28.1.2019 15:43
The second two-days workshop of Arctic5 project was held on January 23-24 at University of Lapland in Rovaniemi. The workshop gathered together twenty professors, researchers, educators and students from five Nordic Arctic universities.
18.12.2018 14:48
An open-access online version of the book will be launced on March 26-27, 2019 in Rovaniemi. The launching will be included in conference event and there will be symposium and other program as well.
18.12.2018 14:08
The newest issue of the Newsletter UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education has been published today.
21.11.2018 13:34
UNITWIN/UNESCO Network on Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity has accepted two new members. The administrational meeting of the Network was held on November 12 and the new members were accepted by all the current members.
19.11.2018 15:46
UNESCO and UN are co-organizing International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019. The aim of the IY2019 is to raise awareness of the Indigenous languages, to support revitalization and maintenance of Indigenous languages and to empower Indigenous language speakers and cultures.
14.11.2018 8:26
The very first joint webinar of UArctic TN Teacher Education and UNITWIN/UNESCO network on Teacher education was held on November 13, 2018.
5.11.2018 8:40
On October 18th, 2018, Professor Tuija Turunen, the leader of the UNITWIN/UNESCO Network on teacher education and the UArctic TN, visited the Deir Kifa high school in Lebanon. The high school invited her to speak about the Finnish pedagogy and the use of ICT in teaching. Professor Turunen gave a lecture about the topic "Phenomenon based pedagogy and ICT: How to promote pedagogically sound education with ICT?"
30.10.2018 10:22
The next TN webinar will be organized November 13th, 2018 at 10:00 local time in Newfoundland (UTC -3.30) / 15:30 Finnish time (UTC +2). The webinar is the first one organized in collaboration with UNITWIN/UNESCO network on Teacher Education and UArctic TN Teacher Education.
15.10.2018 9:09
The newest issue of the journal Education in the North has been published in August 2018.
12.10.2018 10:41
The five Arctic universities, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Umeå University, Luleå Technical University, University of Oulu and University of Lapland formed a new collaboration called Arctic Five in summer 2018.
14.9.2018 10:38
The Education plenary session was held Thursday 6th at the University of Oulu. It consisted of the opening speech and the main keynote. The chair of the plenary was Michael Castellini, UArctic Vice-President Academic, from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. University lecturer Suvi Lakkala from the University of Lapland was the commentator of the plenary.
7.9.2018 9:50
UArctic Teacher Education Thematic Network and the UNITWIN/UNESCO network on teacher education organized a UArctic congress side event for teachers, teacher educators, Sami representatives and UArctic thematic network members and other interested parties to discuss and network under the theme “Indigenous Languages in Urbanized Areas” on September 3rd in Oulu.
6.9.2018 14:53
During the year 2018, the UArctic TN Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education has expanded with three new members.
30.8.2018 10:38
The UNITWIN/UNESCO Network on Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education has started its’ work for establishing a UNITWIN Co-operation Programme.
8.6.2018 12:48
Recording of the TN's webinar "Finnish basic education and teacher education – perspectives on inclusive education" is now available.
31.5.2018 9:00
The Thematic Network on teacher education has published it's first newsletter for this year.
21.5.2018 13:03
Next webinar of the UArctic TN on Teacher Education will be organized June 7, 2018 at 5 pm (local time in Finland). The topic of the webinar is inclusive education in Finnish education system.
16.5.2018 13:51
The UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education and UNESCO/UNITWIN network will organize a side event as a part of the UArctic Congress in Oulu, Finland in September 2018.
23.4.2018 8:41
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland has published a video about pedagogical practices in the Arctic region. UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education has been a part of writing the script for and determining the appearance of the video.
5.2.2018 16:36
The Call for Abstracts for the UArctic Congress is now open until March 16, 2018 (16.00 CET).
14.12.2017 11:05
UArctic TN on Teacher Education organized a panel discussion on the topic “Does arctic pedagogy matter?” as part of the program of the FERA Finnish Educational Research Association Conference on Education, held 30th of November to 1st of December in the University of Lapland, Rovaniemi.
14.12.2017 11:01
UArctic Thematic Network (TN) Symposium Teacher Education of the Arctic region – Diversity and Identity in the North bring representatives together to Rovaniemi from the Arctic member universities from Canada, UK, Norway, Finland and Russia. During the Symposium, held 27-28 of November, a vision for the TN was co-created together with concrete steps towards strengthening the collaboration in teaching and research.
12.12.2017 13:20
Each participating country in the Thematic Network is invited to contribute to the year book "Including the North: Comparative study of inclusion policies in the circumpolar North", to be published in March 2019.
31.10.2017 17:00
The Meeting of the co-leads and university representatives of the Arctic Council’s SDWG project on Teacher Education in the Arctic will be held on the 7th of November.
31.10.2017 16:00
Lead of the UArctic TN on Teacher Education, Professor Tuija Turunen met with the Arctic Council’s co-leads in Inari 21.-22. of Sep where she presented the SDWG project on Teacher Education for Diversity and Equality in the Arctic and its progress and evolvement.
23.10.2017 9:27
The delegation of experts visited in the Yamal Peninsula in Russia in September, regarding the Arctic Council’s Sustainable Development Working Group’s (SDWG) Arctic Children -project.
6.10.2017 18:00
The UArctic TN on Teacher Education organized an online seminar based in Newfoundland, Canada on Wednesday, October 4th. The recording of the seminar is now available.
4.9.2017 12:16
The Arctic Spirit Conference is the first major open event to be held during Finland's chairmanship of the Arctic Council. It is part of the official program when Finland celebrates its 100 years of independence.
1.7.2017 13:09
The next Thematic Network Symposium will take place on the 27th and 28th of November in Rovaniemi, Finland.
12.6.2017 12:00
We are seeking journal articles, features and book reviews for a special edition of Education in the North. The deadline for the submission of interest and abstract is the 1st of October 2017. We are especially interested in submissions that address one of the projects key topics.