Keyword: Department of Teacher Education

The Board of ICED. In the left Matti Lappalainen from the University of Turku.

Ghadah Ibrahim is clearly inspired by phenomenon-based teaching. That is a teaching method where teachers of different subjects can collaborate and study the same phenomenon from the perspective of many different subjects. It is a novel teaching method for the Saudi teacher, one of the gems she has discovered while improving her teaching skills at the Department of Teacher Education of the University of Turku.

Department of Teacher Education hosted the NordFo 2016 -conference under the theme Make it NOW! Learning, Exploring, Understanding in the University of Turku in the Rauma Unit.

The 10th Anniversary of the Faculty of Education’s Master Degree Programme in Learning, Learning environments and Educational systems i.e. LLEES was celebrated on Thursday 22nd of October at Aula Café.

The Ministry of Education of the Sultanate of Oman has approved the Finland University tender on developing the evaluation of the effectiveness of the teachers’ continuing education and initiating research. The project is carried out by the University of Turku. According to Finland University CEO Pasi Kaskinen the 18-month contract is considered a significant opportunity.

Asking ‘why do you teach in the way you do?’ can lead to blank stares, and when routine practices are challenged, teachers can get very cross – because they are actually on very thin ice. -Graham Gibbs

The University of Turku was successful in applying for funds from the Future Learning funding programme of the Academy of Finland. Over 1.9 million euro was divided between three projects, which are led by professors Marja Vauras, Erno Lehtinen and Risto Rinne.