Kindly note that although the Dialogue will be organised as a pre-conference to the conference “Reimagining Teachers and Teacher Education for our Futures”, registering for the Dialogue does not entitle you to participate in the main conference. Participation in the main conference requires separate registration and payment through the main conference website.
Day 1: Reflect and vision
Monday, 17 June 2024 at the University of Helsinki Main Building and online
The registration for Monday closed on 3. June but the Tuesday panel discussion and poster presentation event is open for all without registrations.
Who can attend: All stakeholders who have been part of GINTL activities
12:00-12:15
Welcome
12:15-13:30
Learning Café: Developing lessons learnt from GINTL collaborations
Discuss your reflections (on-site or online) on GINTL activities under three themes:
- Internationalisation: How can we use internationalisation to support higher education institutions’ core tasks in educational sciences and adjacent fields?
- Educational crises: What have we learnt about crises through projects and partnerships?
- International students in educational sciences degree programmes: How do faculties navigate challenges between ethics and national and institutional interests?
13:30-14:00
Coffee break
14:30-15:45
Future visioning workshop
Can we build a platform that is rooted in individuals’ interest in global education development and sustained by higher education institutions? Join colleagues onsite and online to envision possible futures for higher education collaboration in global education development.
15:45-16:00
Closing of day 1
Day 2: Share
Tuesday, 18 June 2024 at the University of Helsinki Main Building and online
Poster gallery launch and coffee with the GINTL coordination
Who can attend: Everyone interested in global education development.
- Audience present in Helsinki: Grab a morning coffee provided by us and join us to celebrate a new poster gallery, which highlights GINTL activities by different higher education institutions. We will also enjoy on-site discussions and presentations around two themes, “Perspectives on partnership-building” and “Internationalisation at home.
- Online audience: Browse the online gallery and post comments and questions to the authors. The asynchronous discussion function is available until 20 June.
Programme
9:00-9:15
Welcome
9:15-10:15
Session 1: Building global partnerships
Facilitated by Ms. Kelly Brito (UniPID)
Mini-panel: Perspectives on partnership-building
- Mr. Seth Ndayishimye (Hills Connect Oy) on the Rwanda-Finland multi-stakeholder collaboration
- Ms. Kinnari Pandya (Azim Premji University) on her university’s partnerships with the University of Helsinki (Dr. Hannele Cantell) and the University of Jyväskylä
- Dr. Taimi Nghikembua (University of Namibia) on her university’s partnership with University of Oulu
Poster presentations
- Mr. Samuel Madtha (Doctoral Researcher at the University of Jyväskylä)
Educational leadership: communities in organizations and organizing communities - Mr. Hongda Lin (Doctoral Researcher at the University of Helsinki) and Dr. Antti Rajala (Senior Researcher at the University of Eastern Finland)
Encountering local theories of cross-curricular course in the making – building partnership between Finland, Taiwan, and China to engage local schooling changes for sustainability
10:15-10:30
Break
10:30-11:10
Session 1: Practices for advancing internationalisation at Finnish HEIs
Mini-panel: Practices for advancing internationalisation at Finnish HEIs
- Dr. Heidi Layne (Univrersity of Jyväskylä) on bringing global education and sustainability themes to the faculty through Education for Emergencies
- Dr. Outi Kyrö-Ämmälä (University of Lapland) on a GINTL visit to China
- Ms. Albina Marchenko (University of Oulu) on an international degree student’s perspective to developing the student exchange between University of Oulu and University of Namibia, and participating in the GINTL research seminar with her Master’s thesis on ethics of HEI internationalisation from the perspective of professional integration of international students in educational sciences
11:10-11:25
Parting words and moving to the opening of the Imagining Teachers and Teacher Education conference
Contact
The GINTL Dialogue is organised by the GINTL Africa, China, and India coordination teams. For inquiries about the event, please contact the GINTL project coordinators at the University of Helsinki (GINTL Afirca and China coordination) or the University of Jyväskylä (GINTL India coordination):
