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25.01.2022, Learning Scoop

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…

19.11.2021, Johanna Järvinen-Taubert

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…

23.09.2021, Johanna Järvinen-Taubert

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…

16.09.2021, Johanna Järvinen-Taubert

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…

08.09.2021, Learning Scoop

What does a typical school day in a school in Finland look like? Have you dreamed of visiting a Finnish school? We hope that this video gives you glimpses of the school day activities, learning environments, importance of physical activity, teacher collaboration and joy of learning. Join along and welcome…

27.08.2021, Ellimaija Ahonen

“The data keep on piling up that there is something about Finland and Education”. We had an honor to be part of The TeachPitch Podcast series. Our Pedagogical Director Johanna Järvinen-Taubert is sharing insight to the cornerstones of Finnish education, child-centered pedagogy and ways to reach our ultimate goal, Sustainable Development Goal #4,…

02.07.2021, Learning Scoop

Freedom of expression, communication, unleashed creativity, valuing other’s opinion and encouraging dialogues, amongst many other attributes, have featured my university studies in a country that has been dominantly ranking the happiest in the world for several years, and more importantly one of the top countries for higher education studies. I…

23.06.2021, Learning Scoop

The take-aways of Finnish Education in Practice webinar are surely countless, yet most or perhaps all of us, have realized at this point that Finnish Education is not a miracle, and if it were, it would not happen perhaps then again, and it might not be applicable elsewhere. Rather, this…

19.05.2021, Päivi Valtonen

WEBINAR: PEDAGODY AND FINNISH EDUCATION IN PRACTICE What makes Finnish education unique? There are two basic principles which are constantly emphasized by Finnish educational policy makers and educators – collaboration instead of competition and life skills. Join the webinar on June 16th to learn more! 1 hour webinar will be…

10.05.2021, Ellimaija Ahonen

Finnish education is famous for its excellent learning outcomes and child-centered, stress-free approach. But what else do you know about the Education in Finland? We gathered some Facts about Finnish Education. Did you know all this 😊? Every child in Finland has a subjective right to attend early childhood education and…

28.04.2021, Johanna Järvinen-Taubert

“When teachers are experiencing wellbeing in their work, the whole school has the opportunity to thrive.” Reetta Yrttiaho & Susanna Posio 2021 Finland is known for high respect for our well-educated teachers. Finnish teachers also enjoy exceptionally high autonomy in their work which has given them large latitude to carry…

31.03.2021, Ellimaija Ahonen

Why Finland Education Shop? “You should definitely make an online course of this theme!” “Is there a web shop where we can buy these products?” It’s been literally for years that we have heard these comments and questions. While training international education experts around the world and presenting Finnish educational…

02.03.2021, Ellimaija Ahonen

Last week my daughter´s school was having a Survivor week. It means that everyone is encouraged to focus on healthy lifestyle, playing outdoors and spending time with friends and family. The most difficult part is that no screen time is allowed. Smart phones, laptops, play stations and computers are banned for…

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…