Publications

Hannu Simola has published several books in Finnish, dozens of articles in English, and a few in Spanish, French and Portuguese. Examples of the last-mentioned include a chapter in El desafío de Foucault: Discurso, conocimiento y poder en la education (Barcelona, Ediciones Pomdores-Corredor, 2000), and the article "Fermeture Didactique, Professionnalisation et Savoir Pédagogique dans la Formation des Enseignants" in Recherche et Formation (38/2001).

His most recent publications include

• Simola, H. (2005). The Finnish miracle of PISA: historical and sociological remarks on teaching and teacher education. Comparative Education, 41(4), 455–470. PDF >>

• Simola, H. (2005). Koulukohtaiset oppimistulokset ja julkisuus. (School-based learning indicators and publicity)  Yhteiskuntapolitiikka, 70(2), 179-187. PDF >>

• Carlgren, I., Klette, K., Myrdal, S., Schnack, K.  & Simola, H. (2006) Changes in Nordic teaching practices: From Individualized teaching to the teaching of individuals. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research 50 (3), 301-326. PDF >>

• Simola, H. (2006) Kuusi teesiä laadunvarmistuksesta. (Six theses on quality assurance) Tieteessä tapahtuu 23(3), 44-49. PDF >>

• Simola, H., & Rinne, R. (2006). Koulutuksen laadunarvioinnin yhteiskunnallisten vaikutusten tutkimisesta.Hallinnon tutkimus, 25(3), 68-80. PDF >>

• Simola. H. & Rinne, R. (2008) Researching the political effects of quality assurance and evaluation (QAE) in education – Reflections on some comparative issues in sociology and the politics of education in the audit society. In M. A. Pereyra (Ed.) Changing knowledge and education: communities and new policies in global societies. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang. PDF >>

• Simola, H. (2008) Kasvatustiede yhteiskuntatieteenä – pohdintoja suomalaisen kasvatustieteen edellytyksistä yhteiskuntakritiikkiin ja –analyysiin [On the capacity within Finnish Educational Science for Social Analysis and Criticism]. In P. Siljander & A. Kivelä (eds.) Kasvatustieteen tila ja tutkimuskäytännöt. Paradigmat katosivat, mitä jäljellä? [On the Condition of Research and Practice in Finnish Educational Science] Pp. 393-417.  Kasvatusalan tutkimuksia – Research in the Educational Sciences 38. Suomen kasvatustieteellinen seura (The Finnish Educational Research Association). PDF >>

• Grek, S., Lawn, M., Lingard, B., Ozga, J., Rinne, R., Segerholm. C. and Simola, H. (2009) National policy brokering and the construction of the European Education Space in England, Sweden, Finland and Scotland. Comparative Education 45(1), 5-21. PDF >>

• Simola, H., Rinne, R., Varjo, J., Kauko, J. & Pitkänen, H. (2009) Quality Assurance and Evaluation (QAE) in Finnish Comprehensive Schooling – a national model or just unintended effects of radical decentralisation? Journal of Education Policy 24(2), 163-178. PDF >>

• Simola H. (2009) Trans-national technologies, national techniques and local mechanisms in Finnish university governance: a journey through the layers. Nordic Educational Research 29(1), 6-17. PDF >>

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