Slides from a lecture at the Tallin University in 2019 about the contemporary educational thinking in Finland and the future. The present is the uncertain and the future is unknown. The most important thing is that we keep on developing the educational system as the world is changing.

1. Educational reforms in Finland
Teemu Leinonen
Associate Professor
Aalto University
Finland
past
present
future

2. Finland

3. Educational reforms in Finland
— the known past
— the uncertain present
— the unknown future
past
present
future

4. Educational reforms in Finland
— the known pastpast
present
future

5. History of Finland

6. 7 1 1

7. About 700 years:
Part of Swedish Empire (1100 -)
About 100 years:
Autonomic Part of Russian Empire
(1809 -)
About 100 years +:
Independent (1917-)

8. 7 1 1
1100 - 1809 - 1917 -
7 1 1

9. History of education in Finland

10. 1100 - 1809 - 1917 -
1640
University of Helsinki
1857
compulsory schools
1972
comprehensive school

11. Educational reforms in Finland
— the uncertain present
past
present
future

12. Education system in Finland
“No dead-ends.”
“Learners can always
continue their studies
on a higher level of
education, whatever
choices they make in
between.”
“Both general and
vocational upper
secondary certificates
provide eligibility for
further studies.”
Studyinfo.fi

13. New Curriculum 2016

14. Rethinking the school culture
Finnish National Agency for Education

15. Rethinking competences
Finnish National Agency for Education
Transversal
competences
Knowledge
Skills
Values
Attitudes

17. Educational reforms in Finland

18. Educational reforms in Finland
— the unknown future
past
present
future

19. The future
?

20. “We tend to overestimate the
effect of a technology
in the short run
and
underestimate the effect
in the long run.”

21. Roy Amara (Amaras Law)
The Institute for the Future / Stanford Research Institute
“We tend to overestimate the
effect of a technology
in the short run
and
underestimate the effect
in the long run.”

22. Effect
Time
What
we think
that will
happen

23. Effect
Time
What
we think
that will
happen
What really
happens

24. Effect
Time
short run:
overestimate
long run:
underestimate
What really
happens
What
we think
that will
happen

25. internet-based networks
growing computing capacity
automation and robotics (AI)
Technology mega-trends

26. Learning mega-trends
formal and informal learning
social environments
analytics, self-regulated
learning (SRL) and reflection

27. Learning mega-trends
formal and informal learning
social environments
analytics, self-regulated
learning (SRL) and reflection

28. Context
Formal Non-Formal Informal
Institutions
All the rest
(more and
more on
Internet)
Work +
GLAMs +
NGOs

29. Context
Formal Non-Formal Informal
Power and
Control
Institutions
All the rest
(more and
more on
Internet)
Curriculum &
Degrees
Pseudo-
voluntary
Voluntary
(or not ?)
Work +
GLAMs +
NGOs

30. Context
Formal Non-Formal Informal
Power and
Control
Regulation
Institutions
All the rest
(more and
more on
Internet)
Curriculum &
Degrees
Pseudo-
voluntary
Voluntary
(or not ?)
Directives,
laws, degree
regulations
Sociocultural
context
Self-
regulation
Work +
GLAMs +
NGOs

31. Context
Formal Non-Formal Informal
Power and
Control
Regulation
Institutions
All the rest
(more and
more on
Internet)
Curriculum &
Degrees
Pseudo-
voluntary
Voluntary
(or not ?)
Directives,
laws, degree
regulations
Sociocultural
context
Self-
regulation
Work +
GLAMs +
NGOs

32. Context
Formal Non-Formal Informal
Power and
Control
Regulation
Institutions
All the rest
(more and
more on
Internet)
Curriculum &
Degrees
Pseudo-
voluntary
Voluntary
(or not ?)
Directives,
laws, degree
regulations
Sociocultural
context
Self-
regulation
Work +
GLAMs +
NGOs

33. We need an ecosystem that is
supporting the move from formal,
to non-formal and informal.

34. Ecosystem and infrastructure.

36. Durall, E., Leinonen, T., Gros, B., & Rodriguez-Kaarto, T. (2017). Reflection in Learning
through a Self-monitoring Device: Design Research on EEG Self-Monitoring during a Study
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Pejoska-Laajola, J., Reponen, S., Virnes, M., & Leinonen, T. (2017). Mobile augmented
communication for remote collaboration in a physical work context. Australasian Journal of
Educational Technology, 33(6).
Leinonen, T., Keune, A., Veermans, M., & Toikkanen, T. (2016). Mobile apps for reflection in
learning: A design research in K‐12 education. British Journal of Educational Technology,
47(1), 184-202.
Pejoska, J., Bauters, M., Purma, J., & Leinonen, T. (2016). Social augmented reality:
Enhancing context‐dependent communication and informal learning at work. British
Journal of Educational Technology, 47(3), 474-483.
Virnes, M., Purma, J., Bauters, M., & Leinonen, T. (2015). Creating and Sharing Knowledge
Through Experiences: A Case Study with Ach so! in Healthcare Education. In Design for
Teaching and Learning in a Networked World (pp. 642-645). Springer, Cham.
Gazulla, E. D., & Leinonen, T. (2016). Why do we want data for learning? Learning analytics
and the laws of media. In The Future of Ubiquitous Learning (pp. 59-72). Springer, Berlin,
Heidelberg.
Bauters, M., Purma, J., & Leinonen, T. (2014). In-time on-place learning. In 10th
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Leinonen, T., Purrna, J., Ngua, K., & Hayes, A. (2013, June). Scenarios for peer-to-peer
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