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Contents<\/h2>\n
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  1. Director\u2019s review<\/li>\n
  2. National task<\/li>\n
  3. Collaborative projects<\/li>\n
  4. Publications and reports<\/li>\n
  5. Reach of operations<\/li>\n
  6. Network events<\/li>\n
  7. Communications<\/li>\n
  8. A brief overview of the year 2022 at the regional LUMA Centres<\/li>\n
  9. Contributors to the operations

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    \"LUMA-keskus<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

    <\/a>1. Director’s review<\/h2>\n

    The year 2022 was thriving. In spite of the pandemic period, the jointly set goals for our national tasks were achieved very well. Based on collaboration and research, we developed new initiatives and materials from early childhood education to higher education, spreading them in various ways across Finland. In particular, new virtual modes of action (e.g., remote study visits, online courses, videos and TikTok) attracted new children and adolescents with their families, as well as current and future teachers and instructors from all over the country. Some 60 LUMA learning communities have actively participated in the operations throughout Finland, with LUMA activities reaching during the year a total of approximately 412,000 individuals, of whom 82,000 were in Finland.<\/p>\n

    Skilled teachers are at the core of our operations, and they are key to a good and sustainable future. With funding from the Finnish National Agency for Education, we carried out a number of education activities under the LUMATIKKA, LUMAn lumoa and Ulos luokasta projects in support of curricula around Finland. We organised the national LUMA Days collaboratively at Aalto University, which were hugely popular. The national LUMA Weeks is an important national event every year.<\/p>\n

    We also contributed to the preparation of the implementation plan of the national STEM strategy of the Ministry of Education and Culture in collaboration with the National LUMA Advisory Board. The implementation plan was published in early 2023. We continued our research-based operations with the national and international events of the LUMAT Science Research Forum. In addition to our international scholarly LUMAT<\/em> journal published since 2013, the forum organised LUMAT seminars, the LUMAT summer school and the LUMAT Research Symposium online.<\/p>\n

    LUMA science education is also becoming an established part of higher education. In 2022 several STEM-themed theses and publications were completed at various universities. Many universities have good models for how students serve as ambassadors for science through various activities as part of their education.<\/p>\n

    Internationally, our LUMA model of science education elicits interest around the world. University experts actively contributed to international activities as lecturers, hosts and partners. International collaboration was conducted with, for example, the IDoS network<\/a>, the Science on Stage Europe initiative<\/a> and the EU STEM Coalition<\/a>. A warm thanks to university leaders, operators, partners and funders for their excellent cooperation in the past year. United for a good and sustainable future! Science is for everyone.<\/p>\n

    Kind regards Maija Aksela<\/em>
    Director of the LUMA Centre Finland network<\/em>
    Professor of Science Education<\/em>
    University of Helsinki<\/em><\/p>\n

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    As part of their national duties, LUMA learning communities are collaboratively designing the Arduino teaching material package under the direction of the University of Helsinki and the University of Lapland.<\/em><\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

    <\/a>2. National Task<\/h2>\n

    The Ministry of Education and Culture awarded LUMA Centre Finland funding for its national task for the period 2021\u20132024. The funding is aimed at securing a high level of mathematical, scientific and technological expertise as well as a sufficient number of experts in Finland. The board and coordinators of LUMA Centre Finland determined three key operational measures to carry out the national task in the period. The implementation of the measures will be reviewed annually at the network\u2019s development seminar and adjusted for each subsequent year.<\/p>\n

    Supporting teachers’ continuous learning<\/h3>\n

    In 2022 LUMA Centres supported curriculum implementation at schools and early childhood education units in a number of ways, including by offering teaching equipment for loan, developing learning materials and organising study visits both on-site at university premises and online.<\/p>\n

    A new initiative in 2022 was to plan and streamline the operations of the LUMA learning community. Over the course of the year, LUMA learning community convened for two seminars, in addition to which four theme groups held their own monthly meetings online. In the spring, new schools and daycare centres were also selected for LUMA learning community. Dozens of daycare centres and schools from all over Finland participated in the theme groups, with roughly 120 teachers or instructors participating during the year.<\/p>\n