27.6.2019 8:46
Minority Seminar 2020 will be held on May 6-8 in Vaasa, Finland, with theme "Curriculums for Social Justice". Call for papers is now open, with the deadline on September 30, 2019.
18.6.2019 15:51
Conference event “Including the North: Indigenous Languages and Inclusion Policies in Education” was held in Arctic Science Summit Week 2019, on May 28, 2019. The event was successful and it highlighted the issues of education in circumpolar north. The event contributed to UN International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019.
12.6.2019 15:36
The Position Statement on Arctic Pedagogy is now published and available online, as part of UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education's projects "Arctic Pedagogy in Teacher Education" and "Arctic Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity".
11.6.2019 13:15
Common newsletter of UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education and UNESCO/UNITWIN Network on Teacher education is now published.
7.6.2019 14:04
UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity has expanded by two new network members. Now the network has 25 members from all the Arctic countries and regions, and beyond.
23.5.2019 13:33
Evaluation survey for the members (contact persons) of UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education and UNESCO/UNITWIN Network on Teacher Education is now open.
20.5.2019 10:28
The third Arctic5 workshop concerning Joint Online Master Course on the Arctic Inclusive Pedagogy was held on 13th-14th May in Luleå, Sweden. It gathered together educators from five Nordic Arctic universities to plan joint studies.
8.5.2019 10:01
The speakers list and programme of the event "Including the North: Indigenous Languages and Inclusion Policies in Education" is now published. The event will be held in connection with Arctic Science Summit Week in Arkhangelsk, Russia, on 28th May, 2019.
7.5.2019 11:19
The Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG) project "Teacher Education for Diversity and Equality in the Arctic", coordinated by UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education, was concluded in the ministerial meeting of Arctic Council on 7th May, 2019 in Rovaniemi.
30.4.2019 12:26
The webinar recording titled "Sustaining an endangered language through initial teacher education. The Māori language experience in New Zealand" is now published.
5.4.2019 14:25
UArctic TN Teacher Education and UNITWIN/UNESCO Network on Teacher Education organised a conference in collaboration with two other projects on March 26-27, 2019 in Rovaniemi. The conference was successful and there was about 140 participants.
2.4.2019 9:19
UArctic Thematic Network (TN) on Teacher Education and UNESCO/UNITWIN Network on Teacher education have both expanded by having new network members.
29.3.2019 10:47
The online version of the book "Including the North: a Comparative Study of the Policies on Inclusion and Equity in the Circumpolar North" was launched on Tuesday, 26 March 2019 in Rovaniemi, as part of conference Developing an Inclusive School. Publishing a book is great accomplishment of the Network, as it is its first endeavour on shared research.
28.3.2019 17:34
UArctic TN Teacher Education and UNITWIN/UNESCO network on Teacher Education are organising a joint webinar as part of UN International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019.
14.3.2019 10:53
UArctic TN Teacher Education and UNITWIN/UNESCO Network on Teacher Education are jointly organising an event on Arctic Science Summit Week on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 in Arkhangelsk, Russia. The event consist of a panel discussion and a book launch.
5.2.2019 8:16
UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education is organising a conference "Developing an Inclusive School" on March 26-27 in Rovaniemi, Finland. Registration to the conference is now open. The conference is open for researchers, teacher educators and teachers.
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.