Programme

Please note: On the evening preceding the event (30 September), there will be an opportunity for networking. Further details of the evening programme will be announced later.

08:45–09:15 Morning Coffee

09:15–09:30 Welcome Address

  • Mari Murtonen, Vice Dean for Education, Faculty of Education, University of Turku & Sara Sintonen, Head of the Department of Teacher Education and Professor of Early Childhood Education
  • Greeting from the City of Rauma

09:30–11:00 Reform of Learning Support: What Will Change in Pre-Primary and Basic Education?

  • Keynote by Professor Minna Kyttälä: How can teachers thrive in increasingly diverse schools?
  • Commentaries (to be updated):

    • Kati Kaplin-Sainio, Counsellor of Education, Finnish National Agency for Education

    • Minna Salminen, Chair of the OAJ Rauma Local Association, Consulting Special Education Teacher in Early Childhood Education

    • Vilhelmiina Saharinen, Student Teacher (Classroom Teacher Programme)

11:00–11:45 Lunch

  • Served at Campus Restaurant Tower, in the Torni Building

11:45–12:45 Parallel Thematic Groups and Workshops 1

  • Workshop 1: The Enchantment of Play – Imagination, Aesthetics and Child-Centredness in Teaching

  • Workshop 2: Philosophy of Education and Handicrafts

  • Workshop 3: Skill and Arts-Based Pedagogical Collaboration with the Pikkunorssi ECEC centre

  • In addition, thematic groups based on participant proposals. For further details on proposal submission and workshops, please see the Thematic Groups and Workshops section.

13:00–14:00 Parallel Thematic Groups and Workshops 2

  • Workshop 4: Into the Essence of Observation and Drawing: Contour Drawing

  • Workshop 5: To be announced

  • Workshop 6: To be announced

  • In addition, thematic groups based on participant proposals. For further details on proposal submission and workshops, please see the Thematic Groups and Workshops section.

14:00–14:15 Afternoon Coffee

14:15–15:30 Panel Discussion:
Teacher Education as a Promoter of Inclusion and Hope – Harvesting Under Financial Constraints?

  • Panellists:

    • Jukka Vetoniemi, Counsellor of Education

    • Sara Sintonen, Head of the Department of Teacher Education and Professor of Early Childhood Education, University of Turku

    • Mirjamaija Mikkilä-Erdmann, Vice Chair of the Teacher Education Forum and Professor of Teacher Education

    • Taina Suvikas, Headteacher

    • Mea Nordberg, Chair of the Satakunta Regional Association

    • Juha Viitala, Member of Parliament

  • The panel will be chaired by Marianna Hoikkala, University Teacher in Speech Communication and Doctoral Researcher.

15:30–15:45 Closing Remarks

  • Mari Murtonen, Vice Dean for Education, Faculty of Education & Sara Sintonen, Head of the Department of Teacher Education and Professor of Early Childhood Education

Photo: Hanna Oksanen / Turun yliopiston viestintä