Recognizing the power of all voices in education
While I have been reflecting more generally about Finnish education and culture on this blog over the past several months, I realized I have not provided any real updates on how my research projects are going. So–for those interested–here they are now: I am excited to share that I am currently in the process of submitting a paper I wrote… Continue reading "An Update on My Research"
Letitia Zwickert is currently a Social Studies Teacher at Naperville Central High School in Illinois, where she has taught International Relations, Ethnic Minorities in America, and World Cultures since 2008. In 2016, she served as the first K-12 educator to have ever been selected as a Fulbright-Schuman Scholar. In that role, she researched migrant and minority student integration and success in… Continue reading "Interview with Letitia Zwickert, K-12 Fulbright-Schuman Scholar and High School Teacher"
Today marked my first day working with the LUMA Centre research group at the University of Helsinki. I thought that before I begin writing more specifically about my research here, I would provide a little bit more context on the Finnish education system, for those who are interested in digging a little deeper into some of the existing research. I have… Continue reading "Recommended Readings on Finnish Education System"
One of the first questions I receive when I mention to anyone that I will be moving to Finland for the next 9 months (and the question I asked myself when I made the decision to apply for a Fulbright scholarship) is: Why Finland? My work in various spaces of education (e.g. teaching, research, community organizing, etc.) has been focused primarily… Continue reading "Why Finland?"