The Finnishness in exporting Finnish education

Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture (MOEC) made an ambitious aim in 2010, which was to become “one of the world’s leading education-based economies” (MOEC, 2010, p. 5). Since then, education export is officially a profitable business in Finland, a top-down national branding movement has begun...

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Main Author: Chen, Mengsi
Other Authors: Kasvatustieteiden ja psykologian tiedekunta, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Kasvatustieteiden laitos, Department of Education, Jyväskylän yliopisto, University of Jyväskylä
Format: Master's thesis
Language:eng
Published: 2022
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