Workshop Briefings – Day 1

Session 1:

How to do phenomenon based teaching and learning at school? –
Prof. Tuija Turunen
Mr. Jorma Turunen

The world we live in is changing more rapidly than ever and digital tools including internet and social media provides a constant information flow. This calls for transformation of education and the way we teach and learn. 21st century skills emphasis collaboration and teamwork, creativity and imagination as well as critical thinking and problem solving as tools for learning in new era. Phenomenon based pedagogy is one solution and ICT provides an essential tool in working with the phenomena, finding information, collaborating and sharing.

This workshop aims to provide an overall picture of phenomenon based learning, its pedagogical background and orchestrating it a classroom activity. The workshop is based on Finnish examples as Finland is a leading country in education, even called an Education Superpower.

The workshop will consist of the following:

• Lecture to provide the basic information about phenomenon based pedagogy in Finland.
• Hands-on activities with various phenomena by using examples of Finnish curriculum and ICT.
• Discussions and sharing among the participants on the new practices and solutions.

Session 2:

How is vocational teacher education personalized and assessed in Finland at Haaga-Helia School of Vocational Teacher Education?
Dr. Annica Isacsson

At the very beginning of the vocational teacher educational studies the teacher student evaluate her/his own competences in relation to curriculum criteria, and makes a personal development plan (PDP). The personal development plan focus on strengths, development needs and possible gaps. The PDP form the basis of each students´ vocational teacher educational studies. All plans look different and are constructed and refined throughout the studies. The plan takes into account earlier acquired competences and development. The workshops elaborates the issues of future vocational teacher needs and curriculum criteria through the method of Open Space.

Session 4:

Why are emotional competences important in future working life? How to enhance emotional skills among students?
Dr. Annica Isacsson

According to the World Economic Forum, 65% of those who start school today will work in professions that do you yet exist. According to Goleman (1998) we will be assessed in the future with new measures and indicators: intelligence or education is no longer enough in future working life. We need to also be emotionally and socially skillful. The workshop elaborates and suggests how emotional competences can be enhanced among students. The workshop is interactive, research based and operationalized through the method of learning café.

Session 5:

Hands on methods and ways in phenomenon teaching
Dr. Riikka Kastu

4 Methods in Phenomenon based learning

LEARNING CAFE, FLIPPED CLASS ROOM, COACHING – PROCESS GROW AND THINK THANK.
Discussion, details and action in 4 different methods.

Workshop for 2 hours, around 30 min per each method. A small intro and then action. We do the methods together.

Session 6:

Excel: How Personal Can You Get?
Eng. Rana Sayyid

Dear Sir/Madam, Sirs, To whom it may concern…
We know that there is a way to address people more personally when the list of recipients is available. Whether it is an email, a circular, or a more personal document, we will tackle today different ways to personalize various documents.
We will start by going over the simple Word/Excel mail merge. We will then compare it to the Excel/Excel mail merge. Next, we will discover some brilliant Excel functions. Only then you will have the complete freedom to decide how personal you want your documents to get.