Sino-Finland Education Network: Building Up the Bridge between China and Finland from FERC’s Perspective Dr. LIU Baocun Institute of International and Comparative Education, Beijing Normal University

Network Why cooperate with Finland? What we have done? What we have done? Towards a higher level New challenges and problems

Why cooperate with Finland?

Finland Forest Nokia ? Angry Bird Education Innovation

The Finnish Way of educational change should be encouraging to those who have found the path of competition, choices, test-based accountability, and performance-based pay to be a dead end. The future of Finnish education described above can moreover offer an alternative means to customized learning ( Sahlberg, 2011).

The Finnish Model ?  Low workload.  High achievement.  Equity.  Diversity.  Personaliztion.  Inclusiveness.

What have we done in education cooperation?

BNU has already been involved in CEREC’s activities through a variety of projects and individual collaborations. 1.Research cooperation: The Sino-Finnish Higher Education Forum ( On October 21 last year, Beijing Normal University continued to send representatives to attend the Third Sino-Finnish Higher Education Forum.) 2.Teacher Exchanges: Professor Wang Yingjie, Professor Liu Baocun of Beijing Normal University went to give lectures in succession and were highly welcomed in the local. Professor Seppo Hölttä, the director of higher education center in the University of Tampere, was hired as a visiting professor of Institute of International and Comparative Education in Beijing Normal University.

3.Student exchanges: two BNU doctors visited University of Tampere as visiting scholars in succession. 4.EU project: Beijing Normal University and the University of Tampere were involved in the Erasmus Mundus Action 1 and Erasmus Mundus Action 2 projects respectively. 5.CIMO China Cooperation Fund: a two-year "Sino-Finnish joint training curriculum development projects for higher education managers.“ 6.The Africa Project in Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education 7.Doctoral project of the Academy of Finland

Finnish Education Research Centre was established in the International and Comparative Education Research Institute (IICE)at Beijing Normal University (BNU) on October 28, 2013.

A bridge and a platform between the two countries in the field of education. — The Role of FERC

Missions of FERC  to deepen the mobility and cooperation in the field of education between China and Finland.  to increase the research on Finnish education.  to promote the Finnish success in education.

Key tasks of FERC To conduct research on Chinese and Finnish education; To provide policy consultations on Sino-Finland education cooperation and facilitate educational policy dialogues between the two countries; To experiment joint educational and degree programs in the field of education and suggest appropriate models for joint education and degrees in other disciplines; To develop Sino-Finland educational training curriculum and quality assurance standards; To organize high level Sino-Finland education conferences;

New opportunities, challenges and problems in Sino-Finland education cooperation

New opportunities  Best bilateral relation between two countries  A new wave of education reform  Increasing demand for teaching training  Increasing number of Chinese student going abroad  More investment in education both by the state and family

New challenges  Who are the best? ： World-class education criterion and competition among education systems  Global education are consuming Chinese international students and in-service teachers.

New problems  Disorder in Sino-Finland cooperation  Lack of a network and coordination  Lack of systematic research

Towards a higher level of Sino-Finland cooperation

Sino-Finland Education Network: Building Up the Bridge between China and Finland  Sino-Finland Education Network: FERC plus CEREC provides a solid platform and network for cooperation and coordination.  A network for all.

FERC CERCE

This is Finnish Education  Tell the Chinese the true story of Finnish education.  Develop a brand and standard in teacher training  Localization of Finnish experiences

Thank You LOOKING FORWARDS TO YOUR ENGAGEMENT IN Sino-Finland Education Network