The Arctic universities University of Lapland, University of Oulu, Luleå University of Technology, Umeå University, and UiT The Arctic University of Norway (the Arctic Five) contribute to better understanding of the contextual and cultural issues of the Nordic educational features via engagement with local communities, indigenous and minority populations, and through institutional and research collaborations. The co-operation in the field of teacher education is part of the UArctic Thematic Network Arctic Teacher Education in Social Justice and Equality activities, and strategic Arctic Five co-operation with Nordic Arctic cities and universities. Read more about Arctic Five strategic university collaboration here.
The network objectives are:
Long-term goal is to establish a virtual resource centre and curriculum development towards common Nordic Master programme.
The project Arctic Five - Arctic Teacher Education for Social Justice and Equality aims to develop a joint online master study course (10 ECTS) in the field of teacher education. Also, during the process of developing project the research activities are occurring concerning teaching methods, contents, and students’ learning processes. Experts from each Arctic Five university will participate in the project. The project starts a brand new collaboration under the Arctic Five network, and it is a significant starting point for the concrete, collaborative actions of the parties. It will strengthen the Nordic cooperation espeacially in Arctic education through networking and joint teaching.
The project period is from August, 2019 to June, 2020. The project is coordinated by the University of Lapland, Finland and funded by the Nordplus Higher Education Programme. The project is continuing the work started in first project period (2018-19).
The goals of the project:
Project meetings and worshops:
The project is diveded to five work packages (WP) for developing the joint online course. The WPs includes three workshops to be organized in Oulu, Finland, Umeå, Sweden and Tromso, Norway, and a webinar before each workshop. Project schedule:
Project coordination:
Outi Kyrö-Ämmälä, University Lecturer (Coordinator 8/2019-6/2020) Faculty of Education, University of Lapland outi.kyro-ammala@ulapland.fi
Erika Sarivaara, University Lecturer Faculty of Education, University of Lapland erika.sarivaara@ulapland.fi
Jaana Severidt, Director Internationalisation Services, University of Lapland jaana.severidt@ulapland.fi
1.11.2019
The Arctic Five universities had their fourth workshop about Joint Online Masters Course on the Arctic Inclusive Pedagogy in Oulu on 29th-30th October in Oulu, Finland. This Nordplus Higher Education funded project gathered educators and administrative staff from all the Arctic5 universities.
20.5.2019
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.
28.1.2019
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.
12.10.2018
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.