6737-124X)
- Anna-Leena Riitaoja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2825-8380)
Institutions
- University of Helsinki (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Teaching and Teacher Education
- Published
- 2026-01-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2025.105369
- Primary Topic
- Global Educational Policies and Reforms
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00