Posts by Ellimaija
Learning Scoop goes Latin America
Learning Scoop is happy to start collaboration with SISU Educación & Bienestar in Bolivia, Latin America. The first online courses are taking place yesterday and today covering themes “How to keep the student´s interest at class” and “Teaching and learning methodologies to develop the kids´ potential in class.” Our wonderful experts Johanna Järvinen-Taubert and Satu Herrala are delivering the sessions from Tampere,…
Read MoreVerso – a peer mediation program for children
“Mom, I’ve requested a Verso meeting!” My 10 year old daughter’s announcement surprised me. I knew she had suffered from a complicated situation with a couple of her classmates, but didn’t know she had decided to find a solution to it through peer mediation program Verso. Verso is a peer mediation program, where trained, a…
Read MoreHow can we help teachers to act as innovators, part 2/3: Autonomy
Finnish education is world-famous for its high quality and Finnish teachers are known to constantly develop the education. This continuous development has brought Finland excellent results: Why are Finnish teachers so development-oriented? We tackle this question in three consecutive blog posts. Understanding Finnish education requires the comprehension of few basic principles. These principles also guarantee…
Read MoreHow can we help teachers to act as innovators, part 3/3: Collaboration
Finnish education is world-famous for its high quality and Finnish teachers are known to constantly develop the education. This continuous development has brought Finland excellent results. Why are Finnish teachers so development-oriented? We tackle this question in three consecutive blog posts. Understanding Finnish education requires the comprehension of few basic principles. These principles also guarantee…
Read MoreHow can we help teachers to act as innovators, part 1/3: Trust
Teachers are often expected to act as innovators in the society. Education is of vital importance for the development of society and teachers are awaited to promote that development by new and innovative solutions in education. Finnish education is world-famous for its high quality and Finnish teachers are known to constantly develop the education. This…
Read MoreSimultaneous teaching
Working as a teacher can be a lonely job. Even though you have colleagues: you have common coffee breaks with them, plan your lessons together, have dialogues and even assess together outside the classroom — nevertheless, a teacher is alone in classroom. One class, and only one teacher. If we are lucky, we have a…
Read MoreTime to Thank You
Here in Northern Hemisphere we are having Winter Solictice today marking the day with the shortest period of daylight and the longest night of the year. It means that Christmas and end of year is just around the corner. It was our pleasure to host wonderful teachers, principals and education experts in Tampere, Finland throughout…
Read MoreOnce upon a time in Thailand…
When it is pitch dark in Finland, it is lovely to travel to the sunnier side of the world. Our experts had an opportunity to train teachers and faculty staff of Didyasarin International Preparatory School in Bangkok, Thailand few weeks ago. It was wonderful to meet our study tour participants Lady and Tor again and…
Read MoreTailor-made Study Tour for Heads of School from Gozo
Last month we had joy to design a private study tour for a group of enthusiastic Maltese experts from beautiful island of Gozo. These people were determined to develop the quality of education in their schools. One could easily see how passionate and committed they were! During the week spent together in Tampere, Finland both…
Read MoreSTEAM in Education – A hot topic globally
STEAM, which means Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics is a rising star if we are talking about trends in education. BETT Show held in London every January, the largest event in the world in learning technology, is typically full of STEAM related material and boots. In a certain STEAM village area many service providers…
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