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?