From 3rd to 7th
March report
Our internship was
start with visit to schools.
On 3rd March we have two presentations. The
first presentation was about high school management and National strategies. It
was presented by Tuomo Iltanen. He is principal from Kauriala Upper Secondary
school. The second presentation was about our pedagogical program by Vesa
Parkkonen.
On 4th March we visited Kauriala Upper
Secondary school with Maaret Viskari. We have presentation about curriculum
development. Then we saw student’s presentation about student’s council.
On 5th March we visited this school with
Brian Joyce. We have more presentations this day. Firstly we have math lesson
with Sakari Salonen. He told about math curriculum, matriculation examination,
calculators and math projects. They have projects: Hungry-project, Classical
geometry in classical ballet. Secondly
we have presentation about chemistry lessons with Paula Perkkalainen and
physics Sari Heikkila. Then teacher Rami Nuotio show to us simulations and math
program GeoGebra.

On 6th March I with math colleagues
observed Heini Koivuniemi’s math lesson in 6th grade. At the beginning of the lesson the students stand up
from their places and they were greeted teacher. The teacher also greeted
students. Then teacher check student’s homework. The students raised their
hands and the teacher called them to the active board. Then students wrote only
answers on the active board and teacher asked some questions about this tasks.
After that students worked in pair with book. They were solved problem tasks
about “Percentage”. The teacher used subject book in English and in Finnish,
active board. The tasks were connected with life. The teacher gives students
homework from book. She did not make any evaluation during the lesson and did
not give feedback. The students were felt confident and they actively
participated in the lesson.
On 7th March we have presentation about
different learning concepts with Ritta Metsanen. After that we work in group to
planning development work. I and Gulim choose topic IT infrastructure and
learning environments.