Pasi Sahlberg

Pasi Sahlberg
Pasi Sahlberg at the Global HR Forum in 2018
Born (1959-10-26) October 26, 1959
Alma mater
AwardsGrawemeyer Award (2013)
Scientific career
Fields
Workplaces
Thesis Who would help a teacher – post-modern perspective on change in teaching in light of one school improvement project ProQuest 304330676  (1996)
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Pasi Sahlberg (born 26 October 1959 in Oulu) is a Finnish education expert, author and professor at the University of Melbourne in Australia. Previously, Sahlberg has worked as a professor of practice at Harvard University[1] at the World Bank, and as the director of the Centre for International Mobility (CIMO) in Finland. His work Finnish Lessons: What can the world learn from educational change in Finland?[2] won the Grawemeyer Award in 2013.[3][4][5]

Education

Sahlberg graduated from the University of Helsinki in education in 1986, having earlier studied mathematics and physics. He received his PhD in Educational Sciences from the University of Jyväskylä in 1996 with a thesis titled Who would help a teacher – post-modern perspective on change in teaching in light of one school improvement project.[6]

Career

Sahlberg taught mathematics and physics for eight years in middle school and high school. His research investigates issues in educational reform, school improvement and education policy.[7][8][9][10]

References

  1. ↑ Anderson, Jill (2013). "Pasi Sahlberg Named Visiting Professor of Practice". harvard.edu. Harvard Graduate School of Education.
  2. ↑ Sahlberg, Pasi: Finnish Lessons 2.0: What can the world learn from educational change in Finland. New York: Teachers College Press, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2011. ISBN 0807752576
  3. ↑ Sahlberg, Pasi (2013). "Short biography of Sahlberg". pasisahlberg.com. Archived from the original on 2013-03-20.
  4. ↑ Salhberg, Pasi (2013). "How Finland remains immune to the Global Educational Reform Movement". youtube.com.
  5. ↑ "Pasi Sahlberg CV" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-19.
  6. ↑ Sahlberg, Pasi (1996). Who would help a teacher – post-modern perspective on change in teaching in light of one school improvement project (PhD thesis). University of Jyväskylä. ProQuest 304330676.
  7. ↑ Pasi Sahlberg publications indexed by Google Scholar
  8. ↑ Sahlberg, Pasi (2007). "Education policies for raising student learning: the Finnish approach". Journal of Education Policy. 22 (2): 147–171. doi:10.1080/02680930601158919. eISSN 1464-5106. ISSN 0268-0939. S2CID 14245685.
  9. ↑ Sahlberg, P. (2006). "Education Reform for Raising Economic Competitiveness". Journal of Educational Change. 7 (4): 259–287. doi:10.1007/s10833-005-4884-6. eISSN 1573-1812. ISSN 1389-2843. S2CID 145590350.
  10. ↑ Sahlberg, Pasi (2008). "Rethinking accountability in a knowledge society". Journal of Educational Change. 11 (1): 45–61. doi:10.1007/s10833-008-9098-2. eISSN 1573-1812. ISSN 1389-2843. S2CID 17722873.