Posts Tagged ‘education’
Win with the Finn – greetings from Polar Camp
I had a pleasure to attend Polar Camp last week together with other brilliant minds. There are 29 Finnish organizations involved with Polar Partners network at the moment and we all are committed to deliver Finnish Education Excellence. Instead of staying in a tent we enjoyed the great surroundings of Wuolteen kartano Mansion. During the…
Read MoreFinland’s Core Curriculum: Skills or Knowledge? Or Both?
Last week I was training international education experts from USA, Saudi Arabia, India, New Zealand etc. about Finland’s new core curriculum. In the beginning of the training I asked them: “How many of you have heard that Finland is getting rid of school subjects in the new national curriculum?” Many participants raised their hands. There…
Read MoreIt has to be Utopia…
When me and my colleague Elina were interviewed by Sunday Times of Malta – believe me, that isn’t the most typical work assignment for us… 😉 the interviewer told us that she had heard comments from the participants of our workshop saying “The Finnish Education sounds so good, it has to be Utopia…”. Same kind of feedback…
Read MoreMultidisciplinary learning modules – students organize their knowledge into larger entities
In Finland teaching and learning based on the renewed curriculum began in August 2016. The main goals of the new curriculum for basic education are for example to enhance joy and meaningfulness of learning, and to create better opportunities for deep learning. How can we achieve these goals? For instance, by emphasizing the cooperation…
Read MoreOlder 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 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 MoreWorld’s Best National Curriculum
Why to reform a well-functioning system? “Content of teaching, pedagogy and school practices should be reviewed and renewed in relation to the changes in the operating environment.” (Finland’s National Board of Education) We have a new national core curriculum in Finland! Schools started to use the renewed curriculum in August this year for grades 1-6. …
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