Posts by Ellimaija
7 simple steps to transform your classroom and teaching
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, struggles and dreams and need…
Read MoreSustainable development in education Webinar Oct 13th 2022
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 and school curricula. You will…
Read MoreTeacher training program for teachers from Lagos, Nigeria
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 training in conducted. The program…
Read MoreBasic Education Study Tour kicking off the season
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 is more” approach and our…
Read MoreEducation Outside Classroom – The secret ingredient of Finnish education excellence
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 is often considered as ‘experiential’…
Read MoreEdufication and Learning Scoop join forces to export Finnish expertise on developing the education sector
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. One solution to the problem…
Read MoreSocial-Emotional Learning – Demystifying SEL
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) to the forefront of discussion and practice in education. While the world is striving to get back to normalcy, our partner organization Redbricks School in India realized that all of us (children and adults both) need to be equipped with the internal strength and emotional intelligence to…
Read MoreOnline PD Program for Early Childhood Educators
Would you like to upgrade your professional skills in early childhood education with top-notch ideas and models? Are you interested to take part in a top-class professional development program for early childhood educators? Let us introduce you a PD program for kindergarten teachers! Finnish early childhood education (ECE) is known to promote children’s balanced growth,…
Read MoreOTTER – promoting science education and outdoor learning
Studying science at school – is it exploring, making new discoveries, and having an impact? When teaching STEM subjects, are we helping students to understand and solve the wicked problems of our time? Is science education promoting sustainable development and joy of learning? These are among the questions OTTER, an EU-funded project part of Horizon…
Read MoreLifelong learning in Finland
Finland is known for its high quality education system and especially for its successful basic education. What is far less generally known, is the strong Finnish adult education and versatile opportunities for lifelong learning in Finland. Finnish education policy makes it easy to be a lifelong learner. There are no “dead-ends” in Finnish education system…
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