“Sisu will get you even through granite” is a popular Finnish saying. The concept of sisu has no direct translation. It is inner strength, determination, and perseverance. An essential element of sisu is high persistence despite the difficulties and setbacks. Maybe the closest word to sisu is grit. A longitudinal Read more…
Author: Jukka Miettunen, Principal, Yli-Ii comperehensive school (grades K–9), Oulu, Finland I work as the Principal of the Yli-Ii Comprehensive School in the City of Oulu. Our school has put a lot of effort into STEAM. STEAM, which means Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics, is a rising star amongst Read more…
UNESCO report states that about 40% of the global population does not have access to education in the language they speak or understand. Studies have shown that there are many benefits why students should have a right to study using their own mother tongue at school. Using the mother tongue Read more…
Many teachers find it challenging to teach a group with a lot of students. They think that activating students in large groups is difficult and the number of teaching methods is limited. Many teachers see traditional lecturing, teacher talking – students listening, as the only possible teaching method for a Read more…
These lessons continue the same theme the 15th and 16th lessons for 2020 started. 3. lesson (45 min) New knowledge acquisitionMethod used: Build-up group (45 min) The students process the new information and draw conclusions from new knowledge. Students form groups of four and they compare what they know about Read more…
Phenomenon-based learning is a part of Finland’s latest national core curricula for education of all levels from early childhood to upper secondary education (K-12), including basic education. The goal of phenomenon-based learning is for students to explore various real-life phenomena from different perspectives. Phenomenon-based learning is particularly well suited to Read more…
The importance of physical activity Physical activity has a significant role in the national core curriculum for basic education in Finland. A shared Finnish view is that increasing physical movement and integrating it into different school subjects promotes learning, academic achievement, health and general well-being of students. It is a Read more…
With Bingo method, students walk around searching for things. The method motivates children to study in an active and fun way. The teacher creates a bingo sheet and sends it to each student. The bingo sheet can be a 5×5 grid, for example. Each grid box has a word or Read more…
LessonApp provides pedagogically meaningful lesson structure that is based on the building blocks. Each building block represents a phase or a function of a lesson. LessonApp users can plan lessons by using building blocks according to the objective of learning. The building blocks are: Grouping and warm-up Orientation and mapping Read more…
Author: Päivi Valtonen UNESCO report states that about 40% of the global population does not have access to education in the language they speak or understand. Studies have shown that there are many benefits why students should have a right to study using their own mother tongue at school. Using Read more…
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