Following Finland

The culmination of my time in Finland is the creation of a professional development framework for K-12 educators based on my research and work here.  Feel free to use the resources in your own school district and do not hesitate to offer feedback.  Kiitos!

• Professional Development Framework: Cooperative Learning Strategies as a Best Practice in Student-Directed, Globally-minded Classrooms

  • Above is the entire document but sections and accompanying resources are also broken down below for ease of use.

• Facilitator’s Guide

  • Foreword
  • Introduction to Inquiry Project
  • Inquiry Project Goals
  • Rationale for Inquiry Project
  • Methods
  • Findings
  • Analysis of FindingsConsiderations and Resources for Facilitators: Sessions 1-7

• Professional Development Sessions

  • Session 1: Following Finland
  • Session 2: Diving Deeper into Finland’s Education System
  • Session 3: Views of American Educators
  • Session 4: Defining “Cooperative Learning Strategies” in US & Finland
  • Session 5: Defining “Global-mindedness”
  • Session 6: Finnish Perspectives on Global-mindedness
  • Session 7: Finnish Line

• Appendices

  • Appendix A: Resource guide
  • Appendix B: Annotated Bibliography
  • Appendix C: Additional influential books
  • Appendix D: CLS Finland: Teacher and Student Perspectives: Session 4
  • Appendix E: Global-mindedness Finland: Teacher & Student Perspectives: Session 6
  • Appendix F: Comments on Global-mindedness and Global Thinking: Session 6
  • Appendix G: Tove Jansson and Moomin: Session 7
  • Appendix H: Moomin quotes: Session 7