Tea Kangasvieri
A teacher who has been working at different levels of education. At the University of Jyväskylä, she has been part of education-related projects and is interested in developing language education
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Tea Kangasvieri replied to ali amhal
Teachers' salaries come from public funding, in this case from the municipalities.
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Tea Kangasvieri replied to MIchele Root
@aliamhal I agree with you that politics shouldn't do quick, non-stop, subjective changes to education and I think that in many countries changes to curriculum and educational policies can't be made in a way that it caters to one political view (or maybe I'm naive to think that way). But I also think that education can't be fully separated from politics...
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Simply, it isn't! Teachers are not evaluated or assessed by their performance in the classroom. Teachers are fully trusted that they have the skills and professionalism to teach after they have completed their degree. :) But this also means that teachers are encouraged to develop their professionalism and evolve as teachers. Teachers are also trusted to...
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Good question. A more multicultural and multilingual student body has required more educational support at schools. This also means more resources and money for staff and learning materials. When these needs are not met, it makes it difficult to provide high-quality education to all learners. I think this is a bigger factor behind Finland's recent "PISA...
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Perhaps you would be interested in taking a look at a MOOC on educational leadership: https://onlinecourses.jyu.fi/course/view.php?id=20
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Nothing is perfect! Of course Finnish system has its flaws. One of the challenges our education is currently combating is the increase of multilingal children and finding ways to support their learning in classrooms. Other challenge is regarding the teacher profession, teachers are feeling mentally exhausted and stressed out about their workload. There's an...
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Why not! Maybe that's an idea you could introduce to your context..? :)
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It is noteworthy that teachers are not working alone, they have the support of special education teachers to plan the needed support for children.
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Yes! You can change back to general upper seconday or vocational education. But this might mean that your studies take a bit longer time than what is expected. Study counsellors on the upper econdary level help students if they are determined to change back.
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I recommend you to take a look at a MOOC on ECEC and play's role: https://onlinecourses.jyu.fi/course/view.php?id=16§ion=0#tabs-tree-start
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@EllieDawson In ECE in Finland, one early childhood educator is allowed (by law) to supervise/teach 4 children under 3-year-old and 7 if the children are over three years. One child group can have a maximum of 12 children (under 3-year-olds) or 21 (over 3-year-olds). In ECE the child groups are usually formed by age groups. This means that one group includes...
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Tea Kangasvieri replied to MIchele Root
It is true that education is often influenced by the political climate where it takes place. Throughout the history we have seen changes in the education systems that are a result of successful lobbying and other political actions.
It is difficult to make any reforms and improvements when the political views are extreme and when teachers are heavily...
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Tea Kangasvieri replied to MIchele Root
That is a difficult question! Anybody have any thoughts on this issue?
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@HamishMorrison This is a nice quote. As it is stated in this, Finland is still quite homogenous country and we are just now learning about multicultural and multilingual practices.
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@JulieW Good point! Changes in a system take a long time but quicker changes can be made in smaller steps for example on school and/or classroom level.
