Adults' Numeracy in Finland: What Do We Know about It?

Autor/inn/en	Hassi, Marja-Liisa; Hannula, Aino; Salo i Nevado, Laia
Titel	Adults' Numeracy in Finland: What Do We Know about It?
Quelle	In: Adult Learning, 19 (2008) 3-4, S.42-46 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1045-1595
Schlagwörter	Economic Progress; Democracy; Numeracy; Adult Education; Foreign Countries; Mathematics Skills; Social Development; Basic Skills; Mathematics Education; Older Adults; Adult Learning; Public Policy; Finland; Program for International Student Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Economic growth; Wirtschaftswachstum; Demokratie; Rechenkompetenz; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Ausland; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Soziale Entwicklung; Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit; Mathematische Bildung; Älterer Erwachsener; Adulte education; Öffentliche Ordnung; Finnland
Abstract	Adult education has become a significant aspect of Finnish educational and developmental policy as well as of Finnish labor and social policies. Such factors as the need for occupational proficiency, employment, and economic growth have strongly influenced adult education in Finland. Besides the development of personality and support for the life of communities, principles such as the development and support of a democratic society, an increase in social cohesion, and the creation of opportunities for citizens' welfare have been expressed as current principles of Finnish adult education. The education settings that offer adults opportunities to improve their basic skills in mathematics are tightly connected to the overall Finnish education system and education tradition. In this article, the authors discuss the challenges for Finnish adult education and contrast Finland's first place ranking on the international assessment of mathematics skills, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), with the country's challenges of a future labor shortage and a need to educate large numbers of older adults with low numeracy levels. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Association for Adult and Continuing Education. 10111 Martin Luther King Jr. Highway Suite 200C, Bowie, MD 20720. Tel: 301-459-6261; Fax: 301-459-6241; e-mail: aaace10@aol.com; Web site: http://www.aaace.org/publications/index.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10