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:
Over seven 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 Design Factory and the Fazer Experience exhibition. 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 the Design Factory and Fazer Experience.
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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All tickets includes:
- Event materials
- Certificate of attendance
- School visits
- Admission to all sessions
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Discounted price forgroups of 5 or more
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.
Day 1, Sunday
13:00 ( Venue: To be confirmed later )
- Welcome!
- Introduction to the course
- Getting to know each other
- Team forming
Distance learning: Preparing for team presentation on Tue (1.5 hours)
Day 2, Monday
9:30
- Preparing your mind for innovation
- Design Thinking workshop
12:00 Lunch
13:00
- Design thinking project – visit a learning center
- Afterschool club teacher job shadowing
Distance learning: Design process models (1.5 hours)
Day 3, Tuesday
9:30
- Team introduction and design process presentation
- Digital collaboration tools
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Design factory visit
Day 4, Wednesday
9:30
- Experience Finnish education in practice: visit a local school and shadow classes. Opportunity to talk to teachers and pupils.
12:30 Lunch
FREE AFTERNOON
Distance Learning: Phenomenon-based Learning in Finland (2 hour)
Day 5, Thursday
9:30
- Innovation Workshop
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Drama Workshop
Day 6, Friday
10:00
12:00 Lunch
13:00
- Team presentation
Optional visit in the evening: EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art
Day 7, Saturday
10:00-12:00
- A walk down memory lane
- Course certificates
