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Trang Nguyen; Henna Vilppu; Ilona Södervik; Mari Murtonen – Online Learning, 2024
Pedagogical training is considered an efficient tool to train university teachers to understand and foster active learning. In Finland, pedagogical training courses are organized periodically at universities, and university teachers participate voluntarily to improve pedagogical knowledge and skills for teaching in higher education settings. This…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, College Faculty, Active Learning
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Kurtén, Berit; Henriksson, Ann-Catherine – LUMAT: International Journal on Math, Science and Technology Education, 2021
This is a qualitative study with a twofold aim. The first aim is to describe and analyse teachers' perceptions of advantages and challenges with a model for continued professional development (CPD) for primary school teachers. The CPD course was about inquiry-based learning (IBL) in science education. The second aim of the study is to analyse the…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Development, Inquiry, Active Learning
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Juuti, Kalle; Lavonen, Jari; Salonen, Visajaani; Salmela-Aro, Katariina; Schneider, Barbara; Krajcik, Joseph – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2021
We present teacher-researcher partnership (TRP) as a way of fostering teachers' professional learning. Teachers' participation as research group members is an essential aspect of the partnership. Teachers and researchers share the same goal, which is to improve their understanding of and enhance students' engagement in science. Project-based…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Researchers, Faculty Development, Teacher Researchers
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Havu-Nuutinen, Sari; Kervinen, Anttoni; Uitto, Anna; Laine, Aulikki; Koliseva, Anniina; Pyykkö, Lassi; Impiö, Pentti; Aittola, Tiina – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2019
This research clarifies how a collaborative team teaching model (CTTM) can support both pre-service and in-service teachers' professional development in using inquiry-based science teaching in primary schools. The data were collected via a questionnaire-based survey approach after inquiry projects implementation at public schools in four Finnish…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Teaching Experience, Active Learning
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Jääskelä, Päivikki; Häkkinen, Päivi; Rasku-Puttonen, Helena – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2017
This study examines university teachers' beliefs about the role of technology in achieving the pedagogical aims of learning within teaching development initiatives at a Finnish university. The initiatives targeted technology adoption in teaching and learning and were enhanced within teacher groups, with support from a university-level network…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Technology Integration, College Faculty, Content Analysis
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Virtanen, Päivi; Niemi, Hannele M.; Nevgi, Anne – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2017
The study identifies the relationships between active learning, student teachers' self-regulated learning and professional competences. Further, the aim is to investigate how active learning promotes professional competences of student teachers with different self-regulation profiles. Responses from 422 student teachers to an electronic survey…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Self Management, Teacher Competencies, Statistical Analysis
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Domingo-Coscollola, María; Arrazola-Carballo, Judith; Sancho-Gil, Juana María – International Journal of Educational Leadership and Management, 2016
Today more than ever, educational institutions need educational leaders who are able to promote profound, substantive and sustainable change. This paper is based on the efforts and results of the first stage of a European project implemented in universities and primary and secondary schools in Spain, Finland and the Czech Republic. The project…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Influence of Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Social Networks
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Niemi, Hannele – Teaching and Teacher Education, 2002
Evaluated how teacher education promoted active learning from the perspective of Finnish student teachers, teacher educators, classroom teachers, and students. Data from surveys and interviews indicated that schools and teacher education departments were in the midst of a cultural change. While there were many indicators of active learning, there…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries