The aim of the courses was to get concrete ideas about organizing the school’s pedagogy so that it even better follows the values of the local curriculum, ideas about the planning of learning environments for a new school building as well as enhancing technology and ICT-skills in teaching.The goal of the project is the benefit of the whole school and municipality: teaching methods will become more diverse, different kinds of learning environments will be made use of more efficiently and preparedness for international collaborative projects will be improved. The longer-term aim of the courses is to gain benefit for the planning of a new school building as well as for future international projects enabled by enhanced international collaboration skills.
Kirkonkylän koulu in Kempele, Finland, is a school for grades 0-10. Teaching is guided by the national as well as the local curriculum, which includes certain values: the uniqueness of the student and the right for good teaching, sustainable way of life, humanity, equality, and democracy as well as cultural diversity. We are building a new school at the moment to include all students under one roof. We applied for this project because we wanted to get new ideas for our new school and its pedagogy. We wanted to get ideas for different subjects and different kinds of teaching methods as well as digital tools and inclusion.