PROGRAM
Sunday
Welcome to the course
Objectives: Impact of the cultural context behind the Finnish Education system
Learning outcomes: analyzing the environment by using your senses, making notices
15.00-18.00 Welcome and getting to know the surroundings and timetables and practices
• Cultural walk in Helsinki
• presenting the program briefly
• setting the course objectives and outcomes
• getting to know each other and your personal story
• coffee and discussions
Monday
Wicked problems are connected to each other
Objectives: connections between wicked problems (climate change, biodiversity loss, pandemics)
Learning outcomes: how to handle wicked problems with different games, getting to know basics of futures sciences, learn to scan the occurrences in the life with the help of social media.
Morning: A new approach to the wicked problems (climate change, biodiversity loss, pandemics, war), Futures sciences
- Workshop: Megatrends, a game with the megatrend cards
Afternoon: Weak signals and black swans
- Workshop: Hunt for weak signals
- Reflection of the day
Tuesday
Creativity and other future skills to handle the problems.
Objectives: importance of creativity in future thinking, ability to analyse your own skills, most important working skills for the future.
Learning outcomes: learn to create utopias and dystopias by different methods, better understanding about your own skills,
Morning: how to create future images
- Workshop: utopias and dystopias
Afternoon: more creativity and future skills
Workshop: The Thing from the Future- game
My personal future skills
Reflection of the day
Wednesday
Hacking the school
Objectives: learn to notice the problems and the root reasons for them, realize the power of working together, learn to use the experts.
Learning outcomes: learn to use the hacking system at work for teachers community and the students too, use of 3 minutes presentations.
Morning: presentation of the hacking method
- Workshop: presenting and choosing the problems to be solved
- Workshop: hacking the problems with the use of experts
Afternoon: hacking continues
- Workshop: presenting the solutions, how to get forward
- 5 days participants’ outputs and thoughts during the week
- Identification of common project topics and the formation of cooperation networks, feedback
- 5 days certificates
Thursday
AI- what we know and what we want to know about it?
How we move towards peace and common understanding
Objectives: to realize the problems can be solved, negotiations skills can be achieved by practicing, updating the use of AI
Learning outcomes: conflict solving methods/Ahtisaari-methods, inspiration to the use of AI
Morning:
- Workshop: discussion by the Eratauko-method: Artificial intelligence to support learning: Threat or opportunity
Afternoon: conflicts are resolved by talking (Ahtisaari Day’s methods) or challenge-method
- Workshop: negotiations by the method/different methods
Friday
Visits to the “factories of the future”
Objectives: get to know Finnish Upper Secondary School and future education in practice, see the use of a modern library as a center of the community, see the hope and progress in the world, how to minimize the anxiety among young people,
Learning outcomes: benchmarking, multiple use of premises, methods to wake hope, methods to minimize the stress
Morning: visit to the Porkkala Upper Secondary School in Kirkkonummi https://www.porkkalanlukio.fi/in-english/ specializing in future education
Afternoon: Visit to Fyyri https://www.kirkkonummi.verkkokirjasto.fi/en/home brand new library in Kirkkonummi.
- Workshop: anxiety among yound people, how to get hope
Saturday
Towards better future
Objectives: how to give effective feedback, how to build networks, updating the use of AI
Learning outcomes: collections of project topics and networks
- Often asked questions about AI
- Expert answering the questions that woke up on Wednesday
- Participants’ outputs and thoughts during the week
- Certificates
REGISTRATION AND PRICES
How can I participate?
All registrations must be done using the online registration form.
Discounts available for groups of 5 or more participants! Contact courses@euneos.eu for more information.
The course will be confirmed later. For the moment, we take binding pre-registrations. If you want to send a group, but you don’t know yet all participants’ names, it is possible to add them to the registration form like this:
participant 1, participant 2, etc.
If you have problems or questions about completing the online form, please contact courses@euneos.eu.
REGISTER (Registration takes place on our sister company, Euneos’ website)
Prices
(Read more about grants and other options for financial support.)
If you have Erasmus+ KA1 funding, it should cover the fees. For those who come from outside the EU countries, there are other professional development grants for teachers. We have tried to keep the costs so low that self-funded participation is also a real option.
The price excludes Finnish VAT 25,5%. For VAT exemption, you need to register as a representative/employee of a company, school or other organization, and during the registration, provide a VAT-number or Erasmus-related OID (Organization ID) number. If you don’t have those, please send a tax certificate, trade register extract, or similar from your country to courses@euneos.eu
Course fee 660€
Price includes
Other expenses
Airline tickets, accommodation, and local travel tickets to be bought separately.
Payments
When we confirm the course we send a link to pay with a credit card or an invoice to make a bank transfer. The participant should assume all the bank transaction fees.
Please note that all payments must be made in advance and in euros (€).
Cancellation policy
Pre-registration
We can confirm this course once we have received 10 registrations. Note that also pre-registration is binding; as there is a minimum and maximum number of participants, every registration counts.
Cancellation by participant
All cancellations must be made by email to courses@euneos.eu at least a month before the course starts. If you do not cancel your participation at all, you will be charged the full fee. Please note that a processing fee of 50€ (excl. VAT) will be deducted from all refunds. If unable to attend, the registered person may substitute someone else from the same organization by sending a notification to courses@euneos.eu.
Cancellation by VisitEDUfinn
If the documents attached during the registration process are not valid, and the participant does not deliver proper documents immediately after requested, VisitEDUfinn has the right to cancel the participation without any refund. However, participation is always possible, paying the normal fee (or the price difference).
In case the event is canceled due to COVID-19 or a similar situation, all the payments will be refunded without any processing fee. VisitEDUfinn is not responsible for any damage caused by the cancellation and strongly recommends purchasing flexible flight tickets and accommodation.
Invitation letters
VisitEDUfinn will write invitation letters only after the full payment. If the participant cannot get a visa and sends evidence about the rejected visa application, VisitEDUfinn will refund the paid amount. However, 100€ (excl. VAT) will be deducted as an administrative fee.
Frequently Asked Questions about Registration and Fees
ERASMUS+
VisitEDUfinn (OID CODE: E10020922 / PIC CODE: 899855324) and Euneos Corporation (OID CODE:E10124150 / PIC CODE 950782555) organise ERASMUS+ Staff Mobility job shadowing and professional courses designed for teachers at all levels. Our programs are organized in different parts of Finland in cooperation with other stakeholders in the field of education (schools, universities, municipalities).
All the courses are designed following the Quality Standards for courses under Key Action 1 and participants are provided with certificates that meet the Europass criteria.
Course title: Innovative teaching and learning methods
Audience
- Kindergarten, primary, and secondary school teachers
- Special education teachers
- School management and leadership
- All other non-teaching experts
Working methods
- Workshops
- Facilitated discussions
- Distance Learning
- Teamwork and Presentations
- Field visits
Course outcomes
After the course, you will be able to
- Gain insight into Finnish schools and education
- Facilitate team-building activities
- Implement teaching sessions by utilizing participatory methods
- Apply design process to teaching and learning
- Combine your curriculum outcomes with Phenomenon-based Learning and Design Thinking
- Co-design multidisciplinary projects
- Use digital collaboration tools
European/ International dimension
We wait participants from many European countries as well as from outside Europe. Sharing ideas together with colleagues from different countries offers a broader perspective on the topic. The course is also a great opportunity for networking for future collaboration.
ACCOMODATION
The participants can freely choose their accommodation. However, we highly recommend being located close to Senate Square as the most interesting sights are within walking distance from the Square. Forenom offers comfortable accommodation in different locations around Helsinki area, and our clients get 10% discount (ask for a code). For those with a limited budget, Eurohostel is an excellent option.
Tell us what kind of accommodation you prefer, and we can help to find a place for your stay!
How to get from the airport to the hotels
Several Taxi companies are offering their services in the airport. The price to the city center is approximately 50€. There are also public transportation options; both the railway and bus station are located in the airport. The price is around 5€, depending on whether you pay cash or use an application or ticket machine.
Weather in Helsinki
Depending on the time of the year, the temperature can be anything between -30 and +30 Celsius. Please visit the Finnish Meteorological Institute’s website for updated news on weather in Helsinki.
Language
The official languages in Finland are Finnish and Swedish, but practically everyone knows basic English, and especially the people involved in tourism speak very good English.
Currency
The Finnish currency unit is the Euro. There are numerous cash machines (ATMs) open around the clock and accepting all major credit cards. Besides, Visa and Mastercard are widely accepted almost everywhere (hotels, restaurants, shops, taxis, cafeterias, bars, etc.).
Voltage
The electric current in Finland is 230V, 50Hz. Plugs are two-pin continental size.
Time
The time in Finland is GMT/UTC+2 (During Daylight Saving Time +3)
GENERAL INFORMATION ON HELSINKI
Is Helsinki the coolest city in the world?
Probably yes! In the capital of Finland, you can find the influence of both our neighbors, Sweden and Russia, but still the city is unique. It’s a modern metropole with over 650, 000 inhabitants (1,5 million in the larger metropolitan area) and yet you are never more than a 10-minute walk from nature. On the same day, you can pick berries in a forest and go to the Opera. Helsinki is a lively big city that never sleeps, but so safe that you can see 7-year-old first graders the take the tram to school on their own.
Feeling the fresh breeze of the Baltic Sea while wandering around the picturesque streets of this easy-going city, it is not so difficult to imagine why Finns are the happiest nation in the world. After the walk, warm yourself up with a cup of coffee and a cinnamon bun. These coffee breaks with friends and colleagues are almost sacred moments to Finns.
While in Helsinki, check out the libraries as a social innovation in Finnish education, interactive museums, the islands around Helsinki and the sauna. There are many more attractions that promise unforgettable experience in Helsinki such as Alvar Aalto’s studio, Helsinki Cathedral by Carl Ludvig Engel, Senate Square, Old Market Hall, Löyly sauna and restaurant, and much more.
Check out What’s up in Helsinki during your study visit!
EDUCATION IN FINLAND
During our events and courses, you will get familiar with all the characteristics of Finnish education:
How is education in Finland?
- One of the basic principles is that everyone must have equal access to high-quality education and training.
- Each student has the right to educational support.
- Special needs education is generally provided within mainstream education.
- The Finnish education system is based on the philosophy of inclusion.
- Educational support and guidance covers support for learning according to the individual capacity of the learners, school attendance, pupil welfare, and guidance and counseling. The learning of gifted pupils and students is supported.
- The education system is based on trust and responsibility.
- Educational autonomy is high at all levels.
- Most education is publicly funded.
- National core curriculum gives space for local variations.
- Learning outside the classroom is common.
- The first national examination is at the end of general upper secondary education.
- Teaching continues to be an attractive profession.
- Finnish schools have highly educated teaching personnel.
- Continuing teacher education is widely encouraged.
Read more about Finnish Education.
For additional information about the registrations, payments, and invoices, please contact:
Euneos Corporation
Mäntyviita 7H
02110 Espoo
Email: courses@euneos.fi
For other inquiries about this course, please contact:
VisitEDUfinn Ltd.
c/o Sofia Helsinki Members
Sofiankatu 4 C
00170 HELSINKI
Tel. +358 407 516 478
Email: info@visitedufinn.com
