Topic: Worklife relevance of secondary vocational education in China and Finland
Time: 23 August, 2022 at 13:00–14:15 Finnish time (18:00–19:15 Beijing time)
Registration to receive the Zoom invitation :
https://helsinki.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5woce6vqTwsGtyGprpCUa09qabRDzN9drTB
Speakers & themes:
Sanna Nummela, EduCluster Finland, University of Jyväskylä Group – Entrepreneurial approach – a key to the working life collaboration
Prof. Wu Xueping, School of Education, Zhejiang University – Transformation of Chinese Vocational Education and Training: from Quantity Expansion to Quality Improvement
Facilitator:
Olli-Pekka Malinen, University of Helsinki
Speaker bios:
Prof. Wu Xueping is a Professor of Education in College of Education, Zhejiang University，P.R. China. She has been doing teaching and research work in College of Education of Zhejiang University since 1987. During 1990 to 1991, she did research work as visiting scholar in Sussex University, U.K. She is the deputy head of Chinese Society of Comparative Education. She is also the member of Standing Council in Chinese Society of Vocational Education.
Her research areas cover Comparative Education, Technical and Vocational Education and Training, Lifelong Learning. She has undertaken many research projects in these fields. Her major publications include Technical and Vocational Education in China, International Research on Technical and Vocational Education; Research on Policies in Higher Vocational Education, Comparative Study of Promoting Lifelong Learning, etc. There are 126 papers published in academic journals.
Ms. Sanna Nummela MSc (Business Economics) is currently working in EduCluster Finland as Service director within responsibility of planning and implementing Teacher training and Vocation Education Training programs. She worked as a lecturer of business in vocational education in Finland and as a lead expert in overseas training programs. Over her career, she has worked both in business life, field of commerce and over 15 years in teaching and learning both in vocational education and higher education levels. Her core expertise is in entrepreneurship, project management and working life collaboration. As a developer of vocational education in Finland, she was involved in various development initiatives. As a vocational teacher, she developed approaches in student learning paths, guides work-based training, and mentors competence-based learning. She worked in close co-operation with working-life and other stakeholders.
Dr. Olli-Pekka Malinen is a University Lecturer at the University of Helsinki and works in the Global Innovation Network for Teaching and Learning (GINTL) coordination team with primary focus on China partnerships. During his career, he has worked as a schoolteacher, researcher, teacher educator, international education expert, and a vice director of a multidisciplinary research institute. His research themes include teacher efficacy, inclusive education, and evidence-based models of teacher professional development. Malinen has authored scientific and professional publications and presented in a range of conferences around the world. Having lived in four countries and collaborated with partners from five continents, Malinen interacts confidently with people from diverse backgrounds in several languages including Mandarin Chinese