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The project examines curriculum work and its management, as perceived by teaching staff. Furthermore, university curricula are analysed from the perspective of the societal impact, in terms of values, working life relations and individual competence. The data consist of surveys and interviews targeted at teaching staff, and curriculum documents and public descriptions of degree programs.

Funding

Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥, three separate funding. The project is ongoing, and the articles are under preparation.

Publications

• Honkimäki, S., Jääskelä, P., & Tynjälä, P. (2024). Academics’ experiences of university-wide top-down curriculum reform in Finland. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 48(6), 594-607.  

• Honkimäki, S., Jääskelä, P., Kratochvil, J., & Tynjälä, P. (2022). University-wide, top-down curriculum reform at a Finnish university: Perceptions of the academic staff. European Journal of Higher Education, 12(2), 153-170.
   
• Salminen, T., Jääskelä, P., & Tynjälä, P. (2021). Opetussuunnitelmatyön 2018-2020 arviointi Jyväskylän yliopistossa [Assessment and evaluation of curriculum work during the years 2018-2020 at the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥]. Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥, Finnish Institute for Educational Research, 96 p. 

• Kratochvil, J., Jääskelä, P., Honkimäki, S., Aittola, H., & Tynjälä, P. (2018). Opetussuunnitelmatyön 2015-2017 arviointi Jyväsk²â±ôä²Ô&²Ô²ú²õ±è;yliopistossa [Assessment and evaluation of curriculum work during the years 2015–2017 at the Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥]. Ä¢¹½Ö±²¥, Finnish Institute for Educational Research, 71 p.