Original Best Practices Benchmarking course -Refugees and Migrants
Immerse yourself in the educational excellence of Finland and Estonia, focusing on integrating refugee and migrant students. This course offers firsthand insights into top-performing educational systems, emphasizing teaching methodologies and strategies that support refugee children’s well-being and learning.
What You’ll Learn:
Engage in experiential learning to understand how Finnish and Estonian schools provide quality education for refugee and migrant students. Through school visits, workshops, and discussions with experts, you’ll explore effective practices for fostering inclusive and supportive learning environments.
- Implement teaching strategies tailored for refugee and migrant students.
- Develop support systems that enhance student well-being.
- Navigate the challenges of integrating refugee children into mainstream education.
- Collaborate with European educators to share best practices.
- Apply insights from Finnish and Estonian educational models to your context.
Course Highlights:
- School Visits: Observe inclusive practices in Finnish and Estonian classrooms.
- Expert Workshops: Learn from specialists in refugee education and student support.
- Collaborative Learning: Engage with peers to discuss challenges and solutions.
- Cultural Immersion: Experience the educational environments of Helsinki and Tallinn.
- Practical Application: Develop actionable plans to implement in your institution.
This course combines theoretical knowledge with practical experiences, enabling you to apply what you’ve learned directly to your educational setting.
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- Event materials
- Certificate of attendance
- School visits
- Admission to all sessions
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By the end of this course, you will:
- Apply effective teaching methods for refugee and migrant students.
- Create supportive environments that promote student well-being.
- Address integration challenges with informed strategies.
- Collaborate internationally to enhance educational practices.
- Adapt successful Finnish and Estonian approaches to your school.
This course is ideal for school leaders, teachers, special education professionals, and staff involved in integrating refugee and migrant students within school education, adult education, and vocational education and training (VET).
A professor at Tallinn University, Estonia, and Head of its R&D Centre for Educational Technology, he has a background as a mathematics and physics teacher and school principal. For over 20 years, he has been active in teacher education and educational technology research, contributing to international projects on mobile technology and social software in education. As a board member of Euneos, Finland, he also coordinates the “Digital Turn towards 1:1 Computing” project, funded by Samsung, and is an expert in school digital innovation and change.
Spasia Neshkoska Tsutsuleska, MAEd
Spasia is an experienced international project coordinator with a background in educational initiatives and international collaborations. Currently, she delivers training sessions, manages course administration, and oversees project management at Euneos. As a trainer, she specializes in internationalization, intercultural competencies, integration of refugees and migrants and vocational and adult education in Finland, and teaching English to VET teachers. She is also a member of the international jury for Eumind projects. Previously, she served as a coordinator of internationalization, an external expert evaluator for Erasmus+ projects, an eTwinning ambassador, and was the principal of a vocational school in North Macedonia. Her Master studies are in Education and Globalization at the University of Oulu, Finland.
This is a provisional program.
Day 1, Sunday
15:30 Walking tour
18:00 Welcome Dinner
Day 2, Monday
9:30 Welcome to Helsinki, introduction to Finland and the course
- Get to know each other
12:00 Lunch break
13:00 The basics of Finnish school system
14:30 Guest speaker
15:30 Get to know the school
16:30 Workshop: Personal or team time for notes, diaries, and talks
Day 3, Tuesday
09:30 School visit
12:00 Lunch break.
13:00 Workshop
14:30 Guest Speaker.
15:30 Guided tour of the school.
16:30 Workshop: Personal or team time for notes, diaries, and discussions.
Day 4, Wednesday
09:30 School visit: Reflection, evaluation, and certification.
13:00 Ferry to Tallinn, Estonia.
Day 5, Thursday
9:30 Meeting with Mart in the lobby of Tallinn University
9:40 A guided tour of Tallinn University
10:00 Presentation on education system in Estonia (Mart Laanpere)
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 What are the factors of Estonias PISA success (Mart Laanpere)
12:30 Lunch at the university cafeteria (own cost)
13:00 School visit
15:30 Break
16:00 Workshop
17:00 Walking back to hotel
Day 6, Friday
9:30 School visit
12:00 Lunch
13:00 School visit
15:00 Break
15:30 Evaluation and feedback session
17:00 Free time
Day 7, Saturday
10:00 Meeting with James in front of the Old Town Hall
10:10 Guided tour in the Old Town
12:00 Final reflections
13:00 Suggested visits to educational museums of Tallinn (optional)
