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.
24.4.2018 10:16
On Friday, April 20, 2018 the UArctic thematic network’s planning group had an Evaluation day regarding the questionnaire sent to members of our network. In the questionnaire, the TN asked the members to rate an activities, give suggestions and leave any feedback they wanted. Professional experts of teacher education met to assess the results and go through suggestions that we got. The response rate was 40%.
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.
1.6.2017 12:05
The UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education organised an online seminar based in Murmansk on Wednesday, June 14. The recording is now available!
31.5.2017 12:27
Welcome to the first edition of the UArctic Thematic Network of Teacher Education newsletter! Read all about upcoming events, such as online seminars and call for papers, and all of the latest news.
30.3.2017 13:27
On 30 March 2017, the first ever TN online real-time research seminar connected students and lecturers at University of Helsinki and University of Aberdeen. A recording of the event is now available!
28.2.2017 14:43
The project “Teacher Education for Diversity and Equality in the Arctic” was approved as a new project for the Arctic Council's Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG) in their meeting in Kotzebue, Alaska in February 2017. Finland, Canada, Norway and Russia will co-lead the project.