Posts Tagged ‘Finland’
Education Export – Mission Impossible?
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 Finnish school or Finnish education…
Read MoreThe Finnish education system – equal opportunities for all
I spent the holiday with my family at my parents’ on Haapasaari island. Haapasaari is a small island in the Eastern Gulf of Finland on the Russian border. It is located about 23 kilometers southeast from the mainland and it is the last passport checkpoint before Russia. During our visit we went…
Read MoreThis is not a blog
There is nothing to tell about Finland in July. We used to say that whole country is closed. Almost everybody has his or her vacation in July. Fortunately there is always somebody somewhere who is still interested in this almost word´s northernmost country. In British newspaper “The Independent” they ranked the countries according the highest…
Read MoreTeacher Academy Finland
“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 we have in the Finnish…
Read MoreLeading Learning and Croatian researchers in Finland
This week we had a group of enthusiastic professionals from Crotia getting deeper insight into Finnish Education System and pedagogical leadership. The work of principal was in focus when we visited and interviewed people in charge of day care center, basic education schools, high schools and vocational schools. The commitment of our leaders and (once…
Read MoreWarm thank you – we made it together!
Thank you Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Czech Republic, India, USA, Brasil, Finland for making this congress such a unique experience! On behalf of Congress Organising Committee we at Learning Scoop would like to thank each and every one of you for participation, active contribution and great atmosphere during the INEPS Congress 2016…
Read MoreINEPS Congress next Spring 2016 – Bright Education for All!
The Bright Education for All Congress: activating and practical methods throughout the learning path will be taking place in Tampere from April 26th to 29th, 2016. The congress will provide a forum for introducing various learner-centered, work-based and activating methods for promoting learning and preventing exclusion. The congress will showcase the entire activating learning path…
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