In this seminar, professor Anu Kajamaa (Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Oulu), doctoral researcher Sakari Hyrkkö (Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki) and researchers from Stockholm University (SWE) and University College Absalon (DEN) will present their work related to the Nordplus project “Adult learning for wicked problems – mapping Nordic models for learning and professional development”
Abstract: The complex, systemic and multilevel, or “wicked”, problems of today’s working life require professionals to engage in collaborative learning that spans professional and organizational boundaries. Our Nordplus project maps new ground in adult learning and professional development by collecting, comparing, and combining knowledge and experiences of Nordic approaches to collective/collaborative learning, namely the participatory work development method Change Laboratory (CL) (Virkkunen & Newnham, 2013; Kajamaa & Hyrkkö, 2022) and the Nordic traditions of collaborative learning represented by Study Circles (SC) (Avby, 2016) and Learning Circles (LC) (Aakjaer & Wegener, 2023). These models have been employed to facilitate multi-professional learning in various settings. Our project puts the models in dialogue and seeks new conceptual and methodological openings that could provide novel opportunities for adult learning and professional development.
Project team:
Marie Aakjaer, University College Absalon, Denmark
Maja Lotz, University College Absalon, Denmark
Gunilla Avby, Stockholm University, Sweden
Aron Schoug, Stockholm University, Sweden
Anu Kajamaa, University of Oulu, Finland
Sakari Hyrkkö, University of Helsinki, Finland