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 especially in Arctic education through networking and joint teaching.
The project is coordinated by University of Lapland, Finland and funded by the Nordplus Higher Education Programme. The third project period is from October, 2020 to June, 2021. The project period's overall goal is to implement the course planned and prepared in the previous projects. In addition, the goal of the project is to learn and reflect the process of teaching and learning in online course.
The goals of the project:
Finalised projects
First project period of Arctic Five Education project was on 2018-19. During the first project year, the project group got to know each other, formed Arctic Five Education network and created a basis for joint online master study course. The second project year 2019-20 continued the work by finalising the curriculum, creating the working environments and online assignments for the study course and training the teacher educators.
Third project year (2020-21)
On third project year, the group aims to make the final additions to the curriculum and run the course for the first time. The pilot course will be run during spring term 2021 (January-May). In addition, the project group will have four workshops:
Project coordination:
Outi Kyrö-Ämmälä, University Lecturer Faculty of Education, University of Lapland outi.kyro-ammala(at)ulapland.fi
Erika Sarivaara, University Lecturer Faculty of Education, University of Lapland erika.sarivaara(at)ulapland.fi
Jaana Severidt, Director Internationalisation Services, University of Lapland jaana.severidt(at)ulapland.fi
Janette Peltokorpi, Project manager Faculty of Education, University of Lapland janette.peltokorpi(at)ulapland.fi
Professor of Education Department of Arts, Communication and Education Luleå University of Technology
Eva Alerby's research interests are relations, identity and diversity in education, as well as philosophical and existential dimensions of education, such as place and space, time and temporality, silence and tacit knowledge. Her recent publications include Silence within and beyond pedagogocal settings (2020) and The school building and the human: An intertwined relationship (2020).
E-mail: eva.alerby(at)ltu.se
Lecturer Campus Alta UiT - The Arctic University of Norway
Anne-Mette Bjøru lives and works in the town where she grew up. She teaches at the master’s programme in Special Education. Her research interests are high school dropout, relational skills, inclusion and adapted education, as well as policy and curriculum studies.
E-mail: anne.m.bjoru(at)uit.no
PhD student Luleå University of Technology
Theres Brännmark is a PhD student in Swedish and Education, at the Department of Arts, Communication and Education at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden. Her research focuses on language diversity, policy and curriculum studies in a Nordic perspective, and students lived experiences of languages in formal and informal settings especially among students in the county of Norrbotten which historically is trilingual with both Finnish/Torne Valley Finnish and North Sámi as national minority languages and Swedish as the official language.
E-mail: theres.brannmark(at)ltu.se
Associate professor of Special Education Department of Arts, Communication and Education Luleå University of Technology
Åsa Gardelli's main research interests are children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities. Important aspects are diversity, inclusion, participation, democracy, communication, quality of life, and health. The participant perspective and giving voice to people in vulnerable situations is central in her research.
E-mail: asa.gardelli(at)ltu.se
Title of Docent, University Researcher University of Lapland
PhD Pigga Keskitalo works as a researcher at the University of Lapland, Finland. At the moment, she is working on an Academy of Finland funded project that aims to develop Sámi language distance education. In addition, she is involved in several development projects, including Arctic Pedagogy 2 (funded by the European Social Fund), and eLappi development of teacher competence in digital pedagogy (also funded by the European Social Fund). Keskitalo’s research interests focus broadly on the field of Sámi education and its research. For example, she has been involved in developing Indigenous research methods and has been also involved in researching children from different perspectives. Keskitalo’s PhD dissertation investigated how the Sámi curriculum in Norway is conducted at the Sámi schools.
E-mail: pigga.keskitalo(at)ulapland.fi
Research profile
University Lecturer Faculty of Education University of Lapland
Dr. Kyrö-Ämmälä works in teacher education, and she is also a Vice Dean responsible for teaching. Her research interest is in research-based teacher education, in inclusive education, and in enhancing students’ cognitive skills. She has worked in international and national projects related to those themes. She is a member of Finnish Teacher Education Forum.
Associate Professor in Inclusive and Special Education UiT - The Arctic University of Norway
Gregor’s research interests centre on child participation with an inclusion focus. He is currently working on a number of international and national research projects and has published mainly on themes related to international classification, participation, school systems, and inclusion and diversity.
E-mail: gregor.maxwell(at)uit.no
Senior lecturer in Education Associate professor (Docent) of History and Education Deputy Director of "The Postgraduate School of Educational sciences" Umeå University
My research interests include educational history, history education and new media, conceptual and spatial history and Sámi studies. I am currently involved in several publications concerning the history of education and violence, as well as the role of history and educational history in contemporary reconciliation processes. I am also one of the editors of Nordic Journal of Educational History (NJEDH).
E-mail: bjorn.norlin(at)umu.se
Erika Sarivaara’s main research interests are language revitalization, indigenous identity, indigenous education, Sámi education and outdoor learning.
E-mail: erika.sarivaara(at)ulapland.fi
Professor of Special Education University of Oulu
Marjatta Takala is the professor of special education at the University of Oulu in Finland and docent of special education at the University of Helsinki. Her research interests are broad: She has studied hearing-impairment and dyslexia. Currently her studies focus on the work content and frames of special teachers, on teachers’ agency, on inclusion as well as on comparative special education and on comparative curriculum studies.
E-mail: marjatta.takala(at)oulu.fi
23.10.2020
Arctic Five Education project held a two-day online workshop on developing the project’s online master study course ‘Arctic Inclusive Education’ (10 ECTS) on 19th and 20th October.
24.9.2020
Arctic Five Teacher Education project held an interesting and current workshop on September 24, 2020.
24.3.2020
Some activities of the UArctic Thematic Network on Teacher Education and UNESCO/UNITWIN Network on Teacher Education has been cancelled or postponed due to restrictions related to COVID-19 virus.
3.3.2020
The Arctic Five universities had their fifth workshop about Joint Masters Course on the Arctic Inclusive Pedagogy on 24-25 February in Umeå, Sweden. The project group has now visited all the Arctic Five universities!