Posts Tagged ‘teacher training’
With small steps and together
This year I have been privileged to meet educational people all around the world. The story and practises of Finnish education are often rather far from the reality of the other countries. For example, the importance of play, respect of individual child, co-operation instead of competition, real life connection of learning content, respect and autonomy…
Read MoreMemorandum of Understanding signed with Vietnamese partners
Learning Scoop signed Memorandum of Understanding with several Vietnamese partners. His Excellency Phung Xuan Nha, Minister of Education and Training in Vietnam and Her Excellency Sanni Grahn-Laasonen, Minister of Education in Finland were backing the MoU ceremony.
Read MoreTo be independent and capable
Last week we had interesting discussions about the goals of education. During tailor-made Study Tour our guests from Dubai were surprised to see how independently even our small pupils act in dining hall or were studying in a different room without teachers´ constant attention. They were surprised to hear that our pupils walk to school…
Read MoreIt all begins in the early childhood…
The interest towards Finnish early childhood education has increased significantly during the last year. Why is that? For one thing, foreign education experts have realized that the early childhood education is an integral part of the success story of Finnish education. For the other, there is a lot of interesting development going on in the…
Read MoreDeputy Chief Minister of Delhi visiting Finland
Thank you Mr. Manish Sisodia,Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi @msisodia for visiting Finland. We had a great chance to introduce Finnish Education system both in theory and in practice. Partnership Director of Learning Scoop Ms. Elina Harju joined the delegation and explained crucial points of Education policy and teacherś role in Finland. To wrap things…
Read MoreMeet Tampere – All Bright! Ambassador Julia Rigal
It´s our pure delight to present Julia the Ambassador of Learning to our network. Her personal aim is to promote Tampere as an education hub and to help bring this expertise to other countries. “For the past seven years, my professional life has been all about education: Back in Austria (and partly in Germany), I…
Read MoreMaking sense – thinking skills
I read an interesting article written by three ladies: Ms Irmeli Halinen, Ms Minna Harmanen and Ms Paula Mattila. They are discribing the Curriculun reform in Finland specially focusing the question: why Finland is Introducing Multiliteracy in Teaching and Learning. You can read the whole article here. In the Finnish Core Curriculum, the objectives for…
Read MoreStudy Tour Finland: How much testing is really needed?
What a fine and international Study Tour we had last week! We at Learning Scoop team learned so much ourselves again, too. One very interesting talk we had was about evaluation and assessment. Our participant from USA started to think aloud, how much time it takes to have test after every chapter. Teachers in USA…
Read MoreTrustfully?
After some days in Finland, normally about 3 days, we start to talk with foreign teachers and education developers about TRUST. Trust is built in our systems. It is very important part of our culture. We trust our children, teachers and principals. Teachers trust their students and students their teachers. Principal trusts and respects his/her teacher…
Read MoreHow we work?
Do you want to hear more about us and about some basic ideas which funcion as driving force? Scooping The basic idea behind Learning Scoop’s business is simple. The aim is to scoop up the best practices in Finnish education and refine them to serve the needs of international clients. The company also looks for…
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