Internationalism and Multiculturalism

In our international projects, we concentrate on current educational development issues in cooperation with our international partners. In the projects, our focus is on the development of pedagogic activities in various professional fields, and on the enhancement of teachers’ competences. Our international expert network is wide, which is also reflected in the implementation of the projects. We share and strengthen our expertise through close cooperation with our partners.

Internationalisation requires the development of multicultural competences in educational institutions. In the various development projects, we have acted as experts in issues concerning multicultural guidance, the creation of multicultural learning environments, and the development of action models and practices.

Keywords

• International projects
• International research and development activities
• Multiculturalism
• International competence

International Projects

Coordinator in the following projects

• Improving Educational Leadership and Management Capacity of Quang Tri Teacher Training College, Vietnam (2011-2012)
• Improvement of Pedagogical Skills of VET Teachers and Leadership & Management Skills of Principals in Kosovo and Macedonia (2011-2013)
• Towards Inclusive Learning Environments in Vocational Education and Training (TILE) (2011-2013)
• Follow-up study related to the “Transition Lithuania” Project (2005-2006)
• Transnet – Research project on the attitudes of Estonian vocational teachers towards inclusion (2004-2006)
• TRANSITION Lithuania – Transitions from comprehensive education to vocational education and the world of work (2003-2004)
• TRANSITION Estonia – Transitions from comprehensive education to vocational education and the world of work (2000-2003)
• LILA-TTT - Reshaping the Focus and Structure of Teacher/Trainer Training (TTT) in Latvia & Lithuania (2000-2001)
• SENECA - Special Education Needs European Competence Advancement (1997-2001)
• Developing Vocational Education through Teacher Development in Estonia (1993-1999)

Partner in the following projects

• NICE - Network for Innovation in Career Guidance Studies in Europe (2010-2012)
• TIMA-Balt - Transfer of Innovative Methodology for Assessment of VET Teachers´ Prior Learning (2007-2010)
• EDINET - E-learning in Distributed Data Network Laboratory (2007-2009)
• Development of southern Estonian vocational institutes into learning organisations (2006-2008)
• TES - Developing Teachers´ Evaluation and Assessment Skills (2006-2008)
• Partnership between people and sectors in Serbia (2005-2006)
• BIOeTRAIN - Development of European Web-based Learning Environment in the Field of Bio Energy (2004-2007)
• Competent-Sys-Trainer - Development and Implementation of a Competency-based Management System for Trainers in Continuing Vocational Education and Training (2004-2006)
• SENTRA - Supporting educational needs transition from school to college (2001-2004)
• VIETVOC - -Development of vocational education and vocational teacher education in the Quang Tri Province in Vietnam (1997-2002)
• JobMaker - Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Education (1996-1997)

Further information

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