This chapter explains in detail the new preservice teacher training curriculum at the University of Jyväskylä and tries to go as deep as possible in understanding a totally new and progressive way of training class and subject teachers. It is not a simple task, so the chapter draws heavily on interviews with the architects of the new preservice teaching education curriculum, as well as from lecturers and university students. In this chapter, preservice teachers are being trained in the new topics of interactions, emotions, and collaboration. To balance the view about preservice teacher education in Finland, the chapter presents a summary of current changes in preservice teacher education at three additional universities: the University of Helsinki, the University of Turku, and the University of Eastern Finland. The University of Jyväskylä has the most progressive view, and although all universities have a common core about teacher education, not all of them have moved as far and as quickly as the University of Jyväskylä. The “dialogue” that the chapter presents among the four universities enriches our understanding of teacher education toward the 2030s.
Preservice teacher education: an evaluation of two programs at the University of Northern Iowa
