Equality and equity in teacher education after the pandemic
Educational inequality has become a persistent and complex international issue, especially after the Covid- 19 pandemic. The pandemic has had a profound global impact on educational policies and practices. Discrepancies and gaps do not only exist, they have even grow between different economic, regional, gender, racial/ethnic, and language backgrounds in terms of educational opportunities and outcomes.
Teacher education plays a significant role in responding to educational inequalities. Therefore, teacher education with a stand on equity and social justice needs to be explored in order to create effective change towards more just education systems globally as well as locally.
These two workshops aim to explore how contemporary discussions on teacher education are recognised and made relevant for teachers and students teachers in the Chinese and Finnish contexts.
Which questions are we aiming to discuss?
- What is teacher education for equality and equity?
- How teacher education for equality and equity is conceptualised in the Chinese and Finnish contexts?
- What are the practices of educational inequity in the Chinese and Finnish contexts?
- What are the programme structures, policies, and practices that constitute equality and equity oriented teacher education?
- What recruitment and admissions strategies in a teacher education programme can promote the equality and equity goals?
- What is an equity-centred teacher education programme structure/training mode? How to design it?
- How to infuse educational equality and equity into the teacher education curriculum?
- How to prepare student teachers to teach for equality and equity in real classes?
How can I participate as a speaker or participant?
You can register as a speaker through the link below until 30.4.2023. We will inform authors of acceptance results by 10.5.2023. The registration for participants will open once the workshop programme is completed.
If you would like to be notified once the programme is published, or in case of any questions, please contact Xiaoxu Liu.
Travel grants
Participation in the workshopis is possible remotely or in person in China. Some GINTL institutions provide travel grants for GINTL-related activities. Please confirm with your institution or external funders regarding possibile travel support.
The University of Helsinki provides GINTL travel grants for University of Helsinki staff, doctoral researchers, and students. More information on how to apply can be found on Flamma.
Workshop and school visit programme
The final programme will be announced after the selection of speakers.
Invited speakers
- Dr. Heidi Layne (University of Jyväskylä) Dr. Haiqin Liu (Åbo Akademi University)
- Dr. Chuan Yu (Hebei Normal University)
- Dr. Wenjing Zeng (Hangzhou Normal University)
- Bachelor and master students from Chinese and Finnish universities
Workshop 1 – 6.6.2023
- Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China and online
- All times in the programme are according to local time in China.
10:00-11:00
11:00-12:00
12:00-13:30
13:30-15:15
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15:15-15:30
15:30-17:00
17:00-18:00
Hangzhou Normal University campus visit
Round table discussion between Finnish and Chinese researchers
Lunch break
Introduction of the research project and presentations by Finnish and Hangzhou Normal University researchers
Break
Researcher presentations (cont.)
Reflection and discussion
Workshop 2 – 9.6.2023
- Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, China and online
- All times in the programme are according to local time in China.
10:00-11:00
11:00-12:00
12:00-13:30
13:30-15:15
.
15:15-15:30
15:30-17:00
17:00-18:00
Heibei Normal University campus visit
Round table discussion between Finnish and Chinese researchers
Lunch break
Introduction of the research project and presentations by Finnish and Hangzhou Normal University researchers
Break
Researcher presentations (cont.)
Reflection and discussion
School visit – 10.6.2023
School visit to a Heibei Normal University affiliated high school
Participating universities
- University of Helsinki (Finland)
- University of Jyväskylä (Finland)
- Åbo Akademi University (Finland)
- Hebei Normal University (China)
- Hangzhou Normal University (China)
- Northeast Normal University (China)
- Yan’an University(China)
- Nanjing Normal University of Special Education (China)
Contact
Xiaoxu Liu
Ph.D. candidate, Doctoral Programme in School, Education, Society and Culture (SEDUCE)
University of Helsinki, Faculty of Educational Sciences
xiaoxu.liu[at]helsinki.fi
Project funding
The project “Teacher education for social justice in thepost-pandemic era: Examples from China and Finland” is funded by the the University of Helsinki through the Global Innovation Network for Teaching and Learning (GINTL).
The GINTL supports sustainable, responsible, and global network co-operation in the field of education between 20 Finnish higher education institutions (HEIs) and the network’s partners in various African countries, China, and India.
Images
- Image 1: Hangzhou Normal University
- Image 2: Heibei Normal University
