Indian delegation in Muurame Upper Secondary School
13 Indian
education leaders visited Jyväskylä area Central Finland. Delegation was
facilitated by EZ Vidya corporation. Mr Bhanu Potta from Nokia ja Mr Ganesh
Subramanian from EZ Viday coordinated and moderated Indian delegation. Delegation
has one goal : to get know better world known Finnish education system in
general from kindergarten (K-12) to university. Here was our schedule :
Day 1
Lecture : Finnish school system – key expert Mr.
Petri Lounaskorpi
Visit No 1 : Haukkamäki
kindergarten – Ms Päivi Kaihlajärvi ,Ms Merja Hautakangas
- Kindergarten and pre school
- Offers diversified and high quality day
care in a secure environment for children aged 1-6 years
- Works in close cooperation with the
Keski-Palokka primary school (school visit No 2) nearby
Implementing the
mobile tools in preschool education
Visit No 2 : Keski-Palokka
primary school – Principal Mr Esa Jaakkola
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The school
(K-6) has about 500 pupils and 42 teachers. Keski-Palokka is an elementary
school in Jyväskylä offering a science programme, which means more lessons in
mathematics and a hands-on approach to physics, chemistry, geography and
biology.
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excellent English teaching and teaching for
students with multi-cultural backgrounds
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The new educational and pedagogical method in
primary school
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The practical classrooms of the 21 centery
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Green flag school
Day 2
Visit No 3 : Faculty of Education
/ Department of Teacher Education – Mr Matti Kuorelahti
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The
Department of Teacher Education has its roots in the first Finnish-language
teacher training college, Jyväskylä Teacher Seminary founded in 1863. In 1934,
this teacher training college became the College of Education, in turn becoming
the University of Jyväskylä in 1966.
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The
Faculty of Education eventually became the fifth independent faculty of the
University of Jyväskylä in 1973. In 1979 teacher education became
university-level education with the qualification of a Master's degree in
Education.
Visit No 4 : Institute of Educational Leadership –
Mr. Mika Risku and Ms. Päivi Kananen
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The Institute of
Educational Leadership has been at the forefront of developing
research and university-based training in educational administration and leadership
in Finland since 1999.
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For Finnish customers the Institute offers
the Principal Preparation Programme, which provides eligibility for a
principalship, and for senior principals we provide an Advanced Leadership
Programme.
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For superintendents and principals the
Institute organizes leadership training programmes.
Day 3
Visit No 5 : Palokka comprehensive school (grades 1-9) – Principal Tuija
Hakkarainen (Ms)
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Excellent
English teaching and teaching for students with multi-cultural backgrounds
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New winds of
Finnish school building, centre of the surrounding society
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Globe school
since 1996
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The curriculum
of ICT and mobile learning
Lecture: The role of inspection in Finnish school system – Mr Juho Helminen special advisor of the Finnish National
Bureau of Education
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New learning methods
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Mobile administration of the school
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Entrepreneur education in Finnish schools
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Social media and social media networks in
learning
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Sustainability system and Certificate for
promoting environmental education
We both learnt a lot of our cultures and
education sectors. In India the whole scale is enormous comparing Finnish ones.
One of our guests had more than 9800 schools under his control. And one unit
consist nearly 14 000 students. Everything is smaller in Finland. Still
teacher’s work is similar. Hopefully we see each other another time in Finland
or in India.
