Underlying Phenomena of Productive Learning

Today, “teach doesn`t touch” has become a political refrain for teachers. In many schools, teachers teach their student’s heads but don’t touch their hearts. In Productive Learning, the situation is quite opposite, where “to teach” means “to touch”. Teachers touch pedagogically their students as such, with his or her being and mind, and teach them…

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Tools for promoting psychosocial skills in education

Psychosocial skills are the ability of a person to answer with efficiency daily life demands and trials. The psychosocial skills have an important role in promoting health, physical, mental and social wellness. Psychosocial skills allow us to interact with, perceive, influence and relate to others. Researches have confirmed the interest to reinforce psychosocial skills to…

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Tools for promoting psychosocial skills in education

Psychosocial skills are the ability of a person to answer with efficiency daily life demands and trials. The psychosocial skills have an important role in promoting health, physical, mental and social wellness. Psychosocial skills allow us to interact with, perceive, influence and relate to others. Researches have confirmed the interest to reinforce psychosocial skills to…

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Team learning (TBL) in the upper secondary school – focus changes from teaching to learning

Team-Based Learning implementation is based on four underlying principles (Michaelsen & Richards 2005): •Groups should be properly formed (e.g. Intellectual talent should be equally distributed among the groups). These teams are fixed for the whole course. •Students are accountable for their pre-learning and for working in teams. •Team assignments must promote both learning and team…

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Team learning (TBL) in the upper secondary school – focus changes from teaching to learning

Team-Based Learning implementation is based on four underlying principles (Michaelsen & Richards 2005): Groups should be properly formed (e.g. Intellectual talent should be equally distributed among the groups). These teams are fixed for the whole course. Students are accountable for their pre-learning and for working in teams. Team assignments must promote both learning and team…

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Everybody can succeed – Flexible Basic Education in Finland

Examples and experiences will be displayed at INEPS Congress on Thursday April 28th at 1 pm by Kari Rajaorko, Haaga School, Helsinki and Juha Lahtinen, Learning Scoop. Flexible basic education activities are part of grades 7–9 basic education. It is designed to match the objectives and contents of the National Core Curriculum for Basic Education.…

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GuildShools – co-operation between VET-schools all over the country

GuildShools, VET-pedagogy using social media and media devices Learn more about pedagogical use of mobile and media devices. This Bright Education for All! INEPS Congress workshop will focus on – how can I save and publish own photo/video – using blogs as skills growth document – using social media group leading, supporting professional identity, as marketing tool…

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Kiltakoulut – yhteistyötä yli oppilaitosrajojen

Kiltakoulut, ammatillista koulutusta medialaitteita ja sosiaalista mediaa pedagogisesti hyödyntäen Tule oppimaan, miten hyödynnät mobiili- ja medialaitteita pedagogiikan lähtökohdista käsin – oman videon/valokuvan tallentaminen ja julkaiseminen – blogien käyttö osaamisen kasvun dokumentoinnissa – sosiaalisen median käyttö ryhmänohjauksen, ammatillisen identiteetin tukemisen ja markkinoinnin työkaluna. Tämä workshop pidetään INEPS-kongressissa torstaina 28.4.2016 klo 10:30. Kiltakoulun asiantuntijoina toimivat Petri Jäminki,…

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