Pedagogical development in TAMK – Finnish approach to paradigm shift in education
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3311/ope.155Abstract
Higher education has changed a lot during the past 25 years in Finland. The universities of applied sciences (UAS) were established in the 1990s when the former college system became higher education. At the moment there are 22 universities of applied sciences and 14 universities. Universities and universities of applied sciences have their own profile and legislation as well. About 23 000 bachelor-level students and 2200 master-level students graduate from the UASs annually. It is quite normal that in universities all students will complete the master’s degree with about 15 000 students getting their master’s degree and 1821 getting their doctoral degree annually. In UASs it is not possible to complete doctoral studies.Author Biography
Päivi Karttunen
PhD Päivi Karttunen is responsible for quality management, executive functions, internal development and vocational teacher education in her position of Vice President of Tampere University of Applied Sciences. She has also held teaching positions in nursing and vocational teacher education in Tampere Institute of Nursing and Health Care and University of Tampere. She has extensive knowledge in different kind of university development tasks, quality assurance, pedagogic development, cognitive control and strategic leadership in particular. Päivi has acted as a member and the chairman of Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council’s evaluation and audit groups. Her doctoral thesis, in the field of nursing education, studied different conceptions of knowledge among health care students. Päivi’s publications have been mainly focused on pedagogic development, quality management and network leadership.
