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29.08.2016, Johanna Järvinen-Taubert

Last week I had the privilege of training Education experts from the Kingdom of Bahrain in cooperation with our partner Creative Council for Education. What surprises me – I know it should not! – is how easy it was for us to understand each other! The Bahraini experts told us…

31.07.2016, Johanna Järvinen-Taubert

Education export – or global education – has many critics. Exporting education is said to be impossible – even unethical. From our point of view this argument is based on few misconceptions, which I try to tackle in this post. The education export’s critics’ favorite argument is: “You cannot export…

28.06.2016, Johanna Järvinen-Taubert

Our pride and joy – Teacher Academy Finland (TAF) – is ready to reveal the secret of the Finnish Education. The curriculum of TAF is just finished and we are excited about it! The aim of Teacher Academy Finland is to showcase the principles behind the educational system and basic…

31.05.2016, Johanna Järvinen-Taubert

“You truly educate your children for life and yet get excellent results” said a bunch of Chinese teachers looking at me with their eyes sparkling. They had visited several Finnish schools and learned the principles behind Finnish education system – and they were deeply impressed. We didn’t understand what jewel…

18.04.2016, Johanna Järvinen-Taubert

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…

06.04.2016, Johanna Järvinen-Taubert

Hear about the challenges and interim results of the Erasmus+ project PROVED introduced by Heike Borkenhagen PROVED (“Productive Learning in Vocational Education”) is a two years Erasmus+ project which is performed in Finland, Germany, Greece and Lithuania. The project’s aim is the transfer of Productive Learning from the field of…

23.02.2016, Johanna Järvinen-Taubert

On Thursday April 28th at 1 pm Bright Education for All! INEPS congress introduces one interesting workshop session by Simo Uusinoka and it is themed “To care, educate and council” (Häme University of Applied Sciences). What is it all about? Inclusive vocational school is something we try to promote in…

02.04.2015, Johanna Järvinen-Taubert

I had a privilege to host a group of Russian day care experts in Jyväskylä, Finland. The visit was organized in co-operation with Management Institute of Finland (MIF). The Russian visitors were here to learn more about Finnish early childhood education and leadership in Finnish day care. We had a…