Browsing by Author "Kuitunen, Eemi"

Aims. The aim of this study is to examine how the promotion of learning to learn skills has been described in the POPS 2014 in classes 1-6. Research question consists in the fact that I see learning to learn as an important part of student's own learning and lifelong learning. The topic is also interesting on my own future teacher's point of view. I see that my research topic can develop my own professional skills as a teacher and I also focus at the same time on the new basic education curriculum (POPS 2014). My research has not previously been carried out in this research material, so I could create new information about the topic. However, learning to learn has been studied quite extensively and I take advantage of the received results that the Helsinki University's Educational Evaluation Study Centre have collected. Methods. The study method was qualitative text content analysis. Data of the research consists of the text of the curriculum and the principles of qualitative research. Results and conclusions. The results showed that learning to learn is a major part of modern education in the lower grades. Learning to learn can be developed in many ways and it depends on many different circumstances, such as student motivation and learning environment. Ideas for further research could be, for example, how teachers and pupils see learning to learn in their schoolday. Also does learning to learn have any problems in practise or there could be a study about the wide-ranging know-how skills (laaja-alainen osaaminen) in school teaching.