Posts by Ellimaija
How has Finland coped with the Covid-19 crisis?
This blog post is part of Maltese radio interview with Johanna Järvinen-Taubert in May 2020, 1/3. Radio interview was arranged by Dr Kenneth Vella, headmaster of the St Joseph Mater Boni Consilii school in Paola, Malta. The Covid-19 pandemic has hit Finland as it has hit all the other countries. There was a lockdown in…
Read MoreWorld Book Day and The Week of Reading in Finland go creative
Today is International World Book Day, also known as World Book and Copyright Day, or International Day of the Book. It is an annual event organized by UNESCO to promote reading, publishing, and copyright. World Book Day was first celebrated on 23 April 1995, and continues to be recognized on that day. World Book Day…
Read MoreAn ordinary day at Finnish daycare center
I am an early education teacher, working in Kalkunvuori daycare center. I work in an integrated group where half of the children have special needs, and that is why the group size is smaller (12 children) and the staff resource is bigger than the average (4 adults, of which 2 are teachers), but our daily…
Read More“I learn languages! What’s your Superpower?”, says a 5-year-old Julius from Finland 2/2
In our first part of the series “Learning languages”, we reviewed the changes in language teaching that currently take place in Finnish primary schools. In this second part we extend the discussion in the direction of early childhood education and pre-primary education in Finland. To start with, the idea to introduce different languages during the…
Read MoreFinland is changing the teaching of languages 1/2
This blog post is part of series “Learning languages”, 1/2. Please find here Blog 2/2. Children learn foreign languages best in their early age: there is a so-called sensitive period for learning different languages during the first years of life. According to different scientific studies this sensitive period lasts from the birth to 6-8 years…
Read MorePiloting extended pre-primary education in Finland: Striving for improved opportunities and decreased marginalization
Finnish pre-primary education is a bridge between non-compulsory early childhood education and compulsory primary education. Prior to 2015, free pre-primary education was the right of every child, and average enrolment rate was ninety-eight percent. In 2015 pre-primary education became not only the right but also the duty. Currently, pre-primary education lasts one year, and it…
Read MoreExploring Indian Schools and Exporting Finnish Education 2/2
This blog post is written by three Finnish Master´s Degree Programme in Teacher Education students who study at Tampere University in Finland. Learning Scoop made the internship possible by matching a great Indian school Redbricks Education Foundation with enthusiastic students from Tampere University. Blog post 1/2 can be read here. First of all, according to…
Read MoreExploring Indian Schools and Exporting Finnish Education 1/2
This blog post is written by three Finnish Master´s Degree Programme in Teacher Education students who study at Tampere University in Finland. Learning Scoop made the internship possible by matching a great Indian school Redbricks Education Foundation with enthusiastic students from Tampere University. This is a blog post 1/2. As a part of our Master’s…
Read More“Sisu will get you even through granite” – grit predicts school achievement
“Sisu will get you even through granite” is a popular Finnish saying. The concept of sisu has no direct translation. It is inner strength, determination and perseverance. An essential element of sisu is high persistence despite the difficulties and setbacks. Maybe the closest word to sisu is grit. A longitudinal study funded by the Academy of Finland…
Read More´Developing Steps to Freedom’ – Perceptions of the Finnish Education System 3/3
This blog is part of blog series ´Developing Steps to Freedom´- Perception of the Finnish Education System written by Janetta Hargreaves. To start with we highly recommend to read article 1/3 and article 2/3. Final Reflections It proves difficult to return home from an educational study tour of Finland and not join the ranks…
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