Welcome
to my learning journal for the School of Vocational Teacher Education at Oulu
University of Applied Sciences.
My background is in Art and Design and I have a BA (Hons) Art and Design from
the University of Hertfordshire in UK; also I completed an MA Hypermedia at the
University of Westminster.
I have experience both in education and working for companies such as Apple and
Skype. I worked in various independent schools in London teaching technology
from primary to middle school.
After working for Skype in Tallinn for couple of years in technical support I
moved to Finland where I joined a startup company called Fifty Sixty Software in
Helsinki as a trainee Project Manager. This experience was very valuable and I
was able to draw on many different skills: from creating a promotional video
for the game, to marketing and pitching the ideas to business angels. Currently I am working in an International School in Espoo where I teach
electives such as photography and technology in a middle school. I would like
to broaden my pedagogical skills and also gain professional recognition of
my teaching experience. I am already quite fascinated with some of the material
especially Models of Cognitive Development by Perry. I would like to follow his
ideas on level of commitment and hope to be at the high level
of commitment in the pedagogical study and work.
*I was asked to create a video introduction about myself so you can watch it here . Please use the password : Vocational
Vocational Teacher Education from Aleksandra Paravina on Vimeo.
*I was asked to create a video introduction about myself so you can watch it here . Please use the password : Vocational
Vocational Teacher Education from Aleksandra Paravina on Vimeo.
