laajaalaisempaan
Laajaalaisempaan is the illative singular form of the Finnish adjective laaja-alainen, meaning “broader-based” or “more cross-disciplinary.” The term is used primarily in education and policy discourse to describe approaches, curricula, or competencies that span multiple subject areas rather than being limited to a single discipline. It commonly appears in phrases such as laajaalaisempaan osaamiseen (toward broader-based competence) or laajaalaisempaan lähestymistapaan (toward a broader approach).
In educational contexts, laaja-alainen osaaminen refers to a set of cross-cutting competences that go beyond subject-specific
Etymologically, laajaalainen is a compound of laaja (broad) and alainen (related to a field or domain), and
See also: laaja-alainen osaaminen, cross-curricular learning, Finnish national core curriculum.