A Progressive Force in Finnish Schooling?: Finland’s Education Union, OAJ, and Its Influence on School-Level Education Policy

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dc.contributor.authorNivanaho Nina
dc.contributor.authorThrupp Martin
dc.contributor.organizationfi=kasvatustieteiden laitos|en=Department of Education|
dc.contributor.organization-code2604100
dc.converis.publication-id178870101
dc.converis.urlhttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/Publication/178870101
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-27T23:17:36Z
dc.date.available2025-08-27T23:17:36Z
dc.description.abstract<p>The Trade Union of Education in Finland, OAJ, is a large organisation covering early childhood education through to adult education and training. OAJ claims to have a key role in influencing education policy and often takes up progressive stances in the media. At the same time, there has been little evidence of it contesting government policy in any overt way. To explore whether OAJ really influences Finnish education policy and in what ways, this chapter looks at education policy concerning comprehensive schooling during the period of the centre-right Sipilä Government in power from 2015–19 and then at the interests and responses of the OAJ over the same period. Employing a thematic analysis of OAJ press releases and other publications, the authors argue that whereas the Sipilä Government’s education policy emphasised a more neo-liberal and individualistic approach to educational equity, the OAJ often sought to highlight a version of educational equality and its challenges associated with a democratic ideal of social justice. The OAJ also sought a longer-term perspective in Finnish education politics than was manifested in the various projects of the Sipilä Government. Overall, the chapter provides insights into Finnish education policy-making processes that involve decision-makers and working groups operating at both national and local (municipal) levels and the related positioning of the OAJ.<br></p>
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dc.identifier.eisbn978-981-19-8241-5
dc.identifier.isbn978-981-19-8240-8
dc.identifier.olddbid203741
dc.identifier.oldhandle10024/186768
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.utupub.fi/handle/11111/47526
dc.identifier.urlhttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-19-8241-5_4
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi-fe2023031431474
dc.language.isoen
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorNivanaho, Nina
dc.okm.discipline516 Educational sciencesen_GB
dc.okm.discipline516 Kasvatustieteetfi_FI
dc.okm.internationalcopublicationinternational co-publication
dc.okm.internationalityInternational publication
dc.okm.typeA3 Book
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.publisher.countrySingaporeen_GB
dc.publisher.countrySingaporefi_FI
dc.publisher.country-codeSG
dc.publisher.isbn978-81-322;978-3-540;978-3-642;978-3-662;978-3-7908;978-3-8274;978-3-8347;978-90-481;978-94-007;978-94-009;978-94-010;978-94-011;978-94-015;978-94-017;978-94-024;978-0-387;978-0-8176;978-1-4419;978-1-4612;978-1-4613;978-1-4614;978-1-4615;978-1-4684;978-1-4757;978-1-4899;978-1-4939;978-1-5041;978-3-319;978-1-4020;978-0-85729;978-1-4471;978-1-84628;978-1-84800;978-1-84882;978-1-84996;978-1-85233;978-3-211;978-3-7091;978-4-431;978-3-322;978-3-409;978-3-531;978-3-658;978-3-663;978-3-8100;978-981-287;978-981-10;978-981-13;978-3-030;978-981-32;978-981-15;978-981-16;978-981-329;978-981-334;978-981-336;978-3-031;978-981-19;
dc.relation.doi10.1007/978-981-19-8241-5_4
dc.source.identifierhttps://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/186768
dc.titleA Progressive Force in Finnish Schooling?: Finland’s Education Union, OAJ, and Its Influence on School-Level Education Policy
dc.title.bookFinland’s Famous Education System : Unvarnished Insights into Finnish Schooling
dc.year.issued2023

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