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A History of Finnish Higher Education from the Middle Ages to the 21st Century

Part of the Higher Education Dynamics Book Series (volume 52)

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-20808-0

ISBN: 978-3-030-20807-3

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Sep 11, 2019

1 - 10 of 12 Chapters

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Chapter 1Introduction

Välimaa, Jussi

Pages: 1 –9

[The first chapter of the book introduces the intellectual starting points for the study and presents the most relevant research literature. The main aim on of the book is to explain how higher education has changed in Finland. The author responds to this intellectual challenge by discussing...
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Chapter 2The Emergence of Universities in the Middle Ages

Välimaa, Jussi

Pages: 11 –38

[The chapter begins with an analysis of the historical context in which European universities were born. The time of the emergence of universities (the twelfth and thirteenth centuries) coincided with a major medieval transition period in Europe, characterised by changes both in social power...
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Chapter 3Finnish Students at Medieval Universities

Välimaa, Jussi

Pages: 39 –56

[The chapter begins with a discussion about the importance of the Roman Catholic Church and the Kingdom of Sweden in connecting Finland to the Western European cultural sphere. The story continues by the foundation of Turku Cathedral School, the first school in Finland, at the turn of the...
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Chapter 4From the Reformation to the End of Swedish Rule – Laying the Foundations of a National University

Välimaa, Jussi

Pages: 57 –73

[The history of the Swedish Kingdom is looked at from the perspective of education. The chapter begins by an analysis of the Reformation, a deep political and religious change, in the sixteenth century. During the Reformation, the church, which had been a universal community and organisation,...
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Chapter 5The Founding of the Royal Academy of Turku

Välimaa, Jussi

Pages: 75 –86

[The first university in Finland, the Royal Academy of Turku, was established in 1640. It was at that time the northernmost university in the world and served the Lutheran Kingdom of Sweden mainly by educating priests for it.]
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Chapter 6The Academy of Turku During the Last Century of Swedish Rule (1720–1809)

Välimaa, Jussi

Pages: 87 –110

[The chapter begins by describing the University of Turku as an academic community in the estate-based society of the Kingdom of Sweden, which had lost its status as a Great Power. The author explains the kinship system, born in the seventeenth century, which served to strengthen academic...
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Chapter 7The Age of Autonomy – The Role of Higher Education in the Building of the Nation

Välimaa, Jussi

Pages: 111 –151

[The chapter opens by a discussion about the age of the Napoleonic Wars, which has been regarded as one of the most critical periods in the history of European universities. The author reflects on two solutions provided for the crisis: the grandes écoles of France and the Humboldtian university...
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Chapter 8The Expansion of Higher Education into Practical-Utilitarian Disciplines

Välimaa, Jussi

Pages: 153 –184

[The chapter focusses both on the debate on the role of practical-utilitarian disciplines and on the founding of new educational establishments during the nineteenth century. In addition to the Imperial Alexander University, four other educational establishments were set up in Finland in this...
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Chapter 9The First Decades of Independence – White Finland

Välimaa, Jussi

Pages: 185 –207

[The Republic of Finland was established after a bloody civil war between the Reds and the Whites in 1918. This chapter analyses the emergence of Finnish independence and the role higher education played in the new republic in the 1920s and 1930s. During this period, the University of Helsinki...
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Chapter 10The Development of Finland’s Higher Education System After the Second World War – Towards a Welfare State

Välimaa, Jussi

Pages: 209 –260

[Finland lost the war against the Soviet Union but won the peace after the Second World War. The defeat forced Finnish society to change. Higher education played a crucial role in these processes, resulting in a Nordic Welfare State in the 1980s. The author gives an overview of the major...

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