Research and Development in Teacher Education College

The R&D activities of the Teacher Education College focus on the anticipation of the demands for change in the implementation of vocational and higher education and consequently, challenges set for teachers’ skills and teacher education.

These demands arise from the world of work and from global and regional development. We develop new learning environments and educational methods that promote learning and are well founded pedagogically. Our aim is to promote the accessibility, quality and impact of vocational education.

The big changes (e.g. decreasing age groups, aging population) that we are facing will increase the quantitative demand for adult education and the need for qualitative development. The focus in adult education will be on lifelong learning and continual workplace based enhancement of professional competences.

We develop new learning environments and educational methods that promote learning and are well founded pedagogically. Our aim is to promote the accessibility, quality and impact of vocational and higher education.

Our R&D activities include the following areas

• Development of adult guidance services and counselling
• Workplace based vocational secondary and tertiary education solutions connected with the accessibility of education
• Entrepreneurship education
• Online teaching solutions
• Increased accessibility to education
• Multi-cultural teaching
• Development of international education business

We develop education that responds to the challenges of the future.

Further information

Leena Kaikkonen, Head of R&D,  +358 40 5323162, firstname.lastname@jamk.fi