This document discusses the role of teachers in individualized learning. It notes that teachers must prepare students for a future that cannot yet be described by developing skills like critical thinking, cultural communication competence, and digital skills. Specifically, it argues teachers should focus on producing new knowledge through in-depth learning and collaboration, rather than just consuming existing knowledge. It also lists common arguments that are made against educational change.

1. Building a fire or using a stove
– the teacher’s role in
individual learning

2. When was the last time you did
something unexpected? How did it
feel?
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3. Task: talk to the person sitting next to
you. What did you do and how did it
feel?
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4. Mrs. Barbro Högström
• Director of the Swedish Educational and Cultural
Services of the City of Espoo, Finland
• Director since 2001
• Previous experience:
– Teacher
– Principal
– Senior Advisor, National Board of Education
• In 2016-2017, Mrs. Högström worked as an expert of
leadership in an EU-funded project in Kosovo
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5. Swedish Educational and Cultural
Services in Espoo
Day Care
• 23 day care centres
• 16 Day Care Managers
• 1300 children
Schools
• 11 comprehensive
schools, 3100 pupils
• 1 upper secondary
school, 550 students
• 12 principals

6. We are raising the children into
a world we can’t describe – a
world they will be living in!
Ingrid Pramling-Samuelsson
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7. OECD: Skills for a digital world
• To thrive in the digital economy, ICT skills will not be
enough and other complementary skills will be needed,
ranging from good literacy and numeracy skills through to
the right socio-emotional skills to work collaboratively and
flexibly.
• Skills policies should seek to strengthen initial learning;
anticipate and respond better to changing skill needs;
increase the use of workers’ skills; and improve incentives
for further learning.
Skills for a Digital World. OECD 2016
http://www.oecd.org/els/emp/Skills-for-a-Digital-World.pdf
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8. Future competences
1. The ability to think and to
learn
2. Cultural and communicative
competences
3. Competences in everyday
life
4. Multiliteracy
5. Digital competence
6. Ability to participate and
influence
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9. ICT
Teacher Student
Old pedagogy
New pedagogy
Content
Skills
ICT
Content
Skills
Produces knowledge
that already exists
Consumer of
knowledge
Critical thinking
“I produce new knowledge
while taking advantage of
technology”
In-depth learning
What is the change about?
Pearson, “A Rich Seam” by Michael Fullan and Maria Langworthy, in press for
2014

10. Finland
• What do you already know about Finland?
• What do you want to know about Finland?
• What’s the best way for you to learn about Finland?
• Set goals for yourself
• Action
• Evaluation

11. Coaching and supervising
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12. 10 of the 50 most common
arguments against change
1. We already tried that.
2. Too much to do, no time for that.
3. Not our job.
4. There’s no money for that.
5. You can’t teach old dogs to sit.
6. It works well already, no need to change anything.
7. It’s never going to work for us.
8. It’s impossible.
9. I heard someone else who tried and it didn’t work.
10. Do we have to do everything other people do?
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13. Learning together in an inspiring
environment with excellent teachers as
supervisors
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14. What will you do differently
tomorrow?
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