The School of the Future

Attraction – how to increase the attractivity of the teacher profession and the wellbeing in schools?

A good level of education is crucial for a functioning society, but also for individual resilience. Education provides the tools needed to handle the challenges we face in a society undergoing change. In recent years, education in Finland and Sweden has been exposed to great external pressure. Political reforms, increased societal divides, changing attitudes of students and parents as well as the constantly evolving digital landscape fundamentally affecting conditions for learning and teaching. What are the needs and competencies for the school and education of the future? What challenges and solutions do we see?

A warm welcome to the second seminar in the series ”Framtidens skola – Tulevaisuuden koulu – The Future of the School”, a collaboration between Hanaholmen – The Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre and Finlandsinstitutet – the Finnish Institute in Stockholm.

Please note that the times are given according to Finnish time

Monday the 7^th of October 2024 at Hanaholmen, Espoo Finland:

The keynote lecture and the dialogue after it will also be streamed online on Hanaholmens Youtube-channel. The workshops, the wrap up of them and the conclusion of the seminar are for onsite participation only.

Program (subject to eventual minor changes)

13:00 Opening words by Gunvor Kronman, CEO of Hanaholmen

13.05 Professor Jan Håkansson, Dalarna University: Keynote lecture on the attractivity of the teacher profession and key factors for wellbeing in schools

13.40 Dialogue between teacher students and teachers with intragenerational reflections on the keynote speech: Mira Laurinantti from the Teacher Student Union in Finland; Fredrik Nygren, teacher with 23 years of experience in the profession in Sweden, and a representative from The Teacher Student Union in Sweden (TBC)

14.10 Refreshments and transition to workshops

14.30 Workshops – (participants choose one of the following three options)

The importance of wellbeing for the attraction of learning (Facilitators: Mieli ry)

Resources for improving the attraction of the teacher profession (Facilitator: Secretary General Christer Holmlund, the Nordic Teachers’ Council)

What should student teachers learn during teacher education to be prepared for the teacher profession? What kind of learning environments should be enhanced in teacher education in Swedish and Finnish universities? (Facilitators: Prof. Auli Toom and prof. Cathrine Norberg)

15.30 Wrap-up of the workshops

16.15 Concluding words and next steps for the project “Framtidens skola – Tulevaisuuden koulu”

16.30 – 17.00 Informal mingle and cocktail

The seminar is carried out in English and Swedish. The event is free of charge, but registration in advance is required.
Please register no later than 30 September.

More information: Janne Wikström, project manager HanaAcademy janne.wikstrom@hanaholmen.fi