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 Read more…
Free webinar: Cornerstones of Finnish Education We are running a series of webinars once a month. We will start by the topic Cornerstones of Finnish Education on Thursday, 26th September at 1:00 PM GMT. Our pedagogical director Johanna Järvinen-Taubert will Read more…
Learning physics helps us to understand the world around us. In Finnish curriculum, physics as its own subject starts in lower secondary school when students are 13 years old. Before that physical phenomena have been studied in environmental science, biology Read more…
Working as a teacher can be a lonely job. Even though you have colleagues: you have common coffee breaks with them, plan your lessons together, have discussions or even do assessments together — nevertheless, a teacher is alone in the 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 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 – Read more…
Our ultimate goal with LessonApp is to empower teachers, the change-makers. If we want to lift the quality of teaching and strengthen the teaching profession, we need to equip teachers with knowledge, skills and understanding to constantly develop their own Read more…
Teachers around the world have been struggling with distance teaching. During the pandemic, many of us were thrown to deliver our classes distantly without proper preparation or training for it. Many teachers were deeply concerned how much students were actually Read more…
“I know what I should do, but I don’t have time…” When it comes to planning engaging lessons, this is a shared feeling among many teachers, despite the country. Teachers are often aware of the different aspects that should be Read more…
LessonApp got funding from Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment to develop a new application version and strengthen partnership network for better growth internationally. LessonApp Ltd. has developed a mobile application for teachers, with an aim to spread Read more…
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