Edusci part 3

As a part of edusci studies we were asked to create an ideal learning environment. This ‘space’ can be for any subject, target group and can be physical or virtual. Also we needed to make a reclection video about our image. My reclection video can be found here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByZnDWAdLUVCS25BQ3ZGU2pFZ2M

4 th teaching session: Current themes

These two weeks have been busy as we had a teaching session also in last week and again on Tuesday this of this week. The session of this week was a bit different as we were asked to choose a current theme related to Vocational education. Besides that, we were instructed to pick a particular …

James Albert Banks 1941– (edusci part1)

James Albert Banks is an educator who has been called the “father of multicultural education”. Banks seeks to develop awareness and skills in teachers and students for living in a culturally diverse United States and world. Banks became the first black professor in the College of Education at the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle …

Teaching, technical problems and plan B

Last online teaching sessions on Tuesday 27th included good teaching, nice discussions and yes technical difficulties. But after all groups did well and I liked the way how creatively and smoothly sessions moved on despite the challenges of technical issues. The topic of yellow (mine) group: How do the particular teaching methods promote individual learning …

New (cool)teaching tools

After two teaching sessions, all groups have used many kinds of online tools in order to make good presentations and to teach effectively. I think it is really useful to have many different tools in your pocket. Also especially in online teaching, the methods and tools of teaching go more or less hand in hand. …

Assessment and feedback

On Tuesday we had our second teaching and learning online session. At this time Jigsaw method was not new anymore so it was easier to get started and I think all the learning session was somehow more natural than the first session 2 weeks ago. I really like all groups teaching sessions and especially it …

New module started and first teaching session

First online session after summer took place at the end of the august. We started a new study module called Teaching and guidance in vocational pedagogy From now on we are going to make different kind of teaching session from important topics related to the vocational pedagogy. This is kind of 2 in 1 situation. …

EDUSCI: Bad and good teaching

As a part of our educational science course we were asked to find two images to share during the online session. First image shows good teaching and second bad teaching from our own perspectives. I picked these images.     I think its easy to draw a conclusion that first picture shows good teaching. Not …

Finnish education system

"Equity in education One of the basic principles of Finnish education is that all people must have equal access to high-quality education and training. The same opportunities to education should be available to all citizens irrespective of their ethnic origin, age, wealth or where they live." - Finnish national board of education. Education system in …

Testing AC + 2 presentation

First we had 2 presentations by last year’s students Eeva-Kaisa Kiuru and Paula Mella-aho. Both have strong background in business life like I do. It was good to hear that they really made it clear that this program is absolutely useful even if the plan is not to be a teacher. More or less this is …