This page is dedicated to discuss learning, teaching and managing education through my experiences in Finland.
My name is Lais Oliveira Leite, I’m Brazilian, Education Psychologist, and I love to travel. I came to Finland in 2016 for the Master Programme in Primary Education at the University of Eastern Finland and I am still in the middle of (k)nowhere – as they call it here.
I have visited different types of Finnish schools, in rural and urban areas. I have assisted in University courses, developed research, helped in intercultural encounters, provided export education modules to foreign Universities, among other activities. Now I want to share with you some of my experiences and reflections.
We are offering personalized online/hybrid workshops about the Education system in Finland and related topics.
Contact me if you are interested: lais@eduix.it (+358 40 124 6931)
Open Science Schooling and the Project: Young Students as Critical Science Detectives
The current disengagement of science education at school Students have been constantly reporting cognitive and affective disengagement with science learning (Cowie et al., 2011; Murray et al., 2004) due, among other factors, to a disconnection between school learning activities and young people lived experience. At the same time, there is an increasing demand for science…
Aquarium, a curious concept of education
Every time I would get involved in export/exchange education projects in Finland, I would remind asking myself: How did Finland change its own education system? How did the transformation happen? Because when foreign visitors (like me, some years ago) come here, it is difficult to see beyond the amazing schools that appear in front of…
To find Eduix, I put myself out there
The website Good News from Finland just posted an interview about my working life in Finland. The series of interviews “From start to Finnish” highlights foreigners’ work experiences. It covers how we have found jobs, overcome challenges in the process, and found the right place to be in Finland. In the interview, I share with…
Helping to implement Flipped Classroom at a Finnish University
In 2019, I was responsible to design a self-study course and its materials about Flipped Classroom targeted to the international staff of the University of Eastern Finland. That was one of the most important professional learning experiences I’ve had over here. I didn’t know much about this pedagogical approach. I have attended a course whose…
A teacher toolkit for developing positive relationship with students
When I came to Finland for my Master studies, I wanted to research about a topic that already intrigued me in Brazil when I was working as school psychologist in a rural school of Ceará. I was interested in understanding how some teachers managed to have such a good relationship with their students, which impacted…
When I learned that hard work and free time are not mutually exclusive
When I arrived in Finland in 2016 to start my Master degree in Education, I was stressed. I had to carry luggage everywhere, buy and arrange furniture, organize University papers, attend meetings with supervisors… I also had to deal with the fact that I was in a new place, far away from home, my family…