Tarmo Toikkanen is a design researcher of learning as well as a seasoned teacher trainer in Finland, Europe and Asia. Why have you joined Code School Finland? The national curriculum in Finland in 2014 presented a unique way of addressing programming in primary education: a mandatory element of all teaching as part of transversal competences. […]
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Code School Finland becomes Google’s Education Partner
4.9.2019 Code School Finland becomes Google’s Education Partner in Finland Google has opened learning space Google Digital Garage in Helsinki at Kluuvikatu 5. Digital Garage is open and free to everyone. The focus is in teaching digital skills to job seekers, students, entrepreneurs, children and families. The newly opened learning space is part of the […]
Coding in Finnish curriculum
Since its roll-out began in 2016 coding is a mandatory, cross-curricular activity that starts from first year of school for every child in Finland. In the national curriculum for primary education coding is not a subject on its own, but rather it is viewed as a medium for getting things done, a tool for learning and […]
Our teaching philosophy
The Finnish Code School clubs and training are designed to respond to the needs of each individual participant. Our goal is to enable our students to execute tasks independently and by experimenting. This goal is best achieved through age-appropriate, motivating hands-on projects and exercises that support algorithmic thinking and the use of different devices and […]
Coding in curriculum
Why and how should coding be part of our curriculum?What’s the best way to support our teachers for coding skills?How to assess learning and how to provide personal learning paths?How to teach coding on different grades?How to inspire student interest? KEYS TO SUCCESS Online materialDigital material is always up to date and available. You will […]
What is AI about?
The most innovative learning event of the year is getting closer and we at Code School Finland are working day in day out to get everything ready in time. We don’t mind the hard work though, since we are passionate about it. Our workshop focuses on one of the most interesting subjects right now, namely […]
Are you too old to start a coding hobby?
Is it, as they say, that you cannot teach new tricks to an old dog? Is it really so that there is no point in getting a smartphone for your grandmother, not to mention a computer? This is how we often think. Fortunately the world is changing – as is our opinions and the dogs […]
Education Expertise from Finland
The latest PISA scores from 2015 ranked the performance of the finnish school kids once more as one of the highest among the participating countries in science, reading and mathematics. This is the position which Finland has had since the beginning of the PISA testing. In recent years this has brought a lot of publicity […]
