Fulbrighters in Finland share their work

Fulbrighters from across Finland convened in Tampere this week to share their research. The topics were virtually without limit - construction site safety, classical Finnish composers, Finnish wood architecture, sustainable foundries, Kalevala environmental performance art, sleep research, social technology, and more. The three of us in the teachers program, Sarah, Binh, and I, also presented. Sarah studies school libraries in Finland, or the lack thereof. Finns have close ties to libraries, however, and public libraries in Finland are superb and accessed by Finns of all ages. Binh studies curriculum, standards, and critical thinking pedagogy. He's a huge fan of the Finnish national core curriculum. I shared what I have learned so far about the achievement of immigrants in Finland and what I have found regarding policies and the actual experiences of students and teachers.