Teacher in a dim classroom with far too many students. No resources, except an old blackboard and a piece of chalk. Teacher giving a lesson the only way he knows: teacher talking and students listening. Next lesson will be the same and also the lesson after that. Learning results are Read more…
“Culture is defined as the learned beliefs, values, rules, norms, symbols, and traditions that a group of people shares. The group that shares these qualities makes them unique“ (Northouse 2007, Leadership theory and practice). According to the national core curriculum in Finland, the school culture plays a key role in Read more…
Author: Elena Chukhlantseva Emotional intelligence is a hot topic these days. It is commonly known that the emotional competence of a person develops throughout their life. Early years is a particularly crucial time for supporting the child in their emotional learning that is intricately interconnected with fast-developing cognitive, social and Read more…
A teacher stands in the front of the classroom and talks. Students are listening, maybe taking notes. After the lecture students might do some exercises in their textbooks. Sounds familiar? This model of teaching in which a teacher pours information to students and students’ role is just to listen and Read more…
Author: Gracie Meng-Pitkänen, worked as a Chinese teacher in Finland and China I practiced distance teaching for several months with my small group of students during the Covid-19 pandemic. Overall, the outcome was very positive. Thanks to LessonApp which provides distance teaching methods on time at critical turning point of Read more…
Author: Kaisa TuomarlaClass Teacher,Pedagogical Specialist 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 classroom. One class, and only Read more…
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