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Finnish Institute for Educational Research - Call for proposals - Grants for international cooperation, especially for writing joint articles (2019)

Finnish Institute for Educational Research - Call for proposals - Grants for international cooperation, especially for writing joint articles. Continuous application during spring term 2019.

The Finnish Institute for Educational Research’s Innovative Learning Environments Research Group is happy to welcome Dr. Farida Nurhasanah visiting researcher from Sebelas Maret University, Indonesia.

Teachers from Finland, Estonia, Austria, and Spain learned STEAM education with innovative methods and digital tools at the University of Stavanger, Norway 26th-28th April 2022. STEAM education is based on the integration of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics in the learning process.

On April 12, 2022, an international STEAM Symposium was hosted by the Finnish Institute for Educational Research at the University of Jyväskylä. The STEAM Symposium was a dissemination event of the STEAM-Box Erasmus+ Project and introduced a wide range of innovative and creative learning opportunities and research, including Fulbright projects.

Between 8-10 September 2022, teachers and teacher trainees from Romania, Estonia, Austria and Finland received training in developing hybrid learning through the online MOOC platform under the project, FreeEd: A Framework for Efficient and Engaging Hybrid Education in Lower-Secondary Education, at the Tallinn University in Estonia. Ho Wing Wa, Sonja Lakaniemi and Maria Marouli, students of the University of Jyväskylä joined the training. Researchers of the Finnish Institute for Educational Research, Kristóf Fenyvesi and Takumi Yada coordinated the training, and Faisal Channa joined as a researcher to conduct a workshop and collect video observation data during the training.

Christopher (Chris) Brownell Ph.D. is a visiting scholar from California in the USA. He is working with the Finnish Institute for Educational Research’s “Innovative Learning Environments” group. He is working with the STEAM education team, coordinated by Kristóf Fenyvesi and Takumi Yada. Dr. Brownell’s visit is taking place in September and October 2022.

The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) examines the reading comprehension of fourth grade students around the world every 5 years.

On January 31st, 2023, the University of Jyväskylä's Finnish Institute for Educational Research (JYU FIER) organized a successful teacher development event supported by the Regional Administrative Agency of Western and Central Finland. A video was made about the event that showcases emphasizes the transformative power of STEAM education for both teachers and students.