Older but Golder!
Finland is celebrating 100th anniversary in 2017 Finland became an independent state on 6th of December in 1917. Despite of hard times (civil war 1918, Word War II in 1939-44) the Finns have built this nation successful by making decisions together. Now we are steering the country to the new century with pride and courage.…
Read MoreLatest PISA results – Finnish response
OECD announced its latest PISA results few weeks ago. PISA is among the many international rankings, in which Finland has received excellent results, so naturally the latest results are of big interest both in Finland and in other countries. PISA assesses the learning outcome of students aged 15 in mathematics, science and reading literacy in…
Read MorePedagogical Leadership – Empowering School Community
Lapland International Forum for Education – LIFE 2017 – will be organised in January 18-21th 2017 in Rovaniemi, Finland. During the event you have a change to participate a free workshop by Learning Scoop. If you are eager to find answers to questions below, you are in a right place! What is pedagogical leadership and…
Read MoreGive back this Christmas!
Education gives children information and skills and improves the income of families. An educated child is likely as an adult to ensure that their own children receive an education. In our work, we improve day care centres, schools, teaching material and the quality of teaching and early childhood education. We help the most vulnerable access…
Read MoreSchool and the working life
“No man is an island.” We all belong to our local communities and to the global community as well. We at Learning Scoop try to regularly exercise our social responsibility and give our input for developing our own community as well as contributing to the global development. As an example of this I recently took…
Read MoreThe week in Jihlava – Inclusive Vocational Education and Training
In the beginning of November me and my colleague Outi Rantanen from Tamk took part to Erasmus+ workshop-week in Jihlava as a experts from Tampere University of Apply Sciences (Tamk). It was the first meeting of the project called CSTEPS. The project is focused on I-VET (Inclusive Vocational Education and Training) learners with special…
Read MoreThe Success of Finnish Early Childhood Education and Care
We have high-quality early childhood education and care (ECEC) in Finland. The Finnish ECEC is based on the educare model: an integration of care, education and teaching. The objectives, principals and contents for ECEC are guided by the National Curriculum Guidelines on ECEC. This document is a recommedation for the municipalities i.e. the service…
Read MoreDr Kenneth Vella
Believe and Achieve
Read MoreThe Chinese Case in Guangzhou
I had a possibility to deliver a principal training in Guangzhou, China, two weeks ago. Training sessions in three different universities were part of principal´s continue studies in Guangzhou area and me and my colleague Reijo Jouttimäki represented Tampere University of Applied Sciences as specialists in principal training. In every three universities we had a…
Read MoreLearning Scoop in collaboration with Peda.net Personal Learning Environment
Ease of use and the joy of accomplishment! Learning Scoop is happy to announce partnership with peda.net personal learning platform. Peda.net offers tools for educational institutions and teachers. Portal is a platform for collecting and distributing materials, maintained by the teacher or other admin and used by the learner. Peda.net is a suitable platform for web-based…
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