Pasi Sahlberg Explained

Birth Date:	26 October 1959
Birth Place:	Oulu, Finland
Fields:	Educational change School improvement Education policy
Workplaces:	University of New South Wales Harvard University
Thesis Title:	Who would help a teacher – post-modern perspective on change in teaching in light of one school improvement project
Thesis Year:	1996
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Awards:	Grawemeyer Award (2013)
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Pasi Sahlberg (born October 26, 1959, in Oulu) is a Finnish education expert, author and professor at the University of Melbourne in Australia. Previously, Sahlberg has worked as a professor of practice at Harvard University^[1] at the World Bank, and as the director of the Centre for International Mobility (CIMO) in Finland. His work Finnish Lessons: What can the world learn from educational change in Finland?^[2] won the Grawemeyer Award in 2013.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Education

Sahlberg is a graduate of University of Helsinki and the University of Oulu. He received his PhD from the University of Jyväskylä in 1996 with a thesis titled Who would help a teacher – post-modern perspective on change in teaching in light of one school improvement project.^[6]

Career

Sahlberg taught mathematics and information technology for eight years in middle school and high school. His research investigates issues in educational reform, school improvement and education policy.^{[7] [8] [9]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pasi Sahlberg Named Visiting Professor of Practice. harvard.edu. Harvard Graduate School of Education. 2013. Jill. Anderson.
2. Sahlberg, Pasi: Finnish Lessons 2.0: What can the world learn from educational change in Finland. New York: Teachers College Press, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2011.
3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20130320171106/https://pasisahlberg.com/portfolio-writings/short-bio/. 2013-03-20. Short biography of Sahlberg. Pasi. Sahlberg. 2013. pasisahlberg.com.
4. Web site: Pasi. Salhberg. 2013. How Finland remains immune to the Global Educational Reform Movement. youtube.com.
5. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20170319023235/https://pasisahlberg.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Pasi-CV-web-2017.pdf. 2017-03-19. Pasi Sahlberg CV.
6. PhD. Pasi. Sahlberg. 1996. Who would help a teacher – post-modern perspective on change in teaching in light of one school improvement project. University of Jyväskylä . .
7. Sahlberg . Pasi . Education policies for raising student learning: the Finnish approach . Journal of Education Policy . 2007 . 22 . 2 . 147–171 . 0268-0939 . 1464-5106 . 10.1080/02680930601158919 . 14245685 .
8. Sahlberg . P. . Education Reform for Raising Economic Competitiveness . Journal of Educational Change . 2006 . 7 . 4 . 259–287 . 1389-2843 . 1573-1812 . 10.1007/s10833-005-4884-6 . 145590350 .
9. Sahlberg . Pasi . Rethinking accountability in a knowledge society . Journal of Educational Change . 2008 . 11 . 1 . 45–61 . 1389-2843 . 1573-1812 . 10.1007/s10833-008-9098-2 . 17722873 .