Pasi Sahlberg
education policy author, academic
Pasi Sahlberg (born 26 October 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 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? won the Grawemeyer Award in 2013.
Education
Sahlberg graduated from the University of Helsinki in education in 1986, having earlier studied mathematics and physics. He received his PhD in Educational Sciences 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.
Career
Sahlberg taught mathematics and physics for eight years in middle school and high school. His research investigates issues in educational reform, school improvement and education policy.
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