Social and Societal Expert Assignments Based on Scientific Or Teaching Merits

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Societal interaction Social and Societal Expert Assignments Based on Scientific or Teaching Merits

International cooperation

International projects

 Partner in WebCEF (2006–2010). WebCEF (http://www.webcef.eu/ ) is an EU-based Minerva consortium whose aims it to develop and emphasise oral skills in foreign language learning in line with the Common European Framework of Reference for Language (CEF). WebCEF will allow teaching staff to jointly evaluate the oral skills and proficiency of their pupils through a web-based environment.

 A cooperation and research project (2009–2010) with University of Stockholm, USOS (Institutionen för utbildningsvetenskap med inriktning mot språk och språkutveckling). The project concerns mainly 1) the foreign language teacher education programme of University of Stockholm (the focus in multiculturalism) and 2) foreign language teacher student selection interviews at University of Helsinki.

International project meetings

 WebCEF (EU Minerva project) partner meeting, Germany, Dresden 26.–28.5.2009 (planed)

 WebCEF (EU Minerva project) partner meeting, Belgium, Leuven 16.–17.10.2008

 WebCEF (EU Minerva project) partner meeting, Finland, Helsinki 29.–30.5.2008

 National Representative in ECML (European Centre for Modern Languages) workshop LanguageQuest, No 4/2006, Project D.5 - Task-based second language acquisition with the help of Internet resources, Austria, Graz 5.–8.4.2006

Erasmus staff mobility

 Participator in ERASMUS teaching staff mobility teaching programme: University of Hradec Králové, The Czech Republic, May 2009 (planned)

 Participator in ERASMUS teaching staff mobility teaching programme: Katholieke Hogeschool Leuven, Belgium / Departement Lerarenopleiding, May 2008

 Planner of ERASMUS exchange student teacher programme 2007–2013 with the University of Utrecht (Bilingual and International Teacher Education Programme – IVLOS, co-operator Drs. G.J. Koopman), the Netherlands

International guests and presentations  Spain: Mª Asunción Martínez Cebrián, Vicedean of International Relations, ja PhD Teresa Bordón Matrtínez, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 9.9.2008  Hong Kong: Mr Michael Suen, Secretary for Education, and delegation (11 persons), Presentation: Teacher Education in Foreign Languages in Finland, 5.5.2008  Chile: representatives of Ministry of Education and teacher trainers (27 persons), Presentation: Teacher Education in Foreign Languages in Finland, 9.4.2008  Sweden: teacher educators (16 persons), Presentation: Den finländska ämneslärarutbilningen, 9.4.2008  Korea: English teachers (22 persons), Co-presentation: Teacher Education and Foreign Languages, Jan 2008  The Netherlands: teacher trainees (2 persons) from Erasmus-program with Utrecht university, Jan 2008  Prof. Elena V. Borzova, Karelian State Pedagogical University, Russia and Prof. Daniel S. Janik, Intercultural Communications College, Hawai’i, USA, May 2007  Drs. G.J. Koopman, Director of studies Bilingual and International Teacher Education Programme, IVLOS-Utrecht University, The Netherlands, Jan 2007  Tanner, Rosie, Teacher Educator, Universiteit Utrech, The Netherlands, 2006  Hosoya, Sari, University Lecturer, Kanto Gakuin University, Yokohama, Japan, 2006  Prof. Eriksson, Brigit, Pädagogische Hochschule Zurich, Switerland, 2005  Annebring, Inga-Lill musikdirektör, Kungsholmens Gymnasium/ Stockholms Musikgymnasium, ja Ekelund, Kerstin, adjunkt, Kungsholmens Gymnasium International Section, Sweden, 2005

Visits to foreign universities

 St. Petersburg’s pedagogical university, April 2005  Stockholms Lärarhögskola, June 2002