Early Child Education Training Schedule

1. Time Presenters
PROGRAM DETAILS - DAY 1
Introduction to Finnish Education
System and ECE
9.00-9.30
9.30-11.00
11.00-12.00
12.00-13.00
13.00-15.00
15.00-16.00
16.00-16.30
Welcoming event
- Introduction to the course and week’s
program
- Participants and their expectations
Introduction to Finnish Education system and
Early Childhood Education System
Group working session
Trends in Education
Lunch
Values of Early Childhood Education
- latest research knowledge
Child centred approach, working in small
groups and the meaning of the community.
Reflections from the day’s topic and
tomorrow’s program.
Other issues:
Pre-reading:
Chapter 1-2 from National Core Curriculum
from Early Childhood Education and Care
Pre-Assignment - Details will be provided
before the course date
Insiyah, Boopathi
and Finnish Experts
Pasi Mattila,
Jaana Juutinen
Pasi Mattila
Jaana Juutinen,
Päivi Erkkilä
Päivi Erkkilä
Jaana Juutinen
PROGRAM DETAILS - DAY 1
Early Childhood Education Training

2. Time Presenters
Vision of a Future Kindergarten
and School
9.00-10.30
10.30-12.00
12.00-13.00
13.00-14.00
14.00-15.00
15.00-16.00
16.00-16.30
How to Create the School of the Future
Cycle of change and 21st Century Skills
Finnish pedagogy, early childhood learning
theories and methods
Lunch
Modern School and Kindergarten
Development of learning environments
Workshop: How to design of a modern playful
kindergarten environment?
Digital Education Technology
Home-Kindergarten communication tool
Reflections of the day
Other issues:
Pre-reading:
Chapter 8 from How to Create the School of
the Future - Revolutionary thinking and design
from Finland: Developing the learning environ-
ment is a change process of the pedagogical
operational culture
Pre-Assignment (to do in advance):
Bring pictures, floor plan, brochures or other
relevant material from your own
kindergarten/school.
Pasi Mattila
Pasi Mattila,
Jaana Juutinen
Pasi Mattila
Jaana Juutinen,
Päivi Erkkilä
Pasi Mattila
Pasi Mattila
PROGRAM DETAILS - DAY 2PROGRAM DETAILS - DAY 2
Early Childhood Education Training

3. Time PresentersStrategic leadership of ECE
9.00-10.30
10.30-12.00
12.00-13.00
13.00-14.30
14.30-16.00
16.00-16.30
Strategies of leadership
Development tools and practicalities to lead
future kindergarten and school
Competence management
Future experts and recruiting process
- Teacher profile and competence map
Lunch
Pedagogical leadership:
Change of working culture
Conception of child, learning and teacher skills
and new pedagogical approaches
- Safety, health and well-being
Workshop: New teaching methods and best
practices (e.g. two working groups)
Reflections from the day and assignment for
the next day and preparations for visit
Other issues:
Pre-reading:
Chapter 4 and 5 (p. 27-49) from How to Create
the School of the Future - Revolutionary think-
ing and design from Finland: Leadership chap-
ters
Pre-Assignment - Details will be provided
before the course date
Jaana Juutinen
Pasi Mattila
Boopathi
Pasi Mattila
Jaana Juutinen
Expert session:
Antti Sipponen
Päivi Erkkilä
Jaana Juutinen
Päivi Erkkilä, Jaana
Juutinen
Jaana Juutinen
PROGRAM DETAILS - DAY 3PROGRAM DETAILS - DAY 3
Early Childhood Education Training

4. Time Presenters
New learning culture;
playful and joyful learning
9.00-11.00
11.00-12.00
12.00-13.00
13.00-14.00
14.00-16.00
16.00-16.30
Visit to kindergarten
Reflection and feedback
Comparison of research and evaluation
questions
Lunch
Activity session
Practical example of teaching/learning
situation
Playful and joyful learning:
Planning daily pedagogical practices and
processes
Implementing and evaluating the practices
Reflection and feedback of the day 4 and
heading towards the day 5
Other issues:
Pre-reading:
Chapter 3-4 from National Core Curriculum
from Early Childhood Education and Care
The operational culture of ECE, planning and
implementing pedagogical activities.
Pre-Assignment (to do in advance): - Details
will be provided before the course date
Insiyah and
Finnish Team
Jaana Juutinen
Päivi Erkkilä
Jaana Juutinen,
Päivi Erkkilä
Expert session:
University of
Oulu expert
Päivi Erkkilä
PROGRAM DETAILS - DAY 4PROGRAM DETAILS - DAY 4
Early Childhood Education Training

5. Time PresentersBest practices from Finland
9.00-11.00
11.00-12.00
12.00-13.00
13.00-14.00
14.00-16.00
Towards new learning and teaching culture
(operational culture)
Design of monthly topics and weekly program.
Project-based learning
Learning assignments, tasks, games
Lunch
Case Studies and best global practices
4*15 min.
Feedback collection
Closing ceremony
Certificates
Other issues:
Further reading:
Specific reading and research materials based
on the needs of the participants will be
provided.
Pre-Assignment (to do in advance):
Work continues in Finpeda Virtual Space
Variety of theoretical and practical teaching
methods:
- Lecture, workshop, group work, discussion,
hands-on activity, play, video, distance
learning, visit and reflection, feedback
Jaana Juutinen,
Päivi Erkkilä
Päivi Erkkilä
Pasi Mattila
Pasi Mattila,
Boopathi
PROGRAM DETAILS - DAY 5PROGRAM DETAILS - DAY 5
Early Childhood Education Training