Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
Elevate your educational approach by immersing yourself in Finland’s renowned teaching methodologies. This course offers a unique opportunity to experience firsthand how innovative teaching and learning can be seamlessly integrated into daily school life. Through a blend of theoretical insights, practical exercises, and field visits, you’ll gain valuable skills to enhance your teaching practices.
What You’ll Learn:
During the course days, you’ll engage with design thinking, phenomenon-based learning, and playful learning in a participatory environment. Working individually and collaboratively, you’ll visit Finnish schools to observe students in action and explore innovative educational sites like the Oodi and Emma Museum. Active participation will deepen your understanding of multidisciplinary teaching and learning methods.
- Apply innovative teaching methods in daily classroom settings.
- Utilize design thinking, phenomenon-based learning, and playful techniques to engage students.
- Enhance collaboration skills through group projects.
- Gain insights from visits to Finnish schools and educational centers.
- Utilize digital tools for remote learning and classroom interaction.
Course Highlights:
- School Visits: Witness Finnish students and teachers in action.
- Practical Training: Hands-on workshops on innovative teaching strategies.
- Collaborative Learning: Engage with educators from across Europe.
- Expert Insights: Guidance from experienced Finnish trainers.
- Cultural Exploration: Visits to educational hubs like Oodi and Emma Museum. The 7-day course includes a visit to Tallinn (Estonia).
- Free access to Finnish Education Online Courses: Learn more about Finnish education before your visit.
This program offers a perfect balance of theory and practice, ensuring you can implement what you learn immediately in your educational context.
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Tickets
All tickets includes:
- Event materials
- Certificate of attendance
- School visits
- Admission to all sessions
Standard price
For 5-day/7-day registrations
Group price
Discounted price for groups of 5 or more
Catering package
Lunches, refreshments and ferry tickets
By the end of this course, you’ll:
- Implement innovative teaching methods, such as phenomenon-based learning.
- Develop interdisciplinary approaches to teaching.
- Integrate digital tools into your lessons effectively.
- Gain inspiration from Finland’s world-class education system.
- Strengthen collaboration with fellow educators globally.
This course is ideal for school management, teachers, special education teachers, and non-teaching experts and staff working in school education, adult education, and vocational education and training (VET).
With a Doctor of Science in entrepreneurship and a Master of Science in technology, this versatile educator brings a wealth of expertise to her role as a teacher trainer. Qualified as both a vocational and special needs teacher, she has been training educators since 2005. Her areas of specialization include learning design, digital pedagogy, design thinking, playful learning, and peer mentoring. With decades of experience in upper secondary and higher education, she has taught subjects such as mathematics, IT, business studies, and entrepreneurship. She has facilitated extensive vocational teacher training programs for international participants in Finland, Colombia, and South Africa, as well as workshops and shorter trainings across Europe, Asia, and beyond. Equally adept in face-to-face, online, and hybrid environments, she seamlessly integrates innovative and practical approaches to education.
This is a provisional program for the 7-day course in October.
Day 1, Sunday
13:00 – 16:00 Welcome
- Setting the learning arch: introduction to the course and practicalities
- Getting to know each other
- Forming the teams
Distance learning: Preparing for team presentation (1 hour)
Day 2, Monday
10:00 – 16:00 The big picture
- Team presentations
- Finnish education system
- Phenomenon-based learning
- Activities: defining learning outcomes and identifying challenges
- Next steps: each expert team gets familiar with one digital tool
Day 3, Tuesday
10:00 – 16:00 Digital tools
- Jigsaw Workshop: each expert team experiments with one digital tool
- Sharing the outcomes
- Experts return to home teams and teach their digital tool to the teammates
- Design thinking: empathy map and ideating solutions
Day 4, Wednesday
10:00 – 16:00 School visit and Open learning environments
- School visit: Experience Finnish education in practice by visiting a local school and observing classes. Opportunity to talk to teachers and pupils.
- Lunch at Perho culinary school
- Tour in Oodi Central Library and Makerspace
Day 5, Thursday
10:30 – 19:30 Trip to Tallinn (ferry tickets and dinner included in the catering fee)
- On the boat: teams polish their project plans (Viking Line Conference room)
- In Tallinn: Guided tour in the Old Town
- On the boat: traditional buffet dinner
Day 6, Friday
13:00 – 19:00 Walk in the woods and cultural tour
- Walk in the wood: Olari health nature trail
- Teams prepare their project presentations
- Tour in Emma Museum and KAMU (Espoo City Museum)
Day 7, Saturday
10:00 – 13:00 Landing the learning arch
- Team presentations
- A walk down memory lane
- Lunch and Course certificates
This is a provisional program for the 5-day Summer course.
Day 1, Monday
Kick-off and the big picture
10:00 –16:00
- Setting the learning arch: introduction to the course and practicalities
- Getting to know each other
- Forming the teams
- Team presentations
- Finnish Education System
Day 2, Tuesday
School Visit & Phenomenon-based learning and design-thinking
09.00-16.00
- 9-12 School visit & lunch
- Phenomenon-based learning
- Activities: defining learning outcomes and identifying challenges
- Next steps: each expert team gets familiar with one digital tool
Day 3, Wednesday
Digital tools
09:00-16:00
- Jigsaw Workshop: each expert team experiments with one digital tool
- Sharing the outcomes
- Experts return to home teams and teach their digital tool to the teammates
- Next steps: Design thinking: empathy map and ideating solutions
Day 4, Thursday
Open learning environments
10:00-16:00
- Walk in the wood: Olari health nature trail
- Lunch at Perho culinary school
- Tour in Oodi Central Library and Makerspace
Day 5, Friday
Landing the learning arch
10:00-18:00
- Teams prepare their project presentations
- Team presentations
- A walk down memory lane
- Course certificates
- Optional Tour in Emma Museum and KAMU (Espoo City Museum)