Jyväskylän yliopisto Jyväskylän yliopisto

In learning communities, learning and development happen through communities of learners as opposed to a hierarchical flow of information and learning choices. Ideally, learning communities empower members to discuss and analyse professional successes and challenges, and present to the world with stories of sustainable living, education, and development.
In this 37-minute podcast episode, the concept of sustainability and its connections to learning communities are being reflected on by Heidi Layne, Shruti Taneja and Romana Shaikh.
Heidi is a senior lecturer of sustainable and global education with the faculty of education and psychology at the university of Jyväskylä in Finland. Shruti is the founding member of EarthJust Ecosystems and Co.labx in India. Romana is the Co-Founder and Chief Program Officer of Kizazi, an organization that enables breakthrough schools.
The three met each other through the Global Innovation Network for Teaching and Learning (GINTL), which is an initiative of Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture, together with 21 Finnish higher education institutions and their partners in India, China, and the African continent.
The podcast was produced by University of Jyväskylä Faculty of Education and Psychology.

What is the importance of coaching in the education sector, who makes a good coach, and what can a coach do to build a learning community?
In this 30-minute podcast episode, the topic is being reflected on by Kaisa Isotalo and Shruti Mushran. Kaisa is a retired school principal from the city of Seinäjöki in Finland. Shruti is a senior manager at Simple Education Foundation (SEF), India. Both have been working on professional development of school leaders and have rich experience of coaching as a tool for the professional development of individual school leaders and teams of educators and educational leaders.
The two met each other through the Global Innovation Network for Teaching and Learning (GINTL), which is an initiative of Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture, together with 21 Finnish higher education institutions and their partners in India, China, and the African continent.
The podcast was produced by University of Jyväskylä Faculty of Education and Psychology.

One of the curious dilemmas in education is that when somebody develops as an expert teacher, quite often the next step up takes them out of the classroom, to an administrative post.

How can teacher trainers and teachers develop and nurture their pedagogical leadership skill in their daily teaching environments, while also supporting others to do so?
In this 40-minute podcast episode, the topic is being reflected on by Kamala Mukunda and Josephine Moate.

Kamala is the co-founder of the Centre for Learning, which is a teacher-run school in the outskirts of Bangalore, India. She is also the author of the book series, “What did you ask at school today”. Josephine is an adjunct professor of bilingual and multilingual pedagogy at the department of teacher education of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland.

The two met each other through the Global Innovation Network for Teaching and Learning (GINTL), which is an initiative of Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture, together with 21 Finnish higher education institutions and their partners in India, China, and the African continent.

What is educational leadership? Is it its own form of leadership? How can it facilitate learning communities, small professional groups of educational leaders?
In this 35-minute podcast episode, these topics are being reflected on by Mika Risku and Darshan Bhat.
Mika is the head of the Institute of Educational Leadership in Jyväskylä, Finland. The institute provides qualifying education and professional development to educational leaders. Darshan is the founder of CreatNet Education, which establishes learning communities of inspiration and support with and for public sector education leaders in India.
The two met each other through the Global Innovation Network for Teaching and Learning (GINTL), which is an initiative of Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture, together with 21 Finnish higher education institutions and their partners in India, China, and the African continent.
The podcast was produced by University of Jyväskylä Faculty of Education and Psychology, developed and hosted by Samuel Madtha and edited by Oni Victor, with music provided by Pumpupthemind.

Discussions on Learning Communities for Educational Leadership targets education scholars and practitioners. Each of the four episodes is a dialogue between colleagues from India and Finland. The podcast series was produced by University of Jyväskylä Faculty of Education and Psychology. It is an activity under the Global Innovation Network for Teaching and Learning (GINTL), which is an initiative of Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture, together with 21 Finnish higher education institutions and their partners in India, China, and the African continent.

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