University of Helsinki
INTERACTION IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
THE FINNISH EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION (FERA)
CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION, HELSINKI 22.-23.11.2012
The Finnish Educational Research Association (FERA) conference is an indispensable occasion for scholars and practitioners interested in education and learning. The conference aims at creating a forum on themes related to interaction in educational research in Finland and elsewhere. In 2012, the FERA Conference on Education serves also the international audience better than earlier, as the conference now welcomes interest groups and presentations besides in Finnish also in Swedish and English.
Interaction is an essential part of any education and schooling, teaching and learning. The conference organizing committee welcomes presentations and interest groups that approach interaction in education, teaching and learning from a wide range of perspectives. Research on interaction, expressed through words, body movements or technology, can be conducted in different learning environments. The structures, processes, roles, identities and positions of educational, teaching and learning interaction are diverse. The ever varying situations create multiple challenges and
possibilities; in encountering people as individuals, including intercultural communication. Educational fields are thus understood in a wider sense, from the perspective of the omnipresence of learning.
For more information, see: https://blogs.helsinki.fi/feraconference2012/
Multicultural and Intercultural Education in Finland and elsewhere: (How) do they differ?
Multicultural and Intercultural Education have been on offer on the “education market” for quite some time now. Sometimes these terms are used interchangeably, sometimes they are differentiated. In 2012, is it still worth opposing them (intercultural = Europe, multicultural = the USA) while they could be used as companions to help educators to work with their diverse learners (‘us’ + ‘them’)? (How) do they differ? This session focuses on what both intercultural and multicultural education can bring to education in our times of accelerated globalization. How can they be used in teacher education, basic and compulsory education but also beyond to create more opportunities for enriching and non-discriminating intercultural interaction in education?
About language use during the session: English and Finnish can be used. We want to make sure that everybody understands the presentations and discussions. If your presentation is in Finnish, there should be some supporting text in English (ppt). The discussion will be facilitated in both languages.
Coordinators:
Fred Dervin (fred.dervin@helsinki.fi)
Katri Kuukka (katri.kuukka@helsinki.fi)
Martina Paatela-Nieminen (martina.paatela-nieminen@helsinki.fi)
Heini Paavola (heini.paavola@helsinki.fi)
Mirja Talib (mirja.talib@helsinki.fi)