Teachers, principals, and other education experts from many countries have been intrigued about Finland’s excellent learning results in international learning comparisons, such as PISA. Not only has Finland managed to combine top learning results with a stress-free and child-centered approach, but Finland has also provided this quality education to all children equally.

This course shows how to design and implement quality ECEC lessons, learning situations, and educational activities for young children in the Finnish way. Themes of this course include smart pedagogy based on the latest scientific research, factors promoting learning, pedagogically smart structure for lessons, examples of designed learning situations, etc. Examples are applicable to ECEC and primary education. The course is for ECEC and K-6 teachers, principals, and education experts.

This course is an introduction to Finnish STEAM education and pedagogy. Experienced Finnish principal explains what STEAM education means in practice, what the benefits are, and how schools can add innovative STEAM pedagogy to their own teaching. The course is for K-9 teachers, principals, and education experts.

The course introduces the basics of the Finnish early childhood education and care (ECEC) system. It presents the Finnish Educare model and National Core Curriculum guiding early childhood education in Finland. The course also unveils the mission and core tasks of Finnish ECEC: promoting children’s well-being, happiness, and health. The course is for ECEC teachers, principals, and education experts.

This course gives basic information about the reasons why someone is refusing to go to school and how teachers can recognize the warning signs. It also introduces some effective strategies to deal with school refusal. This course is best suited for educators in elementary and secondary levels. However, all the motivational actions can quite easily be applied to higher levels too.

This course introduces the various dimensions and multiple forms of cooperation in early childhood education in Finland: cooperation with families, inside the kindergarten, and between kindergarten and community. The course demonstrates the power of shared understanding and trust. The course is for ECE leaders and principals.

This course introduces the many roles and tasks of a Finnish kindergarten principal: leading vision and strategy, leading organizational development work, human relations, pedagogy, administration, etc. The course gives a comprehensive picture of the work of a principal in Finnish kindergartens. The course is for ECE leaders and principals.

The course focuses on six key elements that Finnish teachers use regularly in their classrooms for motivating students. These elements are interaction and atmosphere, sensing students’ emotional needs, orientation, and visual materials, using prior knowledge and rewards to build motivation and social relationships between peers. This course is best suited for educators in elementary and secondary levels. However, all the motivational actions can quite easily be applied to higher levels too.

The course introduces the Finnish approach to promoting learning in early years: e.g. diverse working methods, collaborative learning, physical, social and psychological dimensions of the learning environment, learning through play, etc. Examples are mainly from ECEC, but the same principles apply to primary education, too. The course is for ECEC and K-6 teachers, principals, and education experts.