Author: Johanna Järvinen Taubert In the Finnish general upper secondary school (high school) curriculum, philosophy is one of the mandatory subjects. Philosophy is not only seen as part of the shared, cultural knowledge everyone should have an understanding of, but also a way to develop much needed thinking skills. Studying Read more…
Free webinar: How to Motivate Your Students We are running a series of webinars once a month. Join our upcoming webinar, “How to Activate Your Students,” on Tuesday, November 26th at 1:00 PM GMT. How can you support students who seem passive? According to the modern concept of learning, learning Read more…
Free webinar: How to Motivate Your Students We are running a series of webinars once a month. Join our upcoming webinar, “How to Motivate Your Students,” on Tuesday, October 22nd at 1:00 PM GMT. According to research, students’ motivation is high during the first years of school, but it declines 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 and geography lessons. During the grades 7-9 students will learn 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 learning when studying remotely. They were asking: “How to really 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 considered when delivering engaging and effective lessons, but they are Read more…
Corporate Vision Magazine has announced the winners of the 2021 Small Business Awards. “The Small Business Awards have been a part of the Corporate Vision awards programmes since 2016, with an aim to recognise innovative and hard-working organisations, and their owners. With so many obstacles to overcome over the last Read more…
Year 2020 has been a year of COVID 19 pandemic and distance teaching around the world. So these two lesson plans for high school math are designed for distance teaching. As all teachers in Finland, I had literally one day to prepare for distance teaching last spring. I had 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…
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