The National Board of Education FINLAND Finnish Schools

The National Board of Education FINLAND Finnish Schools into the Information Society Jari Koivisto Counsellor of Education The Finnish National Board of Education 25. 9. 2020 / Jari Koivisto

The National Board of Education FINLAND Europe 25. 9. 2020 / Jari Koivisto

The National Board of Education FINLAND Finland Population: 5, 098, 754 Life expectancy at birth: 72 years male, 80 years female (1992) Ethnic divisions: Finn, Swede, Lapp, Gypsy, Tatar Languages: Finnish 93. 5%, Swedish 6. 3%; small Lappand Russian-speaking minorities Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 89%, Greek Orthodox 1%, none 9%, other 1% Literacy: 100% age 15 and over 25. 9. 2020 / Jari Koivisto

The National Board of Education FINLAND The Information Society Programme F Background of the National strategy G Performance of the educational system G Need for a new approach to teaching and learning G Needs of the further educational institutes G Needs of the society G Needs of the business and industry G Individual needs G Trends 25. 9. 2020 / Jari Koivisto

The National Board of Education FINLAND Need for a new approach to teaching and learning FA new setup in the classroom G Active learners G Active and highly skilled teachers G Data and information from many sources G Student working and learning together G Possibility for the students to try using the working methods of an expert 25. 9. 2020 / Jari Koivisto

The National Board of Education FINLAND Uljens’ model Teaching Learning Studying Uljens, M. 1997. School didactics and learning. Hove: Psychology Press. 25. 9. 2020 / Jari Koivisto Practising

The National Board of Education FINLAND Is this happening in the school? F Students seem unmotivated or uninterested in their work Only a few persons come up with all the ideas Students and teachers simply follow orders Teachers argue constantly and lack real motivation or lack communication between each other When the teacher is off things get put on hold Do the same problems occur over and over ® A new working culture is needed and ICT can be part of it. F F F 25. 9. 2020 / Jari Koivisto

The National Board of Education FINLAND Schools can be learning organisations ”A Learning Organisation is one in which people at all levels, individuals and collectively, are continually increasing their capacity to produce results they really care about. ” Richard Karash ”An organisation that learns and encourages learning among its people. It promotes exchange of information between employees hence creating a more knowledgable workforce. This produces a very flexible organisation where people will accept and adapt to new ideas and changes through a shared vision. ” Gerard M Blair 25. 9. 2020 / Jari Koivisto

The National Board of Education FINLAND Strategic thinking in school F From national curriculum towards local curriculum F School strategy for implementing the ICT in education F Networks of schools 25. 9. 2020 / Jari Koivisto

The National Board of Education FINLAND Information strategies as part of the local curricula F F 25. 9. 2020 / Jari Koivisto All schools G evaluate their own curricula and G create a strategy for using ICT in education The strategies are focusing on the quality From school strategies towards individual learning strategies of the students Teacher training in strategy planning

The National Board of Education FINLAND Information Strategy of a School F Methods of teaching and organising learning F Learning material F In-service training of the staff F Computers, networks and other equipment F Support services, both technical and pedagogical F Software F The safe use of Internet F The skills of students in the Information Society 25. 9. 2020 / Jari Koivisto

The National Board of Education FINLAND ICT in education F F F F F New national strategy 2004 - 2006 Four segments: computers for schools, school network development, teacher in-service training, teaching methods development The schools are assumed to have their own ICT strategy as a part of their local curriculum Finland has an advanced infrastructure in telecommunication Students/computer ratio 8 All schools have access to the Internet Most of the schools have a high speed network connection National Virtual School under development Efficient tool for creating equality 25. 9. 2020 / Jari Koivisto

The National Board of Education FINLAND Reasons for ICT in Education F Eqality G G G 25. 9. 2020 / Jari Koivisto regional boys and girls life-long learning different language groups handicapped learners skills development

The National Board of Education FINLAND Content requirements F Legitimate G national legislation G copyrights F democratic F decent 25. 9. 2020 / Jari Koivisto

The National Board of Education FINLAND Schools in the future F ICT is clearly a tool and part of the school environment F Source of information F Way of communication F Organisational innovations F Virtual communities F P 2 P support ↔ hazards 25. 9. 2020 / Jari Koivisto