Etwinning online seminar Dr Raimo Salo

Language Aware School Programme Practical Tools for Teachers Dr Raimo Salo Finland School of Education raimo.salo@fsoe.fi www.fsoe.fi +358 44 375 3799

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CEO and Founder, Finland School of Education since 2007 Teacher trainer, University of Oulu, Finland since 1.1.2018 Coordinator for Minority Groups’ Education, City of Oulu, Finland 2006-2017 Project Manager, University of Oulu, Finland 2004-2006 Teacher, PYP-Coordinator 2001-2004 Technical Advisor, Ministry of Education, Namibia 1999-2001 Teacher 1995-99 Focal Point for the National Network of Minority Groups’ Education since 2006 Training courses and workshops in more than 10 countries Education export: teacher training courses and workshops in Thailand for five months in 2015-16

Content • Practices and policies from Finland • Introduction to the Language Aware School Programme • Development of Teacher’s Professional Competence • Q&A session

Practices and policies from Finland Educating the newcomers: • Preparatory pre-education for six-year-olds for one year • Preparatory education for 7-16 year-olds for about one year • Finnish as a Second Language • Mother tongue education • Religion Education © Raimo Salo 2018

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Language in learning processes Thinking Communicating Language as a means for learning Language models learning as a process of making meaning in different contexts • Knowledge is constituted via language • • • •

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Didactic Triangle TEACHER

Studying CONTENT

STUDENT Learning Process Kansanen 2004

Language Aware School Training Programme Training Modules: 1. Managing a Language Aware School 2. Good knowledge of your students 3. Student’s language skills development 4. Supporting the Learning to Learn Skills 5. Diverse Assessment Methods

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CURRICULUM CONTENT & OBJECTIVES C & O 1

C & O 2

C & O 3

C & O 4

C & O 5

C & O 6

C & O 7

C & O 8

ASSESSMENT METHODS A

B

E D

C

B D E

B D F G

B

A

B

C

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A

C

D

TEACHING METHODS LEARNING TO LEARN SKILLS AUTUMN SEMESTER

SPRING SEMESTER

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Curriculum – Individual Learning Plan – Assessment

Curriculum

Assessment

Individual Study Plan

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© Raimo Salo - PhD Dissertation University of Oulu Finland 2014

THE ROLE OF REFLECTION IN DEVELOPING TEACHERS’ COMPETENCES Normative didactics

Descriptive didactics

• Objectives of education and upbringing

• Description of teaching practices

Reflection • Individual and communal • Combining theory and practice

Concious

Unconcious

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Values and culture of the society School’s working culture

Development of teachers’ competences

Planning tuition together

Refletion with colleagues

Development of didactics

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To be discussed in your own context • Appreciation of cultures and languages – visibility

and usage in schools • To read or to understand?

– Teachers have got an important role in giving 1) feedback to grow students’ understanding and 2) a chance to revise their work

• Why question making is a good method to gain new knowledge and grow understanding?

• The objective: To perform or to learn?

• What kind of competence do we value – hence teach and assess?

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Q&A THANK YOU! Raimo Salo PhD in Education raimo.salo@fsoe.fi +358 44 375 3799 www.fsoe.fi LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raimosalo/ Facebook: facebook.com/fsoe.fi Twitter: FinlandEdu Instagram: https://instagram.com/fsoefi/