THE UNIVERSITY OF JOENSUU

Joensuun yliopistoPL 11180101 Joensuu

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THE UNIVERSITY OF JOENSUU

was founded in 1969

in Joensuu and Savonlinna Department of Teacher

Education was united with it in 1973


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www.joensuu.fiUniversity of Joensuu


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Mekrijärvi Research StationIlomantsi


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The Savonlinna Campus


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Strengths of the University of Joensuu

• multidisciplinary, broadly based teacher education, as well as research in education and life course studies

• teaching and research pertaining to forests,

other renewable resources, and the environment

• highly advanced technology • research in the development of border areas

and interaction of cultures


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The Four Cornerstones

1. high quality of research and teaching

2. motivated and committed staff and students

3. internationalisation

4. commitment to the development of eastern Finland


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PLEASANT STUDY ENVIRONMENT

• Close to downtown, close to nature

• Genuine campus setting

• Good student housing

• Modern, well-equipped facilities


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• 7,240 students

• 285 students studying abroad

• 473 international students

• 6,065 applicants for admission

• 1,177 new degree students

• 3,890 Open University students

• 2,853 students at the Continuing Education Centre

Students (2002)


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The University of Joensuu’s share of students and advanced

degrees

4,3 % of Finland’s students

5,3 % of Master’s degrees

5,0 % of Doctoral degrees


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Faculty of EducationFaculty of HumanitiesFaculty of ScienceFaculty of ForestryFaculty of Social SciencesFaculty of Theology &

SIX FACULTIES

nine non-faculty institutes


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• Department of Education• Department of Applied Education• Department of Special Education• Savonlinna Department of Teacher Education• University Practice Schools at Joensuu and Savonlinna

Faculty of Education


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• Department of History• Department of Finnish and Cultural Research • Department of Foreign Languages • Savonlinna School of Translation Studies

Faculty of Humanities


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• Department of Biology• Department of Physics• Department of Chemistry• Department of Geography• Department of Mathematics• Department of Computer Science

Faculty of Science


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• Department of Law• Department of Geography• Department of Psychology• Department of Sociology• Department of Economics• Department of Statistics• Department of Social Policy

Faculty of Social Sciences


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Three fields of specialisation:• Management and Conservation of Forest Environment• Planning and Economic Use of Forests • Wood – Harvesting Technology and Wood Processing

Other specialisations offered: • Care of Forest Environment and its Diverse Utilisation• Importance of Forests to Russian’s Economy

Faculty of Forestry


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Faculty of Theology

• Department of Western Theology

• Department of Orthodox Theology


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• Savonlinna Department of

Teacher Education

• Savonlinna School of Translation

Studies

• Savonlinna Centre for Continuing

Education and Regional Development

• Centre for Tourism Studies

• University Practice School at

Savonlinna

Savonlinna Campus


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Non-faculty institutes

• Computing Centre• Karelian Institute• Language Centre• University Library• Mekrijärvi Research Station• Continuing Education Centre• Educational Technology Centre• Savonlinna Centre for Continuing Education and Regional Development• Centre for Tourism Studies


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International exchange programmes

ECIUFIRST

NORDPLUSSOCRATES/ERASMUS

TEMPUSEU-CANADAASEFOREP

ISEPASLA-Fulbright

LEONARDOIAESTE

Experience International


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International study programmes

taught in English

Non-degree programmes:

• Karelia, Russia and the Baltic Area

• Environmental Science and Forestry

• Social Sciences

• Educational Sciences


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International degree programmes

taught in English

Master’s degree programmes:

• An International Master’s Degree

Programme in Human Geography

• An International Master’s Degree

Programme in Information Technology, IMPIT

• Islam and the West: an International Master’s

Degree Programme in Cultural Diversity

• M. Sc. European Forestry


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BILATERAL AGREEMENTS OFCOOPERATION

42 partner universities

in altogether 20 countries


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Bilateral agreements of cooperation with Russian universities:

• Arkhangelsk State Engineering University• Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia• Karelian State Pedagogical University• Moscow State Linguistic University• Petrozavodsk State University• Saint-Petersburg State University• Saint-Petersburg State Forest Technical Academy • Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance• Russian Academy of Science’s Karelian Research Centre• Syktyvkar Forest Institute of Saint-Petersburg State Forest Technical Academy


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Teaching staff 2002total 395

Professors

Senior Ass

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Lecturers


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EU FUNDING FOR RTD,EDUCATION AND TRAINING (year 2001)

TOTAL 6,0 million EUR

THE TOTAL SUM INCLUDES:• EU STRUCTURAL FUNDS (ESF, ERDFand FIFG) 5,1 million EUR• EU FRAMEWORK PROGRAMMES (FP4 and FP5) 0,5 million EUR• EU EDUCATION AND TRAINING (SOCRATES/ERASMUS, LEONARDO, TEMPUS, etc.) 0,3 million EUR• OTHER EU SUPPORT (TACIS) 0,1 million EUR


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Border Expertise as a Strength of the University of Joensuu and the Surrounding Region (III)

• The border between the European Union and the Russian Federation: a testing area and a model for European border policy and cross-border cooperation.

• The Network for Border Expertise, NEBEX, is one of the development projects of Euregio Karelia (funded by the INTERREG III A KARELIA programme) coordinated by the University of Joensuu. The objectives of the Network are regional, national and international in scope.

• Correspondingly, the cooperation group of the Petrozadovsk State University, the Karelian State Pedagogical University, the Karelian Science Centre and the city of Petrozavodsk strives to reinforce border expertise in the Republic of Karelia.


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Sustainable Education

Professor Dr. Mauri Åhlberg

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Mauri Åhlberg (2003):

I have come to a tentative conclusion that from 1950s (Donaldson & Donaldson 1958) we have understood that there are three strands in Environmental Education:

(1) education and learning about environment

(2) education and learning in environment

(3) education and learning for environment

The last one comes nearest Education for Sustainable Development.


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In addition to

ecology

economics

quality improvement

organisation development

peace education

population education

human rights education etc

are important aspects of Education for Sustainable Development.


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Education for Sustainable Development, when it is best, is integrating best theories and best practices, testing constructed new tentative theories both theoretically and empirically when it is possible.


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'Sustainable development is development in which real long term needs of both present and future human generations are met as optimally as possible. This means that not only the basic individual biological needs, but also real economical, cultural and social needs ought to be met.'


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Mauri Åhlberg has developed three practical and theoretically sound new metacognitive tools:

Improved Concept Mapping Improved Vee Heuristics ARRA or Analysis of Reasoning, Rhetorics and Argumentation

to promote Education for Sustainable Development.


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Professor Mauri Åhlberg

has had some doctoral students who have used his

theoretical tools like Concept Mapping and

Improved Vee Heuristics


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My share in sustainable education:

- work education in ECE

- new systems theory of ECE, also as a frame of

reference for SE


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The Savonlinna Campus


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Thank you for your kind attention!

I hope for a good life and sustainable development for all

of you!

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