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17.04.2024, Ellimaija Ahonen

What a wonderful group by Tours for Teachers we had last week! Teachers, educators and principals from Australia were really active and made some great reflection of the similarities and differences between these two education systems and approaches. Thank you everyone for a memorable week together exploring Finnish Education, we…

09.04.2024, Ellimaija Ahonen

In March we had principals in Finland, a bunch of wonderful visitors from US and Thailand – such an active and enthusiastic group and it was our joy to exchange ideas and experiences with you during the Principal Study Tour! We are happy to share some insights by the US…

19.03.2024, Ellimaija Ahonen

Last week provided rays of sunlight and many insights into Early childhood education and care. Our lovely guests from Pakistan enjoyed five different visits to daycare centers and schools. What were the key early childhood education and care takeways to implement back home? More time to be spent outdoors daily…

29.01.2024, Ellimaija Ahonen

Study Tour season is on! During one of the coldest weeks of the Winter in Finland we welcomed a group from the tropical Bahamas. Sustainable education was one of the most important topics that resonated with our visitors. Our experts introduced them many topics such as Versatile learning environments, Curriculum…

17.11.2023, Ellimaija Ahonen

This year we welcomed 150 brave educators all around the world to Tampere, Finland! We had the honor to meet these curious, open-minded and skilled teachers and principals from several different countries from all continents! Learning Scoop is renowned for its quality study tours, which have also been awarded as…

04.05.2023, Ellimaija Ahonen

While in Tampere why not to forget the urban nature for an evening? We recommend to get energized in Finnish forest! Our Study Tour visitors enjoy Finnish Nature Experience, which is a guided evening spent in Finnish nature. We provide the experience together with our partner Seventen Tours. Let the fun…

12.04.2023, Päivi Valtonen

  Free Webinar Outdoor Exercises and Art in STEAM projects on 27th April at 17.00 (CET)     Using outdoors as a learning environment in STEAM projects has many benefits. It increases students’ motivation and engagement to study phenomena in real-life environments. Exploring things outdoors strengthens students’ relationship to nature…

28.10.2022, Learning Scoop

Playvation and Learning scoop have joined forces to create a brand-new course on early language teaching. The course “Teaching languages to young children” will help early educators to teach foreign language to the children in their care.  Two major players in Finnish education come together as Learning Scoop and Playvation…

10.10.2022, Learning Scoop

EU for Inclusive Teaching project is now officially launched! EU 4 Inclusive Teaching is an EU-funded project which aims at introducing an inclusive teaching model and a competence-based curricula  in the pre-university education system in Albania. The project will address the clearly stated need to modernize the teaching profession (competence-based…

27.09.2022, Learning Scoop

Are you struggling with classroom management and looking for new ideas in your lesson planning? Do you want to grow into being a teacher with tools and energy to motivate your students into developing a sustainability mindset? You are not alone! Teachers all over the world share the same challenges,…

27.09.2022, Learning Scoop

Title and theme: How to transform education through Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)? Finland as a leading example – EduGems Finland case studies and best practices. Target audience: This webinar is especially relevant to all school principals and teachers needing concrete action steps on how to incorporate it to teaching…

21.09.2022, Learning Scoop

Last Spring a group of educators from Lagos state, Nigeria attended an in-service teacher training program by Learning Scoop in Tampere, Finland. The main objective of this 2-week program was to get to know Finnish upper secondary and high school education and pedagogical practices as well as how competence-based multidisciplinary…

29.08.2022, Ellimaija Ahonen

We kicked off the Autumn season with a Basic Education (K-9) Study Tour last week. This time the group consisted of educators from US and Malta. The program gave visitors an overall view on Finnish basic (K-9) education and it’s core principles. Finnish basic education is based on stress-free “less…

25.03.2022, Johanna Järvinen-Taubert

Education outside classroom (EOC) is often characterized by curriculum-based educational activities practiced outside the school buildings, in natural (e.g., a park or forest) or cultural (e.g., a museum or library) settings. EOC includes for example versatile field trips, visits to museums, and various ways of outdoor learning. In addition, EOC…

10.02.2022, Learning Scoop

Edufication, a service created in South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences, and Tampere-based Learning Scoop have agreed on cooperating in producing and publishing educational material. Learning Scoop offers Study Tours, seminars, and training programmes for educators around the globe. The coronavirus pandemic caused a stall in educational travel in Finland.…