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The national core curriculum as a means for enabling and managing educational change has an important development role in the Finnish school system. In Finland, the national core curriculum is a framework around which local curricula are designed. The national core curriculum contains the objectives and core contents of teaching for all school subjects, and also describes the mission, values, and structure of education. It describes the conception of learning and goals for developing the learning environment, school culture and working methods.
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Vitikka, E., Krokfors, L., Hurmerinta, E. (2012). The Finnish National Core Curriculum. In: Niemi, H., Toom, A., Kallioniemi, A. (eds) Miracle of Education. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-811-7_6
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