Ishina's Vocational Teacher Education Blog- OAMK

Date: 8.10.2018 Values and ethics in vocational teacher’s actions Planning   Assessment and Feedback   Teaching and guiding methods Special need in Education Legal issues   Intercultural and international issues Why are we here? For the students! This means that they matter, and we as teachers should work to support them in their learning process. The student of today may become the teacher of tomorrow. The Comenius’ oath that has been introduced recently, outlines the principles and highlights the value of the work that the vocational teacher does. The Comenius’ oath can be viewed from the OAJ – Trade Union of Education website: https://www.oaj.fi/cs/oaj/Comenius%20Oath_en The values that lie behind the teacher’s professional ethics are human worth (Understand that everyone is unique and represent an individual), truthfulness (honesty towards the learners and oneself), fairness (for e.g. being fair in assessment and feedback), right...

Module: Teaching and guiding: Planning Date: 11.9.2018 Learning goals:  get familiar with the documents that regulate teaching, guiding and education planning  apply various theories and approaches to learning and education  comprehend the relevance of the learning process in the planning of teaching and guidance  implement teaching based on relevant pedagogical choices  understand the purpose and objectives of assessment  acknowledge that internationality and multiculturality are issues that have an impact on teaching and the work of a teacher  explicate your own competence by using research results and learning theories affiliated with teaching, guiding and learning in your own substance field  work bearing in mind the values of your profession and the ethical principles of teachers in vocational education and vocational higher education  acknowledge the laws, amendments and guidelines that regulate the work of a teacher ...

FIRST WEEK IN OULU The first contact week was in Oulu at Oulu University of Applied Sciences. During the first two days I was acquainted to the curriculum of the Pedagogical training program and met with our mentors/teachers/lecturers for this program. Also, I was able to meet other students that have enrolled in this training. I believe that it was a good idea for the first contact class to be organised where we would all be meeting physically in the class. The reason is that when meeting people in the real environment student-to-student and student-to-teacher interaction is emphasised to a significant extent.  I am at the end of my Masters Degree programme in International Business (more detailed info of this in the " Who am I ?" section), and as such I put below a link of an important article that investigated the differences and patterns of virtual v/s physical class among MBA students. Even though the study main findings were that no such differences have been foun...