Role of Education in the Future -Lessons Learned in Finland and the Way Forward Government s Key Project in Knowledge and Education
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1 Role of Education in the Future -Lessons Learned in Finland and the Way Forward Government s Key Project in Knowledge and Education Project Manager Advisors to the Permanent Secretary Sanna Vahtivuori-Hänninen sanna.vahtivuori-hanninen@minedu.fi
2 Content 1 Finnish Education system 2 New Finnish National Core Curriculum 3 Government s Key Project in Knowledge and Education 4 Summary
3 Finnish Education System
4 5,5 mio inhabitants GDP 267 Billion USD FINLAND IS A SMALL COUNTRY Finland is a small country on a global scale. Measured by its population, Finland is around the 115th biggest country, by its area the 64th. The population of Finland makes up just 0.07 per cent of the world's population and its total area as much of the total world area.
5 EDUCATION IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD Finns can expect to go through close to 19.8 years of education between the ages of 5 and 39, more than the OECD average of 17.5 years and the highest level across OECD countries. Additionally Finland's primary education is the best in the world according to The Global Competitiveness Report
6 FINLAND RANKS AS THE TOP OECD COUNTRY IN EDUCATION Education plays a key role in providing individuals with the knowledge, skills and competences needed to participate effectively in society and in the economy. Finland ranks first in education in the Better Life Index: Education.
7 FINLAND IS THE MOST LITERATE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD The World s Most Literate Nations (WMLN) is a descriptive study of rank orders created from a collection of variables of two kinds: those related to tested literacy achievement and those representing examples of literate behaviors. World's Most Literate Nations: Rank Breakdown
8 FINLAND IS THE SECOND MOST GENDER EQUAL COUNTRY IN THE WORLD According to The Global Gender Gap Index right after Iceland Finland is one of the most gender equal countries in the world with a score of 0,845. Across the Index, there are only five countries that have closed 80% of the gap or more.
9 Flexible system LIBERAL ADULT EDUCATION - Open University education - Open Universities of Applied Sciences education - Adult education centres - Folk high schools - Summer universities - Study centres - Sports institutes The education system gives each student great flexibility. Binding decisions are not expected to be made at an early stage. The road all the way to tertiary education is untracked, with none of the paths leading to a dead end. ISCED-classification Early childhood education 1 Primary education 2 Lower secondary education 3 Upper secondary education 4 Post-secondary non-tertiary education 6 Bachelor s or equivalent 7 Master s or equivalent 8 Doctoral or equivalent 9
10 Educationalrights The Constitution of Finland: Everyone has the right to basic education free of charge. The public authorities shall guarantee for everyone equal opportunity to receive other educational services in accordance with their ability and special needs, as well as the opportunity to develop themselves without being prevented by economic hardship. The freedom of science, the arts and higher education is guaranteed. The Universities Act: Free education Education leading to an university degree and entrance examinations relating to student admission shall be free of charge for the student.
11 Reasons for PISA Success? Finnish culture: trust for education Education policy Widely accepted vision of a knowledge-based society Educational equality Delegating decision power and responsibility from central administration to the local levels Comprehensive school (= basic education) Core curriculum Headteachers as pedagogical directors School practices: several subjects, free warm lunches, small groups, high quality equipment Teacher education Teaching seen as an academic profession Highly-qualified teachers Excellent students
12 and other School meals 15 minute break - after every 45 minutes Emphasis on collaboration, Equal opportunities and equality All children go to publicly funded schools No standardized tests in basic education Early support
13 2 New Finnish National Core Curriculum
14 What has changed? Focus on Teaching > Focus on Learning
15 New National Core Curriculum Teaching and Studying Autonomy of Schools Municipal (local) Curricula National Core Curricula Focus on Learning, not content! Government ACTS and DECREES Education ACTS and DECREES
16 Why? The world in which schools operate has undergone major changes since the previous curricula What? Competences needed in society and working life have changed How? Content of teaching, pedagogy and school practices must be reviewed and renewed in relation to these changes
17 Curriculum accommodates a holistic view on education and gives strong pedagogical and practical guidelines for education providers and schools National core curricula and local curricula are drawn up in open, interactive and cooperative processes This ongoing dialogue functions as a learning cycle; helping us to identify the issues to be improved to find solutions that best serve teaching and learning to promote the commitment of all stakeholders to the curriculum process and the goals set for education
18 National Goals for Basic Education and Transversal Competences
19 Rethinking School Culture
20 Focus on learning What will change?
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22 22 T R U S T & GOOD GOVERNANCE
23 WHAT has changed?
24 3 Government s Key Project in Knowledge and Education -New ComperehensiveSchool and Teacher Education Forum
25 Government Programme PM Sipilä s Government Programme May 27, 2015 Finland of Solutions A strategic government programme Vision: Finland 2025 Built together Finland as a part of Europe Finland of sustainable economy Renewing Finland Safe Finland
26 Finland is a country that encourages people to continuously learn something new. Skills and education levels in Finland have risen, promoting the renewal of Finnish society and equal opportunities. Finland is in the vanguard of education, skills and modern learning techniques. PM Sipilä s Government Programme May 27, 2015
27 Government programme Key projects of MoEC 1. New learning environments and digital materials to comprehensive schools New Comprehensive School Program 2. Reform of vocational upper secondary education 3. Acceleration of transition to working life in higher education 4. Access to art and culture will be facilitated 5. Cooperation between higher education institutions and business life will be strengthened to bring innovations to the market 6. Youth guarantee towards community guarantee
28 List of on-going reforms in education sector in Finland 28 Compulsory Pre-school Education since Aug. 1, (6-year olds) New National Core Curriculum for pre-school education, basic education and upper secondary education sinice Aug 1, 2016 New learning environments and digital resources together with new pedagogies Schools on the move aiming to establish more physical activity among pupils Enhancing language learning and language competences in basic education (1 st grade onwards) Development program for general upper secondary education Reform of vocational upper secondary education. Reforms in our higher education and research sectors too.
29 Teacher Education and In-service Training 50 million Experiments with Digital Learning 40 million TOWARDS NEW COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL Update the comprehensive school system to the 2020 requirements to make Finland the number one country of inspiring learning and education The goal is to improve learning results, respond to future skills and competence needs, renew pedagogy through experimental schemes and inspire lifelong learning. This key project will be implemented by making full use of teachers skills and experiences while giving them extensive pedagogic latitude. Local solutions, creativity and experimentation will be encouraged. The objective is to make Finland into a world-class laboratory of new pedagogy and digital learning.
30 1. Pre- and in-service teacher education will be reformed. The introduction of digital materials and new learning environments will be facilitated through digital-pedagogic training. Every Finnish teacher will be offered access to online learning starting from one s own level. 2. Experimental schemes and workshops on pedagogy, digital learning and new learning environments will be instituted. 3. The National Board of Education will establish a Centre for Innovations to coordinate the experiments and to ensure the efficient dissemination of best practices. Government s Key Project in Knowledge and Education Ministry of Education and Culture in Finland
31 The objective is to make Finland a leading country of future learning and inspiring education. New pedagogy and new learning environments Teachers competence development The digitalization of education
32 Student agency Students are allowed and encouraged to make decisions on their own learning The best teachers in the world Life-long professional development Teacher profession in broad sense, including society connections Collaboration, interaction, quality work Supporting students to learn 21st century skills Networking inside and outside school
33 Innovations Evidence-informed Empirical study with universities Partners & Internationality Accountability (in a sense of better learning processes and renewed school culture)
34 PRIORITY AREA OF KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION New comprehensive school - #uusiperuskoulu Teachers competencies are strengthened #opettajankoulutusfoorumi FNBE - Centre for Innovation supports developing and renewing school culture
35 FINNISH SCHOOL REFORMINVOLVES 1. Forming a vision 2. Teachers' competence development 3. Developing school culture 4. Internationalization of schools 35
36 The World s Most Competent Teachers Finland has competent teachers. Teacher education is of high quality and attractive. However, future challenges and rapid changes in the society have presented the competent teachers and the teacher education with new challenges. The Teacher Education Development Programme responds to these challenges The programme outlines the objectives and measures that ensure that Finnish teacher education will remain strong, attractive and internationally appreciated. Valuing the teacher education and teachers as well as a teacher identity that creates new outcomes are important for the future of Finland.
37 Structure of the master degree of a primary teacher: years Finnish language, PCK Mathematics, PCK Study credits cr = 27 hours of work Bachelor s level (180 cr) Masterthesis Teaching practice BSc thesis Pedagogical studies Master s level (120 cr) Physics, PCK Chemistry, PCK Biology, PCK Geography, PCK History, PCK Religion/ethics PCK Sports Arts Music Crafts 20 0 Major Education or Ed. Psych. Multidisciplinary studies Minor Subject Communication and language studies
38 Challenges Transfer of research findings and new pedagogical practices into all teaching education and educational institutions Teachers' capability to teach diverse learners. The competence of children and youths has deteriorated, the gap between girls and boys has become wider and differences between educational institutions have grown Understanding the educational institution widely as a learning organisation and a communal operating environment Inadequate use of a goal-oriented and systematic approach in developing the competence of teachers after pre-service training Regional differences in developing teachers' competence
39 OECD TALIS Teacher Professionalism index Knowledge base for teaching (competences learned during initial education and in life-long professional development) Peer networks: Opportunities for exchange and support needed to maintain high standards of teaching Teacher professionalism Autonomy: Teachers decision-making power over their work 39
40 Teacher Education Forum In January 2016, the Ministry of Education and Culture appointed the Teacher Education Forum to reform the pre-service, introductory and in-service teacher training Nearly 100 members and experts of the TEF and its divisions have participated in working on the Teacher Education Development Programme(TEDP) In addition, nearly two thousand experts in the education sector, as well as students and teachers participated in preparing the development programme through an online think tank The results of the forum and the think tank, expert consultations as well as topical research on teachers and teacher education were utilized in preparing the development programme
41 TEACHER COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT Development programme for teachers pre- and in-service education and its implementation (Teacher Education Forum) Online in-service education starting at each teacher s current competence level (MOOC, massive open online course, for all teachers in Finland) Speeding up development activities at the local level in those areas with low attendence in developments projects Towards in-service education driven by needs of teachers, schools and regional authorities Expanding the Model of Tutor Teachers the teacher guides other teachers to utilize ICTs in education
42 VISION Creating the Best Competence for the World Together!
43 Progress of Key Project 1 Key elements at the level of a vision IMPORTANT IN EDUCATION OF THE FUTURE 1. Digitality in education 2. Teachers' expertise 3. Learner-oriented approach 4. Interaction and teamwork 5. Processing and applying information 6. Collaboration and networks 7. Inclusion and participation 8. Diverse learning environments IMPORTANT IN DEVELOPING TEACHER EDUCATION 1. Learning-to-learn skills 2. Interaction and teamwork 3. Processing and applying information 4. Learner-oriented approach 5. Inclusion and participation 6. Link with working life 7. Diverse learners 8. Humanity and general knowledge and ability 9. Equality
44 - Pedagogical knowledge - In-depth competence in one's field, content knowledge - Societal, global and ethical questions - Emotional and interaction skills - Entrepreneurial attitude - Change competency Objectives Extensive basic competence Expertise and agency to create new innovations Continuous development of personal competence and community 44 - Knowledge about curriculum - Creativity, curiosity, risk-taking - Ability to create and apply new innovations on teaching (e.g. digital competence) - Ability to reflect and evaluate - Teacher s agency - Developing school culture - Developing personal competence based on research - Networking and community competence
45 Progress of Key Project 1 Strategic guidelines 1. Teachers competence development into an entity Teacher's competence will be compiled into a systematic entity by reforming the structures, objectives and operating methods of teacher education. The development of competence will be led with a goaloriented approach, utilizing development plans.
46 Progress of Key Project 1 2. Attractive Teacher Education with well-functioning structures Successful student admissions will result in the best future teachers. It will be ensured that the demand for teachers and competence needs is anticipated. The attractiveness of teacher education will be ascertained with inspirational and topical education.
47 Progress of Key Project 1 3. Teachers as experts creating and applying new innovations and focus on the learners The programmes, learning environments and working methods of teacher education will be improved to strengthen the development of expertise creating new outcomes. The working methods used in the teacher education and educational institutions will emphasise a learner-oriented, research-based and communal approach.
48 Progress of Key Project 1 4. Strengthening teacher education through collaboration Teacher education will be strengthened by increasingly close collaboration, networking and building a culture of doing things together. Different models of peer support and collaboration will be utilised more effectively.
49 Progress of Key Project 1 5. Developing educational institutions and community with professional management and leadership The strategic leadership and management systems of educational institutions will be strengthened by developing management training. It will be ensured that teacher education prepares teachers with capabilities for taking responsibility and participating in leadership processes.
50 Progress of Key Project 1 6. Strengthening research-based teacher education The utilisation of the latest research data on teaching and learning and educational sciences in teacher education will be strengthened. Teacher education will be developed so that the students learn an exploratory approach that creates new outcomes to be used in their work as teachers.
51 TUTOR TEACHERS A teacher instructing other teachers to utilize e.g. digital material and educational use of ICTs Tutor teachers build networks Pupils are involved in the tutor activities.
52 4 Summary
53 Values and Aims of Finnish School Professional teachers Knowledge base Collaboration Life-long learning Local curriculum and environments Broad aims Learning environments Leadership and quality culture Goal orientation and interaction Quality culture Networks & partnerships Finnish society Partners Diverse learners A Finnish school Global Stakeholders Parents Jari Lavonen, UH, 2015
54 Conclusion 1. Extensive school network 2. Free education, learning materials and meals 3. Emphasis on special need education and individual support 4. Masters degree for all teachers, pedagogical studies and teaching practice 5. School autonomy 6. Gap between top and bottom is narrow 7. National core curriculum 8. Relaxed and casual school culture 9. Real life experiences and activating and collaborative working methods
55 NEW COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL KEY PROJECT 1. Pre-service and in-service teacher education will be reformed and integrated. 2. Innovations on pedagogy, digital learning and new learning environments. 3. The National Agency for Education hosting a Centre for Innovations to coordinate the experiments and to ensure the efficient dissemination of best practices.
56 Future educationand learning environments aremade by us! The most important thingis how dowesee ourselves.
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