Seeing Education with Northern Eyes Sai Väyrynen Tuija Turunen University of Open University

UArctic Joint research:

The University of the (UArctic) is a co-operative network of Seeing Education with universities, colleges, research institutes and other organizations concerned with education and research in and about the North. UArctic Northern Eyes builds and strengthens collective resources and collaborative infrastructure that enables member institutions to better serve their Social justice refers to educational policies and practices that enable constituents and their regions. Through co-operation in education, equity and equality by ensuring that fair educational opportunities are research and outreach we enhance human capacity in the North, available even in more ‘remote’ areas. It seems a viable approach in promote viable communities and sustainable economies, and forge responding to the needs of diverse student populations, considering the global partnerships. UArctic provides a platform for collaboration for the diverse populations, cultures and conditions of the Arctic region, and Member institutions, researchers, teachers and students. necessitates a contextual understanding on the part of future and current teachers and teacher educators. The important questions are: UArctic's Thematic Networks are the primary means of cooperation What is the social, economic, cultural, political and geographical between member institutions and their faculty and researchers. context where teaching and learning takes place? and, How nationally developed curricula can be translated into the context of the region? What does it mean to become and be a teacher living and working in Thematic Network on Teacher the ‘North’. Education for Social Justice and Equality in Education Members Copenhagen Business School, Educational Studies School - Mongolian National University of Education Memorial University of Newfoundland, a l a

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Russia t o h Northern (Arctic) Federal University, P Sámi Education Institute, Initial research questions Sámi University College, UiT The Arctic University of Norway • How do teachers perceive and enact their role in northern, small University of Aberdeen, Scotland communities? University of Helsinki, Finland • What kind of values and beliefs underpin teachers’ work? University of • What constitutes culturally relevant / community sensitive teaching in University of Lapland, Finland different settings? University of Manitoba, • How do teachers use the knowledge and skill gained in teacher University of Oulu, Finland education in small, northern settings? Photo: Leo Pekkala University of Turku, Finland • What other sources of knowledge are important to teachers? Aims at • What kind of competences teachers need in small, northern settings? • What kind of support and resources teachers need in small, northern • sharing knowledge and understanding of the features of teacher settings? education in North related to social justice and equality • facilitating opportunities for knowledge creation in relation to the TN’s subthemes Contact • facilitating opportunities for knowledge dissemination between academics, policy actors and practitioners Thematic Network on Teacher Education for Social Justice and Equality in Education Through the exploration of Prof. Tuija Turunen, Lead (University of Lapland) 1) Education for inclusion [email protected] 2) Learning for long distances in school education and teacher education 3) Indigenous education and cultural sensitivity Senior Lecturer Sai Väyrynen, Vice-lead (University of Helsinki, Open University) [email protected]

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