With the “Finnish Education Tour in China”project in the spring of 2018, the expert team of FEDUCATION visited Chongqing Shanhu Experimental Primary School again to carry out a one-week in-depth training.
The 3rd China-Finland Principals (Basic Education) Forum ended Tuesday at the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi adopting the aim to build an international communication, cooperation, and development platform.
A large number of experts, academicians, administrators, and diplomats took part in the 2-day forum organised jointly by the Finland-China Education Association (FICEA) and the University of Lapland.
In April, the “Finnish Education in China” serial activities of the Finland-China Education Association (FICEA) returned to Chongqing. The expert group was invited to the Shanhu Experimental Primary School in Nan’an District of Chongqing to carry out a five-day in-depth training of Finnish education.
Chinese essential-qualities-oriented education reform in basic education is reaching a crucial stage. And at the same time, this August Finnish primary and secondary schools are starting the first semester after the new curriculum reform is implemented. This new reform aims at shifting the focus from “what to learn” to “how to learn”.
More than 1,500 education experts gathered in Finland at a large-scale education event from 3rd to 6th of August. The 12th Convention of the International Confederation of Principals was held in Helsinki, in Finlandia Hall. As a strategic partner of the World Confederation of Principals, Finland-China Education Association (FICEA) organized for more than one hundred principals and other education experts to come from China to Finland to discuss the hot issues of today’s education. The Chinese delegation was the largest foreign delegation to join the conference.
As the most important sub-forum of the 12th ICP convention, the 1st China-Finland principals forum, co-hosted by Finland-China Education Association (FICEA) and Association of Finnish Principals, was successfully held in Plenary Hall of Parliament House in Helsinki on 4th August. The guest speakers delivered wonderful speeches around three main topics which were “China-Finland Education Reforms and Development of Future Schools”, “Development of Learning Environments and Education Technology” and “Improvement of Education Management and School Leadership”.
