Guest Lecture: Dr. Pasi Sahlberg

Posted by: School of Education

Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Pasi Sahlberg on Thursday, November 15, 2012, at 7:30 PM in Segerstrom Science Center, Perry Lecture Hall.  Dr. Sahlberg will be sharing about lessons learned from Finnish educational reform.  The event is free and open to the public.

Pasi Sahlberg is Director General of CIMO (Centre for International Mobility and Cooperation) in Helsinki, Finland. He has global expertise in educational reforms, training teachers, coaching schools and advising policymakers. Dr. Sahlberg has also worked as teacher, teacher-educator, policy advisor and director in Finland and served the World Bank (Washington, DC) and the European Commission (Torino, Italy) as education expert. In 2011, Dr. Sahlberg published Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn About Educational Change in Finland.