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07.10.2020, Learning Scoop

Towa Overseas Study Center, the visionary behind the “Go Study” initiative, firmly believes that school visits in a foreign country will inspire and offer professionals in the education field (whether teachers, principals or administrators) a different perspective on best practices around the world, fostering educational development and pedagogical leadership. The…

14.09.2020, Learning Scoop

Collaboration should be viewed as a journey, rather than a destination. It is an ongoing and developing process of finding a common ground and learning how to play off each other’s strengths. Sometimes it can be hard to let someone else to take over, but like anything, trust and collaboration…

10.06.2020, Johanna Järvinen-Taubert

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.…

23.04.2020, Elena Chukhlantseva

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…

17.04.2020, Learning Scoop

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…

30.03.2020, Elena Chukhlantseva

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…

25.03.2020, Johanna Järvinen-Taubert

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…

20.03.2020, Elena Chukhlantseva

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…

13.03.2020, Learning Scoop

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. …

10.03.2020, Learning Scoop

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…

03.03.2020, Päivi Valtonen

“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…

27.02.2020, Ellimaija Ahonen

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…

24.02.2020, Learning Scoop

This blog is part of blog series ´Developing Steps to Freedom´- Perception of the Finnish Education System written by Janetta Hargreaves. The first article can be found here. Nearest is best The best school in Finland is your closest school which, even in rural areas, is usually walking distance from…