GLOBAL EDUCATION ‒ FINNISH PERSPECTIVES Hanasaari, 2 September 2008 Dr. Ritva-Sini Merilampi

The future does not happen ‒ we make it through our own choices! RsM GLOBAL EDUCATION – FINNISH PERSPECTIVES Hanasaari, Espoo 2 September 2008 ・ 2

RsM GLOBAL EDUCATION – FINNISH PERSPECTIVES Hanasaari, Espoo 2 September 2008 ・ 3 Triangle thinking… PRACTICE THEORY POLICY

RsM GLOBAL EDUCATION – FINNISH PERSPECTIVES Hanasaari, Espoo 2 September 2008 ・ 4 Civilisation/sivistys in Finnish Nature the unity of nature and culture Technology in terms of humanity Economy in a world of its own

RsM GLOBAL EDUCATION – FINNISH PERSPECTIVES Hanasaari, Espoo 2 September 2008 ・ 5 Multi- Cross- Inter- Poly- Shared by all no one's responsibility Discipline structures different paradigms Generalist versus Specialist Content and form relationship Potholes

Art: Science: Humour: RsM GLOBAL EDUCATION – FINNISH PERSPECTIVES Hanasaari, Espoo 2 September 2008 ・ 6 AAH! AHAA! HAHA! A.Koestler ’Act of Creation’

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RsM GLOBAL EDUCATION – FINNISH PERSPECTIVES Hanasaari, Espoo 2 September 2008 ・ 8 Global Education as a concept (among other things) individual global responsibility and communal global responsibility − the ethic of a world citizen critical and media-critical competences limited resources of the earth education for sustainable development as a component.

RsM GLOBAL EDUCATION – FINNISH PERSPECTIVES Hanasaari, Espoo 2 September 2008 ・ 9 The Finnish national aim of development is (among other things) to integrate the global education perspective into major lines of education, research, cultural and social policy to step up the practical realisation of global education including teacher education to support research and higher education in global education to support civic organisations and other civil society actors in their work as providers of global education to strengthen partnership between the public administration, business, the media, civic organisations and other civil society actors.

RsM GLOBAL EDUCATION – FINNISH PERSPECTIVES Hanasaari, Espoo 2 September 2008 ・ 10

RsM GLOBAL EDUCATION – FINNISH PERSPECTIVES Hanasaari, Espoo 2 September 2008 ・ 11 The World Citizen and the Media Project to promote the pupil's growth into global responsibility by media education methods

I dont’t like school. It doesn’t agree with my life style. RsM GLOBAL EDUCATION – FINNISH PERSPECTIVES Hanasaari, Espoo 2 September 2008 ・ 12

RsM GLOBAL EDUCATION – FINNISH PERSPECTIVES Hanasaari, Espoo 2 September 2008 ・ 13 Media education ”We must learn to balance the material wonders of technology with the spiritual demands of our human nature.” John Naisbitt 1982

RsM GLOBAL EDUCATION – FINNISH PERSPECTIVES Hanasaari, Espoo 2 September 2008 ・ 14 Critical thinking... a productive and positive activity emotive as well as rational from moral panic to creative thinking…

RsM GLOBAL EDUCATION – FINNISH PERSPECTIVES Hanasaari, Espoo 2 September 2008 ・ 15 From literacy to media literacy Media literacy = to read and write different media texts, whether or any other combinations and networks of these verbal iconographic visual oral auditive digital

RsM GLOBAL EDUCATION – FINNISH PERSPECTIVES Hanasaari, Espoo 2 September 2008 ・ 16 Media skills 1. the user's reflective approach to his/her own media environment 2. an understanding of media expression devices = skills in analysing media content 3. an understanding of the process of content production = the skill of doing

RsM GLOBAL EDUCATION – FINNISH PERSPECTIVES Hanasaari, Espoo 2 September 2008 ・ 17 Media "civilisation" media literacy highlights the social nature of reading and writing a basic human right in a digital world