Finland, Muurame, high school

1. Welcome to Finland
The country of thousands of lakes and
forests

2. Finland/Muurame

3. Finland/Suomi
• Formerly part of Sweden (1150-1809) and the
Russian Empire 1809-1917
• Day of Independence December 6, 1917
• Capital city: Helsinki (About one million inhabitants in the
Helsinki Metropolitan area)
• about 5 300 000 inhabitants (16 people/ km²)
• Government Type: Republic
• President of the republic: Sauli Niinistö
• Member of the EU since 1995
• Currency: Euro

4. Lifestyle
• Post-industrial society
• Western way of life
• High education and health level
• High technology industry (Nokia)...and base industry
(paper and metal)
• Life Expectancy:
total population: 79.9 years (2010)
male: 76.3 years
female: 83.0 years

5. Muurame
• About 9 500 inhabitants (62 people/km²)
• Average age 35 years (rather young)
• Area: 194.1 km²
– Land: 144.1 km²
– Water: 50.0 km² (over 25% of the area... coast line:
about 186km)
• Distances from Muurame:
- Downtown Jyväskylä 15 km
- Helsinki 260 km
• Sights: Lakes Päijänne and Muuratjärvi, Ski Resort
Riihivuori, Muurame church (designed by Alvar Aalto)

6. Industry in Muurame
The biggest employers of Muurame:
Harvia Oy; stove and sauna manufacturer
Kytölä Instruments; develops and manufactures reliable and high-quality
flow measuring and monitoring instruments
John Crane Safematic Oy; Mechanical Seals and Support Systems
Nokka-Yhtiöt Oy; manufacturer on forest and agricultural machinery
Flex Link Automation Oy; designer and manufacturer of flexible
production systems and ergonomic workstations

8. Upper Secondary School of
Muurame
• Founded in 1995
• About 200 students and 20 teachers
• Quality system since 1999
• School awarded for its curriculum on
entrepreneurship education in 1999
• Certificate for promoting sustainable
development and environmental education
Mr. Aki Puustinen
Headmaster, M.A.

10. www.peda.net/veraja/muurame/lukio

11. What have we done earlier?
• Courses in entrepreneurship
• Regular meetings with the local companies
• Visitors from/visits to companies
• Practical training/projects from the companies
(web-pages etc.)
• Language courses for the staff of the local
companies
• Seminars together with the companies (differing
themes)
• Developing Project-based pedagogy

12. What about today?
• We run a cooperative of our own
• Project –based pedagogy is used
• We have a network of schools promoting
entrepreneurship in education
• On-the-job learning possibilities offered for
teachers on a yearly basis
• Mobile technology in Mobiluck project
• Social media in learning