The course is meant for the international students of the Faculty of Education. More detailed information on the faculty visit in the orientation week.

The course assignments will be applied according the level of studies (Bachelor/Master).

The course including the visits to daycare centers is meant to the international students of the Faculty of Education. More detailed information on the faculty visit in the orientation week.

The course assignments will be applied according the level of studies (Bachelor/Master).

The course will address the topic of learning difficulties in Elementary and Secondary Education (from 1st to 9th grade). Students that take part in this course will have a general view of what is described and identified as learning disorders, its distinctions from other emotional elements that can influence in learning process, and collectively we will discuss about the implications of these situation for the schooling, and the role of teachers within that process. The discussion will be grounded in the contributions of the cultural-historical theory and critical educational psychology, aiming to broaden the ways students elaborate pedagogical practices and prompt children's development.

This study module is available for all students (TaY, TTY, TAMK). Max 25 students and 5 places from that are reserved for the students from Open University teaching.

This course critically explores notions of identity, related issues in curriculum, pedagogy and practice and its dynamics. It introduces students to performative, intersectional, pluralised and postcolonial understandings of identity by focusing on national, cultural, cosmopolitan identities and race, gender and age.

The course contains an introduction lecture after which students will study the topic independently in reading groups. Instructions for reading groups will be given at t

The course assignments will be applied according the level of studies (Bachelor/Master).

Students in this course explore relationships between children, young people and politics. Politics and policies shape in explicit and covert ways notions of childhood, youth and education, and children and young people’s everyday lives and actions in preschools and schools. Curriculum and pedagogy are powerful avenues for political socialisation and citizen formation. Preschools and schools are mandated to implement children rights and participation in practical ways, which is possible through seeking their views, acting on what is heard and creating meaningful avenues for children and young people’s democratic participation.

Maximum 30 students.

The course assignments will be applied according the level of studies (Bachelor/Master).

Content: During the course, the foundations, aims, and key concepts of multicultural and intercultural education will be explored. In addition, studies concerning multicultural study and work environments will be presented, discussed, and compared.

Max. 20 students, 5 places will be reserved for the open university students.

Social circus is a measure of intervention based on the combination of circus arts and social-pedagogy. It targets various at-risk groups in order to support the empowerment and emancipation of individuals and assist with participants’ personal and social development by nurturing their self-esteem and trust in others, as well as by helping them to acquire social skills, express their creativity and realize their potential in order to become active citizens. In this approach, the primary goal is not to learn the circus arts, but rather to create social change helping marginalized individuals assume their place in a society. Various studies indicate that the socio-pedagogical and welfare impacts of Social Circus are undeniable.

Working methods: To achieve the learning outcomes the students will:

• acquaint themselves with  theoretical and historical background  of the social circus concept, workfield and demanded competencies of social circus trainers
• deepen their understanding in pedagogical approach in social circus training
• analyse social circus practices presented during the course
• plan and execute a small performance of social circus and justify the choices pedagogically 

http://www.uta.fi/admissions/summer-school

Min-max number of students: 10-22

Please note! Most course sessions are organised at the premises of Sori Circus (Ahlmanintie 63). The site can be reached from the University of Tampere campus by bus (tickets to be paid by the student) or walking (25-30 minutes). First course sessions will be organised at University of Tampere, and more information on how to reach Sori Circus will be given during these first sessions.

In questions concerning course content, please contact Tea Seppälä: tea.s.seppala(a)uta.fi

In questions concerning Tampere Summer School, please contact Jenni Viitala: jenni.viitala(a)uta.fi

The course is meant for the international students of the Faculty of Education. More detailed information on the faculty visit in the orientation week.

The course assignments will be applied according the level of studies (Bachelor/Master).

The course including the visits to daycare centers is meant to the international students of the Faculty of Education. More detailed information on the faculty visit in the orientation week.

The course assignments will be applied according the level of studies (Bachelor/Master).

The course will address the topic of learning difficulties in Elementary and Secondary Education (from 1st to 9th grade). Students that take part in this course will have a general view of what is described and identified as learning disorders, its distinctions from other emotional elements that can influence in learning process, and collectively we will discuss about the implications of these situation for the schooling, and the role of teachers within that process. The discussion will be grounded in the contributions of the cultural-historical theory and critical educational psychology, aiming to broaden the ways students elaborate pedagogical practices and prompt children's development.

This study module is available for all students (TaY, TTY, TAMK). Max 25 students and 5 places from that are reserved for the students from Open University teaching.

This course critically explores notions of identity, related issues in curriculum, pedagogy and practice and its dynamics. It introduces students to performative, intersectional, pluralised and postcolonial understandings of identity by focusing on national, cultural, cosmopolitan identities and race, gender and age.

The course contains an introduction lecture after which students will study the topic independently in reading groups. Instructions for reading groups will be given at t

The course assignments will be applied according the level of studies (Bachelor/Master).

Students in this course explore relationships between children, young people and politics. Politics and policies shape in explicit and covert ways notions of childhood, youth and education, and children and young people’s everyday lives and actions in preschools and schools. Curriculum and pedagogy are powerful avenues for political socialisation and citizen formation. Preschools and schools are mandated to implement children rights and participation in practical ways, which is possible through seeking their views, acting on what is heard and creating meaningful avenues for children and young people’s democratic participation.

Maximum 30 students.

The course assignments will be applied according the level of studies (Bachelor/Master).

Maximum 30 students. Priority is given to  exchange students in the Faculty of Education and students studying in international master’s degree programs in Teacher Education and in Media Education. 

An equivalent course will also be organized in the spring semester 2019.

The course assignments will be applied according the level of studies (Bachelor/Master).

Content: During the course, the foundations, aims, and key concepts of multicultural and intercultural education will be explored. In addition, studies concerning multicultural study and work environments will be presented, discussed, and compared.

Max. 20 students, 5 places will be reserved for the open university students.

The course is meant for the international students of the Faculty of Education. More detailed information on the faculty visit in the orientation week.

The course assignments will be applied according the level of studies (Bachelor/Master).

The course including the visits to daycare centers is meant to the international students of the Faculty of Education and Culture. More detailed information on the faculty visit in the orientation week.

The course assignments will be applied according the level of studies (Bachelor/Master).

The course examines the present conditions of education in developing countries, the role of these countries´ governments and non-governmental actors in identifying and analyzing problems and devising solutions to the problems, and the potential role of development cooperation in this context.

Optional course in Specialization in Adult and Vocational Education and in Multicultural Study Programme in Education.

The course contains an introduction lecture after which students will study the topic independently in reading groups. Instructions for reading groups will be given at the lecture.

The course assignments will be applied according the level of studies (Bachelor/Master).

The students will be introduced to:

-          Topics related with contemporary international influences in education and policy transfer;

-          The influence of international/transnational actors (as OECD) in steering national policy-making;

-          International large scale assessments and the reference to the “best performers” in education (i.e. Finland, Shanghai, Hong Kong, etc.);

-          PISA as a tool for reform legitimisation at the national level;

-          The role of PISA in the formation of new ‘reference societies’.

Max 20 students.

The course will offer an overview of the topic of mediation of learning processes in multicultural educational settings. We will address key elements of the concept of MLE Mediated Learning Experience (Reuven Feuerstein), and explore possibilities to develop a mediated practice in different levels of education (emphasis will be given to Elementary Education).      

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Maximum 24 students. Priority is given to  exchange students in the Faculty of Education and students studying in international master’s degree programs in Teacher Education and in Media Education. 

The final assignment will be applied according the level of studies (Bachelor/Master)

The course is meant for the international students of the Faculty of Education. More detailed information on the faculty visit in the orientation week.

The course assignments will be applied according the level of studies (Bachelor/Master).

The course including the visits to daycare centers is meant to the international students of the Faculty of Education and Culture. More detailed information on the faculty visit in the orientation week.

The course assignments will be applied according the level of studies (Bachelor/Master).

The lectures will be held in English. The written work required at the course can be accomplished either in English or in Finnish.

Five places will be reserved for the open university students.

The course examines the present conditions of education in developing countries, the role of these countries´ governments and non-governmental actors in identifying and analyzing problems and devising solutions to the problems, and the potential role of development cooperation in this context.

Optional course in Specialization in Adult and Vocational Education and in Multicultural Study Programme in Education.

The course contains an introduction lecture after which students will study the topic independently in reading groups. Instructions for reading groups will be given at the lecture.

The course assignments will be applied according the level of studies (Bachelor/Master).

The course will offer an overview of the topic of mediation of learning processes in multicultural educational settings. We will address key elements of the concept of MLE Mediated Learning Experience (Reuven Feuerstein), and explore possibilities to develop a mediated practice in different levels of education (emphasis will be given to Elementary Education).      

.    

Maximum 24 students. Priority is given to  exchange students in the Faculty of Education and students studying in international master’s degree programs in Teacher Education and in Media Education. 

The final assignment will be applied according the level of studies (Bachelor/Master)

The term “global” is everywhere, used by everybody for all kinds of different purposes. Yet, “global” only exists when we invoke it and we invoke it necessarily locally, from a certain place and point of view. We tend to think of the global in terms of the image of the earth, i.e. as a generative frame of unity within which local variations can be mapped. But, the seeming universality of the term “global” could be misleading: depending on where people are and what their interests might be, “global” could mean different things. Is the global truly as universal as the photograph of the earth from space would suggest? What are the politics of knowledge that have constructed the global, and continue to do so? What implications does this construction have for knowing and hearing the Global South or East, or alternative epistemologies? How should we think about temporality in the idea of the global? What can new postcolonial research tell us about the construction of “global,” and the “local” where this construction takes place? This unique course will probe these questions from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. For the first time students from three faculties in Tampere will have the opportunity to attend lectures by a series of leading, visiting lecturers from around the world probing the “global.” The course is organized by the Tampere Network for Global & Transnational Research (T-Global) network as part of the New Social Research (NSR) Program (https://research.uta.fi/t-global/2019-2/).

The entire course offering will be in English.

The course comprises at least five visiting lectures:

• Dr. Daniel Tröhler, University Professor of Education, University of Vienna, Austria. Lecture title: Claims of universalized nationalism and banal nationalism as resistance. Frontstage and backstage of current education policies across the globe. (Friday, April 26, 1015 to 1200, VIRTA LS 109).
• Dr. Yasemin Soysal, Professor of Sociology, University of Essex, UK. Lecture title: Global Citizens or Global Individuals?  Educational Migrations of Chinese Tertiary Students. (Tuesday, April 30, 1015 to 1200, VIRTA LS 109).
• Dr. Neilesh Bose, Canada Research Chair and Assistant Professor of History, University of Victoria, BC, Canada). Lecture title: Reconciling Religion in Histories of Globalization — India in and of the World (Friday, May 3, 1015 to 1200, VIRTA LS 109).
• Dr. Alex Jeffrey, Reader in Human Geography, University of Cambridge, UK. Lecture title: Decentering international law: enacting war crimes trials in Bosnia and Herzegovina. (Wednesday, May 8, 1015 to 1200, VIRTA LS 109).
• Dr. Tom Griffith, Associate Professor of Education and program leader of the Comparative and International Education Group at University of Newcastle, Australia. Lecture title: Re-centering a de-centered global. (Monday, May 20, 1015 to 1200, VIRTA LS 109).

Master’s and doctoral seminars:12 April 9-12 and 23 May at 9-12 in Linna 6017

Doctoral workshop 24 May at 9-15 in Linna 5014

A limited number of seats are available for students at all levels in Tampere University faculties of Social Sciences (SOC), Education (EDU), and Management and Business (MAB). Seats will be allocated by faculty on a first-come, first-served basis by educational level: SOC (15 BA, 10 MA, 10 PhD), MAB (10 MA, 5 PhD), and EDU (5 BA, 5 MA, 5 PhD). Students are advised to register early.