DAY-BY-DAY PROGRAM

Tentative program  – Please note that minor changes are possible! 

Sunday: Welcome (13:00 –16:00)

 Setting the learning arch: introduction to the course and practicalities
 Getting to know each other
 Forming the teams
Distance learning: Prepare for your team presentations, 1 h

Monday: The big picture (10.00-16.00)

 Team presentations
 Finnish education system
 Phenomenon-based learning
 Activities: defining learning outcomes and identifying challenges
 Next steps: each expert team gets familiar with one digital tool

Tuesday: Digital tools (10:00-16:00)

 Jigsaw Workshop: each expert team experiments with one digital tool
 Sharing the outcomes
 Experts return to home teams and teach their digital tool to the teammates
 Design thinking: empathy map and ideating solutions

Wednesday: School visit and Open learning environments (10:00-16:00)

 School visit
 Lunch at Perho culinary school
 Tour in Oodi Central Library and Makerspace

Thursday: Trip to Tallinn (10:30-19:30)

Viking Line Conference room
 On the boat: teams polish their project plans
In Tallinn: Guided tour in the Old Town
 On the cruise boat: traditional buffet dinner

Friday: Walk in the woods and cultural tour (13:00-19:00)

 Walk in the wood: Olari health nature trail
 Teams prepare their project presentations
 Tour in Emma Museum and KAMU (Espoo City Museum)

Saturday: Land (10:00-13:00)

Landing the learning arch
 Team presentations
 A walk down memory lane
 Lunch and Course 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 info@visitedufinn.com 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 info@visitedufinn.com

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

• Free 30-day access to Finnish Education Online Courses
• Course program
• Entrance fees (on the planned excursions)
• Materials
• Certificates of attendance  

The meal package (140€ excl. VAT) is obligatory, and it includes:

• Lunches (including a School lunch) and refreshments each day
• Entrance fees

Other expenses

Airline tickets, accommodation, and local travel tickets must 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 (€).

Frequently Asked Questions about Registration and Fees

TRAINER

ERASMUS+

VisitEDUfinn (OID CODE: E10020922 / PIC CODE: 899855324) organises 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!

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.