Abstract
This article reveals the educational change in Finland in the context of multiliteracy. Multiliteracy is one of the seven transversal competences introduced by the Finnish basic education curriculum reform between the years 2012 and 2016. School multiliteracy is developed through cross-subject studies with the usage of particular language. There are involved various texts during teaching to prepare well-educated global citizens who are able to to overcome obstacles of the contemporary world and to follow the global changes in a job market. Multiliteracy helps prepare a global citizen with the skills of global lingua franca.
Highlights
The world around us is rapidly changing and as a result the school is obliged to change, too
Cross-subject teaching focuses on transversal competences which coexist within school subjects.The usage of competences obliged teachers to reflect them in the aims of each subject.The competences are useful to describe knowledge and skills but attitudes and values
This article presented the educational change in Finland in the context of multiliteracy
Summary
The world around us is rapidly changing and as a result the school is obliged to change, too. From reform and the legitimacy of their implementation in the educational institution.2 In this light, I would like to answer for the qustions Does education help us face the challenges of the future?What kind of future does education construct?3 What is the passport of a global citizen? I would like to pay special attention to ways how teachers introduce this educational change in context of multiliteracy, which is a skill needed to interpret, produce and assess varied forms of text. It is one of the seven transversal competences introduced by the Finnish basic education curriculum developed through cross-subject studies with the usage of particular language. In Worldwide Educating for the future index 2018 Finland is an undisputed leader
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