I Conferência Internacional de Educação Profissional do IFPBInstituto Federal, Paraíba

Promoting Science and Education between Brazil and Finland by

Applied Research

Irma Kunnari & Essi RyyminFriday, 11 December 2015, João Pessoa

Photos: Giselda Costa

Research Centre for Professional ExcellenceHAMK School of Professional Teacher Education, Finland

• Professional Development and Vocational Education

• Skills and Knowledge Management• Digital Learning Environments,

Competences and Solutions• Global Education R&D• Research Manager Mr. Martti Majuri

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Majuri, M., Ryymin, E., Viskari, M. & Kokkomäki, J. (2015). Researching Professional Excellence Regionally, Nationally and Globally . In Mustonen, L. (ed.) International Collaboration - Towards Joint Research Acitivites (pp. 11-16). HAMK Publications 6/2015. Tammperprint oy: Tampere.

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Global Education R&D Team

• The mission of Global Education R&D -team is to acquire and apply new knowledge of educational innovations related to future skills and world of work

• The specific interest is in vocational and higher education and teacher training

• The research serves the participatory design process of professional development programs and supports educational change

• The team implies several methodological approaches to researching, for example, narrative method, social network analysis (SNA), design-based implementation research (DBIR) and participatory action research

• Founded in 2015

See more: http://www.globaleducationrd

Global Education R&D Team

• Team Leader Dr. Essi Ryymin, HAMK University of Applied Sciences• Researchers: Seija Mahlamäki-Kultanen, Irma Kunnari, Maaret

Viskari, Marja Laurikainen, Brian Joyce, Sanna Ruhalahti, Anne-Maria Korhonen and Essi Ryymin

• Growing network of international researchers• Currently planning research strategy according to HAMK University

of Applied Sciences’ future visions • Interested in deepening collaboration with Federal Institut and

applying for fundings in joint research actions

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The Research Interest of Global Education R&D

Developing Teachers Expertise and Innovations in Education?

• Teachers’ learning and organisational learning need to be combined in order to achieve educational innovation• Collaboration is the key to changes – ”out of the box”• Networking keeps you going on • Organizational issues and leadership effects a lot on how

you can disseminate educational innovations

23.-24.11. 2015 Ryymin, Kunnari ja Viskari

VET Teachers for the Future® - Professional Certificate Programme

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The Context of the Research Professional Development & Guidance Process in VET

Guidance in Finland

Guidance in Brazil

1.2.-30.6.2015 1.8.-31.12.2015

The Pedagogical Competence means the pedagogical expertise, which is intended in the VET Teachers for the Future program

The competence is a combination of Knowing – the theoretical knowledge Doing – the practical knowledgeBeing – the self-regulative and socio-cultural knowledge

Professional Development & Guidance in Finland experiencing Finnish practices and learning culture

visiting schools - networking – practicing – learning hands on

Theme:Competence-based curriculum

Co-operation with businesses

Theme:Learning and teachingprocesses

Theme:E-learning in the 21st Century

Theme:Project-basedlearning

Individualized learning objectivesOwn development project – related to educational innovation

The Process in Finland

Professional development & guidance in Finland

Preliminary Findings

• Experiences of Finnish learning culture inspire the participants – concepts of learning and teaching are transformed

• Learning by doing (practicing new methods) builds motivation

• Networking with the Finnish teachers deepens understanding and professional growth

• Encouragement in guidance is essential – peer guidance and Finnish teacher educators guidance

• Designing the dissemination of innovation for their own schools is experienced as challenging

Professional Development & Guidance in Brazil Piloting new methods – educating colleagues – involving leaders – networking with

each other sharing experiences – online guidance meetings

Own development project – related to educational innovation

The Process in Brazil

Data collection and analyses going on – but we can already see that…

• Peer support and networked learning community are essential – Virtual experience sharing in social media

• Finnish teacher educators can empower and encourage the teachers to make changes

Ryymin, E., Corado, C., Joyce, B., Kokkomäki, J., Kunnari, I., Laurikainen, M., Lianda, R & Viskari, M. (2015). Finnish-Brazilian Learning Process as an Experimental Path towards Pedagogical Change. Paper presented in NOLAN, The 8th Nordic Latin American Research Network Conference, 11.-13.6.2015, Helsinki.

Photo: Essi Ryymin

Research on Professional Development and Pedagogical Change

Change in Teachers’ Conceptions

Teacher-centered thinking

Traditional role of students

Traditional methods in teaching

Student-centeredthinking

Active role of students

Variety of tools and methods in facilitating

learning process

The change in teachers conceptions related to their pedagogical work (Ryymin et al. 2015)

Mahlamäki-Kultanen, S., Joyce, B., Ryymin, E., Viskari, M. & Heikkilä, L. (2015). Brazilian VET teachers' strategies to transfer their learning in a Finnish-Brazilian teacher education programme. Journal of Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences, 3, 2015.

Photo: Essi Ryymin

Research on Teachers’ Strategies to Transfer Their Learning

Efficient Strategies Used• Most of the participants positioned themselves as strategic actors,

champions using the definition of Mantere (2003).

• The champions were planning to use concrete techniques like workshops, developing learning environments and engaging learning projects, using communication tools like media and storytelling.

• Some saw themselves at their best in the classroom using their new competences, even allowing the students to spread the good word of mouth and acting as citizens (Mantere, 2003) in the strategy process of pedagogical change (Mahlamäki-Kultanen et al., 2015).

Photo: Regina Lianda Photo: Alex Correia

Mantere, S (2003). Champion, citizen, cynic? Social positions in the strategy process. HUT Industrial Management and Work and Organizational Psychology Dissertation Series No.5, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo.

Ryymin, E. & Kunnari, I. (2015). Developing Networked Expertise for Educational Innovations - Brazilian Teachers in Finnish Learning Environment. Paper presented in International Conference of Education (LICE-2015), 9.-11.11. 2015, London.

Research on Networked Expertise Supporting Educational Innovations

Kunnari, I., & Ilomäki, L. (2014). Reframing teachers’ work for educational innovation. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, (ahead-of-print), 1-12.doi.org/10.1080/14703297.2014.978351

• Brazilian teachers’ networked expertise in the Finnish Learning Environment empowers the development and implementation of educational innovations, but the transformation of educational communities and the dissemination of educational innovations are still very complex phenomena.

• After the training program, the supportive network and networked expertise expanded into the Brazilian Learning Environment is essential for sustaining and contextualizing educational innovations.

Photo: Niina Mero

Next steps• Research co-operation with Brazilian teachers

and developers, joint research interests• Research supporting educational change and

implementation• Integrating research in international teacher

training programmes

Contacts and more information:

Ms. Irma Kunnari + 358 40 8307431firstname.lastname@hamk.fi

Dr. Essi Ryymin+358 50 461 7557firstname.lastname@hamk.fi

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See also

Mahlamäki-Kultanen, S. (ed.) (2014). The Bolashak Fellowship Program in HAMK University of Applied Sciences Finland, 2013-2015. HAMKin e-julkaisuja 22/2014. Ryymin, E. (ed.) (2015). Educational Innovation in Kazakhstan: The Case of Bolashak Finland. HAMK AOKK:n julkaisuja 19/2015. Tammerprint oy: Tampere. Mahlamäki-Kultanen, S. (ed.) (2015). VET Teachers for the Future - Professional Deveopment Certificate Programme in Häme University of Applied Sciences (HAMK) & Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK). HAMK AOKK:n julkaisuja 3/2015.

VET Teachers for the Future® - Professional Certificate Programmehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=- 1nRm4tQL0A

Global Education Research & Development http://hamk.fi/globaleducationrd

Obrigada! Boa sorte e sucesso!

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