PAULIINA KANERVO ISMO TALSTA EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL SERVICES

PAULIINA KANERVO ISMO TALSTA EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL SERVICES CITY OF OULU PRACTICAL APPROAC HES TO

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION BASIC EDUCATION UPPER SECONDARY

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TRANSVERSAL COMPETENCES ▸ Thinking and learning to learn ▸ Cultural competence, interaction and selfexpression ▸ Taking care of oneself and managing daily life ▸ Multiliteracy ▸ ICT competence ▸ Working-life competence and entrepreneurship ▸ Participation, involvement and building a sustainable future

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ADVISORY TEACHERS IN THE CITY OF OULU PRESCHOOL AND YEAR GRADES 1 -2 ICT COMPETENCES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CULTURAL AWARENESS

ADVISORY TEACHER ‣ experienced teachers with focus on transversal TEAM competences ‣ e. g. , 60 % teaching in the classroom, 40 % advisory duties ‣ producing support materials ‣ providing professional development opportunities & workshops ‣ networking and sharing good practices

INFORMATIONPROCESSING ‣ information retrieval PATHWAY ‣ critical thinking ‣ safety & security ‣ ergonomics ‣ online behaviour ‣ social media ‣ creative use of digital tools ‣ coding

INFORMATION-PROCESSING SKILL LEVELS (EXAMPLE) In addition to strengthening the skills learned in earlier years, 5 th year students should be able to: ‣ use various tools in their own working ‣ use a word processing program ‣ share their work in the school’s learning environment ‣ collaborate on a shared document with other members of their group ‣ search and retrieve information from various sources and apply that in their own project work

INFORMATION-PROCESSING SKILLS FOR TEACHERS ‣ Training and support for teachers ‣ e. g. , skill levels for year grades 4 -6 ‣ general skills (everyone teaching year grades 4 -6) ‣ subject-specific skills (teachers of particular subjects) ‣ special skills (at least one teacher in each school) ‣ Schools self-assess and set goals for each school year ‣ Advisory teachers help schools in setting and reaching their goals

MULTIDISCI PLINARY LEARNING MODULES

MULTIDISCIPLINARY LEARNING MODULES ▸ one defined theme, project or course that combines different subjects ▸ collaboration, learning by doing and learning by own experiences ▸ student participation, transversal competences and diverse assessment

WHAT CAN BE DONE IN SCHOOLS? ▸ same year grade students work together ▸ students from different year grades work together ▸ learning in real-life context (e. g. , in nature) ▸ expert visits ▸ working closely with parents, companies, working life, and the surrounding society ▸ individual learning paths

HOW TO CHOOSE THEME? ▸ together with students ▸ a lot of time is needed to awake students’ interest and motivation ▸ ideas from students based on the curriculum ▸ students work in small groups

AN EXAMPLE OF A LEARNING MODULE WEEK PREWORK: PLANNING WITH STUDENT COUNCIL, TEACHERS AND SCHOOL STAFF KICK-OFF: PRESENTING THEMES, CHOOSING ONE’S GROUP MONDAY-THURSDAY: SETTING GOALS FOR WORKING, WORKING AROUND THEME FRIDAY: PRESENTATIONS, PEER-ASSESSMENT AND SELF-ASSESSMENT

SETTING GOALS WITH STUDENTS ▸ content goals ▸ working goals ▸ end product ▸ reflection

ASSESSMENT IN MULTIDISCIPLINARY LEARNING ▸ assessment based on the objectives of the curriculum MODULES ▸ part of each subject’s assessment ▸ continuous assessment during the module ▸ self- and peer-assessment ▸ feedback from the teachers and to the teachers ▸ final assessment

EXAMPLES ON MULTIDISCIPLINARY LEARNING MODULES ▸ Finland 100 years (history, arts, music, sports, Finnish, English, mathematics, home economics) ▸ Space (mathematics, physics, chemistry, Finnish, English, arts, sports, history)

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