Institution:
Ministry of Education
Finland
Helsinki
Address:
Ministry of Education
Department for Education and Science Policy
Meritullinkatu 10, Helsinki
P.O. Box 29, FIN-00023 Government, Finland
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Ministry of Education, Development Plan for Education and Research
2003-2008
Printed by
Helsinki University Press, 2004
ISBN 952-442-693-5 (pbk.)
ISBN 952-442-694-3 (PDF)
ISSN 1458-8110
Main contents
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Changes in
the operational environmental
It is pointed out that, within the present “social
and cultural change…
skill demands
relating to the use, content and flows of information in the net
are growing.”
(p. 9)
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Development lines in education and research
It is highlighted that “care must be taken that education
provides sufficient knowledge and skills for assessing information
content on the net and for managing information flows.” (p. 17)
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Development of the education system
University education:
it is underlined that “a
key challenge for
all universities is to provide students with skills to
use scientific methods and the ability to produce and use knowledge
independently.”
(p. 47)
Adult education and training:
adult vocational
training and liberal adult education will be targeted to offer opportunities for
the adult population to gain adequate information society skills (p. 49).
Liberal adult education:
within the liberal adult education civic empowerment must be promoted and
strengthened; information society skills must be improved (p. 52).
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Development of the research system
Libraries’ role in Finland
is stressed: “Libraries will contribute to the development of teaching and
study methods and on their part ensure that university and polytechnic
graduates have good information literacy.” (p. 55)
Keywords:
policy
document – development plan – research and education – demands for information
skills – information skills – learning skills – study skills – academic study
skills – scientific study methods - information society skills – university
education - adult vocational training – adult education –
liberal adult education - libraries’ role –
information literacy |