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!
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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.
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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
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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
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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
