Education for Tomorrow seminar in Helsinki
NordForsk’s Programme Education for Tomorrow and JustEd are having a joint seminar in Helsinki on Tuesday 6 June 2017 where JustEd teams are presenting examples of their research within JustEd.
The event takes Place in Minerva Plaza, at the University of Helsinki, and is open for everybody interested in the research fields.
Programme
12:30-14:30 Researchers of the NCoE JustEd
- Opening remarks, Professor Gunilla Holm, Director of the NCoE JustEd
- Dynamics in Education Politics: understanding Finland and beyond, Professor Hannu Simola and Associate Professor Jaakko Kauko (NCoE JustEd, Team 1 Politics & Governance in Justice through Education)
- Organizing education with the market as a model: Sweden and some Nordic outlooks, Professor Lisbeth Lundahl (NCoE JustEd, Team 2 Marketization and Social Inclusion in Education)
- One school for all? – Language and power in school space in Finland and Sweden, PhD student Tuuli From (NCoE JustEd, Team 6 Agency, Marginalisation & Diversity: Transitions of Young People from Various Backgrounds)
- The refugees here and the Finnish there – categorization in interaction in school and the role of the teacher, Professor Fritjof Sahlström and PhD student Ida Hummelstedt-Djedou (NCoE JustEd, Team 3 Justice through Educational Practices? Analysing Innovative Cultures of Teaching and Learning in Nordic Contexts)
14:30-15:00 Coffee break
15:00-16:30 Researchers of the NCoE JustEd
- Roma and Traveller minority policies and basic education in three Nordic countries PhD student Jenni Helakorpi (NCoE JustEd, Team 4)
- Portraying Westerners in Finnish school textbooks Post-doctoral researcher Pia Mikander (NCoE JustEd, Team 5)
- The myth of a Nordic utopia in terms of equality in schools? What have we learnt and what can be done? Assistant professor Jón Kjaran (NCoE JustEd, Team 7)
16:30-16:45 Closing discussion
