Life skills education teachers' perceptions in primary school classrooms in Finland and Singapore

This research paints a picture of how life skills education could look like as part of the curriculum in every day school life in primary schools in Finland in Singapore through the lens of teachers. Life skills education is discussed with reference to formal structures as set by the curriculum and...

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Main Author: Tan, Sabrina
Other Authors: Faculty of Education and Psychology, Kasvatustieteiden ja psykologian tiedekunta, Department of Education, Kasvatustieteiden laitos, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylän yliopisto
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2018
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title Life skills education : teachers' perceptions in primary school classrooms in Finland and Singapore
title_alt Teachers' perceptions in primary school classrooms in Finland and Singapore
title_full Life skills education : teachers' perceptions in primary school classrooms in Finland and Singapore
title_fullStr Life skills education : teachers' perceptions in primary school classrooms in Finland and Singapore Life skills education : teachers' perceptions in primary school classrooms in Finland and Singapore
title_full_unstemmed Life skills education : teachers' perceptions in primary school classrooms in Finland and Singapore Life skills education : teachers' perceptions in primary school classrooms in Finland and Singapore
title_short Life skills education
title_sort life skills education teachers perceptions in primary school classrooms in finland and singapore
title_sub teachers' perceptions in primary school classrooms in Finland and Singapore
title_txtP Life skills education : teachers' perceptions in primary school classrooms in Finland and Singapore
topic qualitative content analysis Education Kasvatustiede 106 elämäntaito opetus peruskoulu Suomi Singapore
topic_facet 106 Education Kasvatustiede Singapore Suomi elämäntaito opetus peruskoulu qualitative content analysis
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