When reforming the contents of educational programmes, it is essential that there is a strong emphasis on supporting the curriculum implementation. This should take place in various forms and mechanisms, such as providing formal capacitation programmes to the faculties, organizing many practical workshops and clinics to help teachers to design the educational processes, and offering collected information, practical examples and tips, materials, and tools for the implementation of various contents/courses in a joint platform.

In the KZEMP/QCBS-03 project, the pedagogical developers offered intensive trainings in their own universities where the faculties were introduced with the main principles of the new curricula and where they could start the process of designing the implementation plans for each curriculum, as well as design the process for additional support mechanisms for the implementation in their own universities. To support the faculties, the project Key Experts designed a Syllabus template that can be utilized when designing the implementation plans, as well as a Check list for the implementation plan/syllabus against the criteria of student-centred approach

The second project KZEMP/DS-02 ITE Model Implementation and Strengthening of its Content focused on scaling up the faculty training by providing capacitation to 1,800 faculty members from more than 40 universities providing pedagogical programs. The training included online and offline training weeks where the faculties were introduced with the main principles of the new curricula and where they were given instructions on how to design the implementation plans for each curriculum. The training weeks were followed by an online guidance process with thematic webinar, regional workshops with syllabus peer-review processes, and small group mentoring sessions aimed at supporting the syllabus development within the universities.

On this page, the KZEMP/QCBS-03 and the KZEMP/DS-02 projects have project has collected some materials related to various pedagogical aspects to support the implementation of the enhance model for initial teacher education, including the new curricula. The materials are categorized under various themes and include presentations made in the KZEMP/QCBS-03 and the KZEMP/DS-02 project, videos, website links, open access articles and books, etc.

 

Competence-based approach

• Emerging Perspectives in Curriculum Design and Delivery

• Purpose of curriculum

 

Student-centered approach & Active Learning Methodologies

• Student centered education

• Wellbeing in education

• Quality learning and teaching

• Teacher and student role in the learning process

• Future thinking and wellware

• Transversal Competencies in Upper Secondary Schools

• Project based learning

• Active learning methods of both in f2f and online formats

 

Constructive alignment & Assessment

• Constructive alignment

• Assessment policies forms and systems

• Assessment of Phenomenon-based Learning Process Example

• Self-assessment and formative assessment

• Main components of assessment

• Criterion-referenced summative assessment

• Assessment of and for learning

• Active learning methods both in faceto-face and online formats (Dr. Viivi Virtanen & Kirsi Korkealehto)

 

Inclusion

• Inclusive education

• Special education

• Accessible education

• Inclusive education and social sustainable development

• Leading an Inclusion

• How to make the curriculums more inclusive

• Special needs teachers education

• Inclusion in education

 

Digitalization

• Digital Pedagogy and Online Implementations

• Active Learning Large Groups and Digital Tools

• Modern educational technologies

• EN Learning technology_Artificial Intelligence and its utilization in teaching and learning

 

Interdisciplinary learning:

STE(A)M Science, Technology, Engineering, (Any) Mathematics education

Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)

• STEAM Integration of Language CLIL Content and Language Integrated Learning

• Ideas for Designing and Implementing Integrated STE(A)M Teacher Education programmes

• Introduction to Project Based STEAM and CLIL Education for Sustainable Development

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Research-based Initial Teacher Education

• Trends in teacher education

• Research-based teacher education

• The Role and Competences of Future teachers

• Implementing new teacher education model and curricula

 

Teachers’ professional development, Leadership and change management

• Leadership and Change Management

• Vision of education and leadership

• Possibilities and challenges in developing leadership

• Distributed shared Leadership

• Learning community and leadership

• Resource management TIME and COMPETENCE

• Research-based teacher education_what and how

• Collaboration between organizations_concrete examples

• EduFutura

• Teacher autonomy and leadership

• Quality assurance

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Syllabus development

• Syllabus development: Assessment and ​assessment criteria

• Syllabus development: Teaching and learning

• Student-centred approach

• Constructive alignment and Assessment

• Inclusion in syllabus development

• Research-based teacher education

• Designing and Aligning Measurable STEAM CLIL Learning Outcomes

• Assessment in STEAM

• Assessment in CLIL

• Teaching methods in STEAM education

• Practical examples of STEAM implementation from Finland

• Practical examples of CLIL implementation

 

Other links within the text

Section 1. BACKGROUND

• RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT

• Contact information of national expert trainers of educational programs

 

Section 2. NEW ITE MODEL

• ITE model

 

Section 3. CORE CURRICULUM

• CORE CURRICULUM

 

Section 4. CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

• HEIs that participated in the development of 30 educational programs of pedagogical education

 

Section 5. CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION

• Check your implementation plan

• Syllabus template

 

To find more information and various occasions to support the curriculum implementation, please check the Calendar of the events

 

Video files

Basic principles of developing curricula

Basic principles of developing curricula (subtitles)

Irmeli (Assesment)-1

Irmeli (Assesment)-1 (subtitles)