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School Learning as Human Growth

Modal Dynamics of Learning

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Schools in Transition

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As a social institution, the school has multiple functions, both in relation to other institutions and to different individuals, and there are surely different opinions about the current core function or fundamental reason of the schooling.

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  1. University of Oulu, Finland

    Pauli Siljander

  2. University of Oulu, Finland

    Kimmo Kontio

  3. University of Oulu, Finland

    Eetu Pikkarainen

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Pikkarainen, E. (2017). School Learning as Human Growth. In: Siljander, P., Kontio, K., Pikkarainen, E. (eds) Schools in Transition. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-827-3_7

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