T H E C U R R E N T F I N N I S H M O D E L
T I I N A S A R I S A L M I
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT – TOWARDS 21ST CENTURY SKILLS
FINNISH EDUCATION SYSTEM
Laws and regulations
Decrees of the
Government
National core
curriculum
Local curriculum
Teaching and
studying
Learning
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT/DESIGN PROCESS
2012 – Core curriculum
General basis: values, pedagogy, learning environments and culture.
Comments from local level and individuals.
2013 Core curriculum
Subject related content.
Comments from local level and individuals.
2014 Local curriculum
Local and regional priorities, applications and teacher training.
2016 Implementation
WHY DO WE NEED CHANGES?
Digitalization • ICT skills
• New literacies
• Information curation and knowledge building skills
• Learning to learn
Globalization • Intercultural skills
• Communication skills
• Sustainable way of life
• Team work and collaboration skills
CROSS-CURRICULAR SKILLS
Thinking and learning
Intercultural, communication and presentation skills
Health care, home-economics and life skills
Multiliteracy
ICT skills
Career skills and entrepreneurship
Active citizenship, student engagement and responsibility
CHANGES IN CULTURE
•From teacher centered to student centered learning (active learning-by-doing)
•From transference of knowledge to building of knowledge
•From teaching and learning alone to collaboration (networked learners)
•From classrooms and textbooks to real-life learning and virtual environments
•From isolation to feeling of community and global responsibility
KEY QUESTION
in learning
WHAT? HOW?
TO DISCUSS…
What kinds of skills and knowledge will our students
need in the future?
What’s the ethical basis of global citizenship? How can we support sustainable development, peace and equal rights through education?
What’s ”good learning”? How can we promote new flexible student-centered ways of learning in school culture?