Foundations of learning and teaching

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     Homework for the next session
     Read through the FinlandWay Pedagogical Guide and answer the questions.

• Question 1: What is the teacher’s role in FinlandWay educational system?
• Question 2: What is a period? How is it organized in classroom plans?
• Question 3: What are the aims and focus of the first FinlandWay period?
• Questions 4: What do the assessment and evaluation offer for children? What kind of values teachers promote through assessment and documentation?

Additional readings:

Click here to read a newspaper article about Finnish early childhood education by Timothy D. Walker a journalist of The Atlantic

Click here to read an introduction to Finnish early childhood education by Education Finland governmental program

Click here to read a research paper about the pedagogical practices of Finnish and Australian ECE centers by professors Harju-Luukkainen, Garvis and Kangas