Media education in Tikkurila Upper Secondary School, Finland Heli Toivonen [email protected] Tikkurilan lukio Vantaa, Finland Festival Di’Arts, Singapore, 7 September 2009
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Media education in Tikkurila Upper Secondary School, Finland
Heli Toivonen [email protected] lukio Vantaa, Finland
Festival Di’Arts, Singapore, 7 September 2009
Finnish Upper Secondary School
Students aged 16-18 Three-year programme (min. 75 courses) 47-51 compulsory courses > the rest
optional (including at least ten advanced courses)
Students compile their timetables from a list of over 1000 teaching groups in our school (or even some from other schools)
Media related courses in TILU
”Cross curricular”: media are dealt with in many subjects (Finnish language & literature, foreign languages, History, Visual Arts etc)
36 special courses but not all of them are taught every single year http://www.edu.vantaa.fi/tilu/opalvelut/ops05/viestinta.htm
a list of our media courses in Finnish
General or specialized
Optional courses Basic courses Performing arts (eg theatre) Visual arts courses (eg graphic design) Media courses (press, journalism, tv,
radio) Film (knowledge about film, film
technology as well as actually making short films and animations)
Media – part of everyday life
The idea of ”theory > exercises” is avoided Students learn most efficiently by doing things
themselves, from small tasks to bigger ones: real letters to the editor writing blogs film making film club: watching & analyzing musical and everything related to it
School magazine ”HÄLY” comes out three times a year
All school events except spring graduation: students are responsible for lights, sounds etc.
Media diploma
A special national diploma Assessment by a subject teacher in our
school and an outside expert in that field Includes writing tasks (”media
autobiography”, self evaluation, theoretical background) plus an extensive practical assignment. Some examples: A study of light and time (photography) A new appearance for the school magazine A film Light show for the school musical
”non scholae sed vitae discimus”
Closed environments on the net
Fronter (learning environment): noticeboard, materials, hand-in folders etc https://fronter.com/vantaa/
Wilma: grades, absences, tool for communication for both teachers, students and parentshttps://wilma.edu.vantaa.fi/
Language labs, computer classrooms
Four computer classrooms with internet access as well as language lab facilities for studying foreign languages: listening, pronunciation practice, practice for oral tests (especially IB
students)
Computer classroom
Thank you!
Kiitos!
Sources
Contents & photographs ©[email protected] arial photo of the school building ©Tikkurilan
lukio, Vantaa, Finland
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