Student Recruitment and Selection for Teacher Education University of Helsinki Adjunct Professor Jari Salminen

FACULTY OF BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED SCIENCES OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HOME ECONOMICS AND CRAFT SCIENCE Viikki Teacher training school comprehensive school -lower level -upper level upper secondary school DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SPEECH SCIENCES Research centres Helsingin normaalilyseo Teacher training school comprehensive school -upper level upper secondary school

The sections of the Department Class Teacher Education Subject Teacher Education Special Education Kindergarten Teacher and Early Childhood Education

Finnish School System

Teacher education and research for all educational levels The Department was established in 1974 within the Faculty of Philosophy Master level started September 1979 The Department of Applied Sciences of Education is one of the five Departments of the Faculty of Behavioural Sciences and it is one of the largest departments of the University of Helsinki The Department in numbers New degree students for Classroom Teacher Programm: 120

The research-based approach is the central guiding theme of teacher education in Helsinki The research-based approach is integrated into every course and courses in research methods are introduced from the very beginning of the studies Another central aim of the teacher education in Helsinki is to achieve a balanced development of the teacher's personality in which the teacher’s thinking is essential Research-based teaching at the heart of teacher education

Class teacher education Class teachers complete a Master of Education degree (5 years, 300 study points/ECTS) The main subject is education or educational psychology The class teachers must complete a multidisciplinary minor subject module that consists of subjects and cross-curricular issues taught in comprehensive school Studies in a minor subject, comprising at least 60 study points, gives the class teacher the qualification to teach the subject also in the upper level of comprehensive school

Research Teachers and researchers as well as postgraduate and undergraduate students take part in research, experimental activities, as well as developmental work conducted at the Department Research-based teaching has been developed for a long time at the Department. In addition to the own Department’s teaching, the research has also focused on subject departments’ teaching as well as cross- faculty teaching The main objective guiding the work is the aim for multidisciplinarity and interaction between different disciplines and subjects The research centres of the Department co-operate closely with researchers from other departments of the University of Helsinki as well as other national and international universities and research centres

Applicants for Classroom Teacher Programm

Very popular study programm 2009 (120 students) Applications together1432 First selection 1005 Second selection387 Accepted120

Student selection so far… Classroom teaching test (10 minutes) + interview + extra points (music skills, drawing skills) Group work + interview Text-based presentation + interview

Student Selection 2009 First Selection First selection - national co-operation between several Universities (Educational faculties and departments) - VAKAVA: - One book (8 articles, 200 pages) is published on-line and as a book - Multiple Choice Test - Statistics 2008

Student Selection 2009 Second Selection Second Selection - Applicant must choose one text from three alternatives (short newspaper articles about education, schoolwork etc.) - Applicant has 30 minutes to prepare short presentation (ca. 5 minutes) for evaluation board (3 members) - Evaluation board gives points for the summary (maximum 3 x 5 = 15 points) - Evaluation board evaluates also motivation, suitability and communication skills (maximum 3 x 3 x 5 = 45) - Maximum points 60

High status of teachers % Most interesting jobs among upper secondary students Teacher 19 Diplom-Ingenieur 18 Psychologist, Arts 17 Researcher 16 Information jobs 15 Architekt, Police, Journalist (Helsingin Sanomat 2004)