Meetings in Finland
First Meeting in Finland – 19 au 23 Août 2014 / Second Meeting in Finland – 4 au 8 février 2015
First Meeting in Finland – 19 au 23 Août 2014
The group visited the city of Jyväskylä, it´s nature and lakes, the schools of Oravasaari and Ylämäki (in Jyväskylä and Petäjävesi) and got familiar with Finnish math teaching.
We also paid a visit to the University of Jyväskylä, Niilo Mäki Institute, the school of Vaajakoski, the multicultural center of Jyväskylä called Gloria, the village of Ylä-Kintaus in Petäjävesi, (and baked some Karelian pies (with a certain amount of wrinkles ;)) and visited the Petäjävesi old church protected by Unesco.
Tuesday 19.8.
Arrival to Finland. Taxi bus will pick up French and Catalan team from Helsinki. Tarmo will pick up Belgian team from Jyväskylä airport.
Dinner with Belgian team.
Wednesday 20.8.
Visit to Jyväskylä university: The Museum of Education and the Faculty of Education
Presentation and analysis of the inquiries Pisa of Finland by Jouni Vettenranta (senior researcher in Finnish Institute for Educational Research) and got the introduction about the Finnish Pisa results and the background of Finlands great sucsess in the test (PISA = Programme for Intenatioal Student Assessment).
THE FINNISH SUCCESS IN PISA – AND SOME REASON BEHIND IT (PISA 2003)
Presentation about the Finnish career educaton by Raimo Vuorinen: how to work with the future career opportunities with the students at every level in school. (Comparative Assessment of Educational Outcomes, Cultures and Systems (COMPASS)).
Lunch in university restaurant.
Visit to Niilo Mäki institute (Ekapeli).
Visiting Matara and Gloria (multicultural center).
Coffee.
Free time.
Dinner.
Thursday 21.8.
Visit to Oravasaari School (Tarmo).
Lunch.
Coffee.
Visiting Tura’s ranch, Typical Finnish dinner. .
Friday 22.8.
Visiting Petäjävesi Old Church.
Lunch.
Meeting local people in Ylä-Kintaus village near Ylämäki School.
Arriving to Paco’s y Pepe’s grill place.
Saturday 23.8.
Free time in Jyväskylä. Walking in the city and in the harbour.
Lunch.
Team Catalan leave Jyväskylä?
Evening program in one of Jyväskylä’s parks (Lounaispuisto)
Dinner.
Sunday 24.8.
Team France leaves Jyväskylä in the morning.
Team Belgium leaves Jyväskylä.
Second Meeting in Finland – 4 au 8 février 2015
Wednesday 4.2.2015
Arriving to Jyväskylä
Free time (skating, sauna etc) for early arrivals
→ one afternoon activity: ice skating on the lake of Jyväsjärvi / museum / swimming
Late dinner (reservation) Bar Soppa or Pub Jalo
Thursday 5.2.2015
Breakfast
Visiting the schools of Ylämäki / Oravasaari .
Oravasaari (splitting into two groups, 7 to each group; another group to Ylämäki another to Oravasaari)
Obsevating learning and teaching in classrooms. Participating in teaching.
Lunch at schools
Visiting kindergardens at 12-15 (Oravasaari: Arkkiparkki / Janakka. Ylämäki: Petäjäkallio) Runebergs cake
Back to Jyväskylä.
Free time
Comenius meeting & Dinner (Tura / Jääskelä ranch)
Friday 6.2.2015
Visiting the university of Jyväskylä: Ilona Markkanen told as about international TIMMS results and Matti Pennanen about mentoring new teachers into schools (VERME-program).
Lunch at the university around
Bus to Helsinki at 12.15.
Introduction to Finnish mathematic tests (individual and national tests). Telling some points of the history of Estonia.
Ship to Tallinn (Estonia)
Comenius meeting at the ship
Dinner
Free time 😉
Saturday 7.2.2015
Breakfast at the ship / Tallinn
12.30 Back to the ship
Comenius meeting
Arriving to Helsinki
one night in Helsinki / Jyväskylä
Sunday 8.2.2015
Travelling day
