Engaging Adolescent Learners

Brandy Yee completed her PhD at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and currently works as a principal in a large middle school in Canada. She has devoted her career in education towards ensuring the adolescent learning experience in school effectively meets their unique developmental and learning needs. Anne Sliwka is Professor of Education at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Her research focus is on school improvement, diversity and inclusion in education and on education for citizenship and democracy. Her research includes international OECD research on formative assessment, teacher professionalism and innovation in learning. Matti Rautiainen has been working as teacher educator at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, since 1999, where he is currently Deputy Head of Teacher Education. He has previously worked as a teacher in secondary and upper secondary schools, and his research interests include educationfor democracy; learning in schools and teacher education; educational change; and experimental educational culture.

• Chapter 1. Why comparative research on the middle years?.- Chapter 2. Setting the Stage.- Chapter 3. Multicultural and Multifaceted Canada.- Chapter 4. Germany: A System undergoing Change.- Chapter 5. Finland: Towards the Future School.- Chapter 6. Ecologies of Practice