About the project


EduRESCUE is a multidisciplinary research and development project that explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on schools, pupils, parents, teachers and principals. The project seeks solutions to strengthen the resilience of the Finnish education system and improve society's ability to cope with crises in the future. The project co-creates a roadmap to describe the actions that help build a more resilient education system.

EduRESCUE will create multidisciplinary collaboration by combining experts from the fields of teacher training, education management, special pedagogy, law, developmental, educational and occupational psychology, economics, statistics and information technology, with key national stakeholders from different sectors (e.g. government, municipalities and regional administrative agency, teacher and principal training and interest groups) and high-level international experts.

EduRESCUE research is funded by the Strategic Research Council (SRC), established within the Academy of Finland. The Strategic Research Council exists to provide funding for long-term and programme-based research aimed at finding solutions to the major challenges facing Finnish society. The EduRESCUE project is part of the PANDEMICS program.

Research areas

EduRESCUE consists of four sub projecs:

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Work Package 2: Students' learning and well-being in home and school contexts before, during, and post-pandemic
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Work Package 3: Capacity building of teachers for resilient schools of tomorrow and legal requirements for adaptive and sustainable education
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Work Package 4: Building resilient schools and leadership, including principals and their interaction with teachers, students, parents, and the community
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Work Package 5: Student learning before and post-pandemic, effects of school finances, spending and distance learning

What does resilience mean?

In connection with the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been discussion about the resilience of individuals, communities, systems and states. Resilience means the capacity of a dynamic system to withstand and recover from significant challenges that threaten its stability, viability, or development. For the school system, this means learning and adaptability of both the system as a whole and an individual school, as well as the ability to re-organise their activities. Teaching staff should have the ability to act proactively and flexibly and meet the pupils’ educational, social and psychological needs in all circumstances. For this reason, school legislation, political guidance and resource allocation should support resilience.



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