Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Ene-Silvia Sarv
01.01. - 31.12.2018.
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Pikasilla Puka
Karula, Vissi
South-Estonia tricycle-journey, summer and autumn, 2018.
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Contents
To begin with briefly – ........................................................................................................................ 4
On Family ................................................................................................................................................ 5
Summer Birthdays - Hendrik Jaak 16, Triinu-Liis 18 .............................................................. 6
Estonia 100 .............................................................................................................................................. 9
The story of Linnahall (City Hall) .................................................................................................. 10
Birthdays - spring and the fall… ................................................................................................... 12
Ventures at Mähe, at Katri-Evelin’s home.................................................................................. 16
Mister Solba ........................................................................................................................................... 19
Christmas ............................................................................................................................................... 20
Enesilviasarv herself .......................................................................................................................... 22
+30o C… +30o C… +30o C… ............................................................................................................. 22
The First target - Helme Cemetery and Helme Settlement ................................................. 23
Second target – Valgamaa, Karula ............................................................................................... 28
Karula Ist time. The Orthodox Church of Karula .................................................................... 31
Karula - Tallinn I ................................................................................................................................... 35
Karula 2nd time. Karula Vissi or Pikkjärve Cemetery ............................................................. 36
Karula – Tallinn II ................................................................................................................................ 43
Culture, a lot of … ............................................................................................................................... 44
Academic-professional ...................................................................................................................... 47
In the footsteps of the Estonian-Latvian-Lithuanian educational renewal (1987+)... 47
Estonia 100 - Book Series. Estonian Education 100 ............................................................... 58
Viive-Riina Ruus (3.09.1936 - 11.07.2018) - colleague and friend in education
innovation, science, EEF… ................................................................................................................ 61
MoE Strategic Project Input “High and Vocational Education Scenarios 2020 - 2035”
- Content Editor Activities................................................................................................................. 64
Johannes Käis - importance for today's and tomorrow's teachers .................................. 66
Ukraine Georgia - educational missions ..................................................................................... 68
On Thinking Bee-like things ............................................................................................................ 76
Activities of Talgujad-group (Thinking hummings/bees group) ........................................ 76
Rotators/whipboards/hummings .................................................................................................. 77
About school and - back to school, for a moment................................................................... 85
Congress of Culture and Education, Tallinn-Viljandi-Tallinn, 23-25. Nov. ....................... 94
To conclude .......................................................................................................................................... 98
Appendix. Overview of Academic things, 2018 ...................................................................... 100
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Some things are planned - and can't be done. Some things will just come and
happen. And some are evergreen in their repetition … . Among second, one
was the organization of an endless family and professional archive and of the
thinking-bees handbook. What just came about were both – meetings, exciting
and challenging - as well as sad farewells. There was also a cycle of birthdays
and of memorial days, and Saturday night meditation-hours, and spring
planting of flowers … .
For me it is also good to get an overview of things when they are written down
and visualized in pictures. It will be shared with family and friends if they
should have an interest in something.
To sum up, I can say that for me, Igor Mang's (Estonian astrologist) horoscope
has been completed for the year 2018 - Unbelievable, but true. I read this
from Maaleht in January 2018 (that as Aquarius, I’ll have many professional
challenges, on the edge of my abilities, unexpected out-calls, etc.). At that
moment, I thought it was all nonsense: It is nice for me as a pensioner to do
something, but I still choose it as much as it seems interesting…
In fact – 2018 was a really crazy year… so, let’s go … .
Who is who?
Daughters – Katri-Evelin and Kai-Riin, in their 40ies.
Grandchildren: Katri-Evelin’s sons Roman Neso or Rommi and Aleksander Eeri
in their 20ies; Kai-Riin’s daughter Triinu-Liis and son Hendrik Jaak - under-
20ies.
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On Family
It's still one of the most important things for the youngster - when one school
gets over, and the next decision is made.
The fact that Hendrik passed into 3-4 schools in Tartu at the spring trials was
strong. Making a choice, and then - staying away from home in a new school -
it's still a couple of years ahead.
I also changed my school after the 8th grade (because of the heart matters
…). Instead of a literature class by Vello Saage, a famous Estonian teacher, I
was studying car repair with a classmate Aime, with whom we shared a school
desk for several years - two girls in the group of boys. I managed, but this
took at least a year.
For Hendrik, the elementary school (Waldorf school in Viljandi) is finished, and
the gymnasium is far from home. Mighty and challenging, all the more so
because he has two schools at the same time (high school and music college).
Resilience in this first year is very much needed. He has probably some help
with his new computer and a computer course … school graduation gifts.
The end of the school was nice, just hearty – for the soul, spirit, and body.
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Triinu-Liis – now 18 years old - a young beautiful lady. Driving course as a gift
and - driving licenses for the new year was made. It seems that summer
practice with a lawn-tractor has been a good thing. In the summer, she
washed the dishes in the cafe and did some other work in Viljandi and on a
farm in Finland.
Does a further study lead Triinu from "the dwindled Viljandi" next summer?
Her answer was "sure it will!"
Triinu-Liis at Hellenurme
grassland (2017, yes, but so
nice just to keep floating
out of memory).
A party in the house and party outdoors. Cake and Lake… Triinu's meter-hairs
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Estonia 100
Yes, Estonia got 100 - no matter how it was, but I was repeatedly invited to
presentations of the jubilee series books (this is a “extra” of academic
activity), blue-black-white was carried and waved and ate; the Pope visited
Tallinn - what was interesting and respectable watch TV.
A famous example of a 70's architecture The Tallinn City Hall has been
waiting for renovation throughout all 25+ years of independence. A concert-
hall with excellent acoustics, an ice rink ...
The City Hall (re)Painting Project was great! Excellent both in content and in
pedagogy. To make a symbolic time-story-myth visualization on all walls (until
the renovation starts) - what a brave idea! All the more so - it was a project of
school students. The architect of the building praised it!
2018. Here it is – on the half-way to be washed away … I took a walk around and was
so sorry.
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The Tallinn Heritage Board, however, found that the painting was breaking the
monument and it had to be washed away ...
The second birthday-season is from the 31st July - 1st September (the
youngest ones in Viljandi; it has been reflected earlier).
The third season - "big boys," is from the end of August - middle of October.
Roman Neso - Oh, what a gorgeous, strong, joyful young man and a wise
beautiful lady Kadi beside him (with cats called
Watson and Holmes).
Roman moved to a new place in the summer. Good
that I wasn't riding a bike for Sunday-morning
pancakes to Kalarand by the City Hall (where they
lived before).
….
We had a pleasant evening, fun (with a few adventures), friendly cats. And
brother Sass (Alexander Eeri 1 ) was caught via the blue Skype screen
(Australian early morning).
1
Aleksander Eeri Laupmaa is an actor and writer, known for Takso (2015), Klassikokkutulek 2: Pulmad ja
matused (2018) and Zero Point (2014).
He made theater projects in Australia and got a lot of positive responses in newspapers. Abduction
From the Serail was the project by BK Opera Melbourne (July, 2018).
He performed also in The Actor Crack’d by Bill Marshall in Melbourne (Sept, 2018).
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Tick! It was a really big one! When and where it happened - nobody knows. All the
family is busy to help. Landing from the southern side of the globe to the northern
hemisphere is not so easy, as we see.
We in Tallinn were so pleased with the arrival of australicus. Even with a tick.
After some days in Tallinn Sass left back to Australia. He has worked in farms
and coffee-restaurant to have the visa. Now he was free to participate in some
theater projects in Australia, July - September (!!!!)
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In the autumn, the two-year work visa ended. And so, in October, he got a
surprise birthday party right off the plane.
So - here they are - two big boys making their own unique life-way.
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Garden-café at Mähe
Riding via Mähe around the noon I found all streets empty and many gardens -
full of quests.
Katri-Evelin’s garden cafe was nice,
inspired by Selma Lagerlöf's Pipi. Drink
and food were super, a pleasant
atmosphere, a good number of people
...
There was a lot of experience for the
team, especially for those who were just
beginners.
The journey from Madara to Priimula (two streets named after flowers)
sounds beautiful and mysterious, but I had a new bike route, and it was a long
one. The Seaside Cycle Path and Pirita-Mähe streets are pleasantly driven and
have nice views. If only this (central) city wouldn't be there … Even across the
country to South Estonia, it takes less effort …
Juice making IS NICE, especially with good company and on a warm sunny
day.
Thanks to Kadi's mother who helped us with a great juice-machine…
Apple cutting was the right thing for me to do (my fingers were just a little
blistered). Especially mature apples I put into the bag to bring them to Madara
for a new taste and smell in my kitchen. The apple juice bowl (oh, what juice!)
has long been empty. And all juice-bags are gone from the freezer.
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Mister Solba
My grandfather Jaan Solba's plaster bust (by Anton Starkopf ca 1949-50) got
bronze cast with the help of the sculptor’s grandson Hannes. Thanks to Katri
for all this business-organization! When we went to Hannes in June to get the
sculpture, it was a nice afternoon until the moment when Kati's car (the
statues in the trunk waiting to go home) no longer took a voice. All of this
company explored and repaired, but ... that car was left in that yard.
Here – Teet and me in our garden, in Tartu, Teguri street 29, 1948.
For me, my grandfather was still Teet (adaptation either an Estonian "taat" or a "ded"
in Russian).
Together with him, we gave food to the chickens, and with him I learned haymaking,
grafting apple trees, doing woodwork ...
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Christmas
We got together at Kai-Riin in Viljandi for Christmas. One of the most
enjoyable things: food, gifts under a fir tree, an active dwarf and a traditional
family orchestra - who is present, it plays (or takes pictures), who is not -
delights elsewhere. Everyone has their own instrument and an affordable
batch - this is something of a baroque…
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What was there …? Anyway, my watering pot is excellent in the job… sweets
are just a memory… one got Ecco's 'Rose Name', another – the Estonian
Dictionary, etc.
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Enesilviasarv herself
+30o C… +30o C… +30o C…
Gradually, I got used to it and in June, I started the South-Estonian bike tour. I
took the train to Puka and then - on the tricycle. So: 11. - 14. July Tallinn -
Puka - Tõrva - Helme - Tõrva - Valga - Karula - Valga and the second part of the
trip was done at 8. -10. October ( Tallinn - Valga - Karula - Valga - Tallinn). As
total, I was over 250 km on saddles. My principle - cycling is the work of the
bone engine, and electricity can be used only on steeper
mountains.
Go!
The 30-kilometer “jump” from Puka over the Pikasilla Bridge to Tõrva was the
first real tricycle-lesson: to try not to turn off the right road (I was without GPS
– just the old fashioned printed map and signs by the track); to stay on a
narrow track (ca 30 cm on the edge of the road); to get up the mountain; to
learn the features and brakes of the electric motor… All the way, the drivers
kept as far as the width of the road promised - maybe my yellow vest and the
rare tricycle were the reason. Thanks! (PS1. Didn't the French suddenly
abandon this idea of yellow vests from me? PS2. In Tõrva was said to be
another tricycle man, at least last summer.)
Helme Cemetery is in Tõrva (on the outskirts of Helme): Helme was once an
important center with its Order Castle and manor and church. There I
searched for the Sarv's burial ground. Father Aleksander Sarv lived alone for a
long time and died when I was on a business trip in Riga and got sick of a 40 0
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C fever in Tallinn. There was no mobile at that time and there was no way to
report anyway. Sister Malle went to the funeral. Now I got to the grave.
Sarv's grave-plaz, Helme-cemetry. At the rear, there is the Iron Cross from the 19th century
that belongs to one ancestor of this family (Elias).
Some giant mushrooms grew up in the cemetery wall (it is not used in Estonia
to take away anything from a graveyard). I found the famous Slave-stone on
the far side of cemetery. (Nice mythology about a girl-slave. She ran away, and
when she was tired and sat on this stone – the stone felt so sad that became
soft as a pillow… this sitting trace we see today).
The gravel road went out over the wavy fields to Helme-settlement for 2-3 km.
Somewhere in these fields, we skied during vocational schools’ winter-sport-
days (1970s-80s) - now I was tricycling here!
Helme's old manor house is waiting for repair. The Sacrificial-flow is still flowing
and improving eyesight as thousand years before.
Helme settlement is a bit decayed, yet fascinating in its both - ancient and
school-times culture from 50-80ies.
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In the park, I saw a lady who looked like Laine Vettik - she was! We got an
hour and a half to tell and remember. We drank coffee; we ate the cake.
Laine's cherry-jam jar is in the fridge…, and I hope to hit dear Ada on some of
the next trips…
Laine was a Math teacher (yes!), she
was loved in a vocational school. Her
photo-albums were full of travel
pictures, with long explanations, and
her home was ad is full of crafts,
embroidery. She is still writing
articles and tutorials for handicraft
magazines (and still manually!).
The school main building now
became a nursing home, but
unfortunately, its inhabitants are not
capable of knitting or other crafts…
These are lively memories for me as I drive to Helme and move around there.
With the transfer of a vocational school away to Valga in 90ies, fading began.
The great school culture, and also the community culture here, has
disappeared. Though - it is planned to expand the care home for the elderly.
Workshops, dormitories, workers' workshops under apartment buildings,
singing-field and stage in the park,… most are still waiting for rebirth. The
schoolhouse I didn't photograph… sadness.
The famous storks had probably left their nest… this high fir tree was no
longer noticed. (They always attended our concerts and walked among public
fearlessly, especially the one who loved the accordion.) However, there is one
stork walking in the field!
And at the bus stop, there is an overwhelming surprise - an ice cream seller!
(PS. +300 C!)
Over the fields, the road (2 km) goes to Helme Church. The grain-fields on two
sides of the church-manor path are the same as in the 80s.
museum's wood tools would like the hand of the master to do everything and
put it right, as my eyes said.)
Tõrva's pleasant and clean and stylish De Tolly hotel was kind to allow me to
stay for another night. I recharged the tricycle's battery, ride to the cemetery
again, dined in a nice cafe (called "Latvian Embassy"), and then - started
towards Valga.
The highway along the Estonian-Latvian border was not very busy and in three
hours, I reach the town - Valga. I didn't bother to jump to Latvia, although the
idea was… . Signs and links to the Strawberry Barns on the Road ... Careful
truck drivers passed me with a big arc because the road wheel-bar (ca 40 cm)
does not take into account the width of my tricycle (ca 1 meter).
Hot it was! However, these were great hours between forests and meadows!
At Konnaoja (border-river between Estonian Valga and Latvian Valka parts of town, at
15.37. No border crossing …. (maybe next summer).
In the city, I found a nice café near the border. Delicious food and pleasantly
cool inside ... At the Metsis Hotel, I found a free room where my tricycle in the
yard was well seen.
In the hotel restaurant, I found a local newspaper and read, that at Karula St.
Mary's Church, there will be a Johnson-brothers concert tomorrow at noon.
They perform good-quality ethnos- and holy music, and I used to enjoy them
many years ago. Great, I thought, so I get into the church. Last summer, we
were admiring the Orthodox Church in Karula as we walked through the
ancestral trails. It was locked.
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In the morning, I got up early. The breakfast and food offered by the hotel
were pleasant to the vegetarian. So I was ready for cycling and spirit-
refreshment. At the hotel, I agreed that if I call before 5 o'clock pm, I can stay
for another night or even for longer. I was ready to explore Karula as long as
it takes. And then - through the charming Valga (except the bridge leading
over the railway, which is only suitable for the circus-rider) - to Karula.
No other night in the Metsis-Hotel was used. On my way from Karula back to :I
got a call from my daughter and another from one of the colleagues: “You
probably don't read the newspapers at this time and do not listen to the news,
but our colleague Viive-Riina Ruus died unexpectedly.” It was clear that there
has to be a break in hiking, and I have to go to Tallinn.
However, I shall tell the Karula things in two subsequent stories, and Professor
V-R Ruus belongs to the academic chapter.
So let's begin this day - the journey from Valga to Karula (July 14). It was a
pleasant light traffic road from Valga (almost 5-6 km), then about 10 km of an
asphalt road - all mostly downhill (it seemed). Beautiful houses, farmsteads,
water eyes here and there between low hills and forests. Unfortunately, the
clearing of the forest was still in sight (just nothing left from the beautiful,
dignified, and rich mature forest), and not a few. Heavy driveways on the
right-left testify of timber transport …
The state forest was supposed to be the treasure, heritage for our
grandchildren. So it was confirmed in the reforms of the 90s ... Will it be?
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The center of the ancient parish of Karula (supposedly already in the 14th
century) was and is Lüllemäe. Only the Karula-landscape and the Karula manor
were present in the legends and stories of my grandmother, nothing else.
I'll get to archive materials in winter, and maybe get into the church next
summer ...
Later, when talking to some villagers, the church came forward. “Nothing has
been done here at newer times. The last collective farm chairman repaired the
roof, windows (stained glass) and floor (80ies). But then that time ran out… ."
All windows are too high for me. Through 1-2 windows, I can see inside (only
the sealing), throughout others - only one hand reaches to take some photos,
and I see the interior of the church through the camera.
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Karula - Tallinn I
I had to hurry to the train to get to Tallinn for colleague's funeral. I was
uncertain - how long it takes to reach the Valga railway station. The road back
to Valka was in many places long uphill, squeezing the last kilowatt of the
battery, and there was this bridge over the railway, which was very unpleasant
and uncomfortable for the cyclist. The road to the bridge was narrow. I would
definitely disturb the cars with my tricycle. However, the footpath was barely
the width of my tricycle and there were a few street lighting poles in the
middle of the footpath. Nevertheless, I reached the station almost an hour
earlier. The station building was nicely spacious and has a reading shelf. What
a good habit! Take it and read while waiting for train or bus, take it with You -
and bring something to the shelf, if you can.
Almost four hours, I was traveling by train from Valga to Tallinn ... How cool
and friendly-active people are cyclists! There is a place on the train for 6-8
bicycles and a baby carriage. With my non-standard bike/trike at the
beginning, there were 12, and then - 21 bikes! Bicycle Marathon people came
to train in Elva. Some traveled to Tartu, some to Tabivere, most - to Tallinn.
The sad reason for going to Tallinn confused my plans. The unexpected passing
away of Viive-Riina led to the fact that in the next two-three months, I edited
and supplemented hundreds of pages of lengthy and complex text for Ene
Grauberg's project: Philosophy – Education - IT Future, References-Commas-
Schemes, etc. All this had to be done alongside the previous agreements. The
continuation of my own Karula trip was on hold.
Another Karula trip (15-17 Oct 2018) started again in the morning from
Tallinn. (In retrospect, it seemed like it was just a few weeks from the first -
but the papers-tickets show the other way.) I looked for a hostel at a suitable
location (near railway station and near Karula Road) on the Internet, made a
reservation and found it nicely in the afternoon.
The host of the Jasmina hostel was kind enough to introduce both the room
and the visitors' kitchen and other things. I always have a french-press for
making coffee, but not food with me. And I also wanted to see Valga. For
supper, the hostess led me to the nearest best place – the Conspirator. In the
Conspirator restaurant, I got an excellent dinner - especially the cake "The
flowers for the mother" (or the like). Everything was tasty and was worthy of
the Radisson Hotel, but the price was only one third! (I compared it with a
recent project-end gala dinner.) Next to me a lady had the supper with a 7-8
year girl. It looked like they were everyday clients here. Probably she was a
child-keeper.
In the morning the hostess did an excellent omelet and coffee. Good start!
At Jasmina Hostel, I became acquainted with the 10-year-old Jasmina. This is a
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great girl, like her father and grandmother, who run this hostel to secure the
future of the child!
This time the road to Karula seemed easier, and I had more opportunities to
look around, enjoy houses, farmyards, old traditional post office building and
lakes here and there.
In the first Karula trip, I saw loose sand on the way to the cemetery and a 5
km sign. The battery was also quite empty and the way back to Valka - long
uphill. So I left without going to the cemetery then.
This time the trip-days were more pleasant than the summer - soft sun, bright-
golden forest! So I went to the cemetery. This road was about 3-4 km up to
the hill, there was sand, but quite well-drive-able (the summer's dry sand had
been replaced by damp, autumn). It all was infinitely beautiful. (Only one
valley - felling - made me sad …)
Why a cemetery? What to look for? - maybe a Sarapuu name is appearing, but
rather something from the former Karula, the soul of the countryside... This
Vissi cemetery is called the Baltic German cemetery in the writings and also in
Wikipedia. I only saw a few German names there, some Russian names and
other Estonian names, well over three quarters.
Not anxiety - just a charm - the beauty of decades, century(s) survived human
hands and nature, and the smooth going "away" ...
There have been family-lines (and somebody is today here, around us,
somewhere), there have been blacksmiths, stonemasons ... There are trees…
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In south Estonia, there are so many associations: forests and valleys, names in
cemeteries - known from school, from family stories, acquaintances ...
A couple of names were also familiar with Lillikülä tales - Suija, for example.
That doesn't mean they're the same family-line, but - who knows. Lillikülä-
estonians came all from that was Livonia for centuries, including all South
Estonia.
One
monumental
graveyard.
Was there more?
My three-wheeled "horse" is waiting for me there in the cemetery ... He doesn't ask
for hay, he's not trying to go away.
A few families were tidying up the tombs. I got a few minutes to talk about
Sarapuu and ancestors, villagers and history, the knowledge-gathering. It was
said that there is one active woman who collects local cultural heritage. Even
so, there are some neighbors who are frenzied, send to her evil messages
(emails, of course) … the village life cannot progress like this, admitted. New
things like Maakogu2 and parish representations in the Maakogu were not
heard about.
On the way back to Valga I passed the Karula Orthodox Church once more -
and again I was not able to miss the beauty of it, another – the autumn-
beauty.
2
Maakogu / Estland (Peoples) Assembly - Estonian grassroots movement, NGO, including
representatives from all counties, parishes, villages. It was founded in February, 2018 to give voice to
people outside cities and parties to decide and take responsibility. No party member can be in the
decisive body of Maakogu. Of coutce – all this movement is in the stage of becoming, building up the
structure, voted representatives network, etc. There are no paid postions – just voluntary work and
personal responsibility. (Look the County-represantives Rotator in Academic chapter.)
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Karula – Tallinn II
From Karula Cemetery and the Orthodox Church, I arrived to Valga in the
dark. I missed the evening train to Tallinn. However - it was just a day of
pleasure, even more – the blessed day.
In the hostel Jasmina I was kindly given a room for another night with a
friendly price (lucky me, the next day the house had to be 100% full of
Lithuanian tourists).
With lovely girl Jasmina, I had a little school talk; and we had a conversation
on family and child development issues with her grandmother.
Everything that was needed for a small supper was there - in a comfortable
kitchenette in the lounge. After this long day, I had a deep sleep at night, a
nice omelette, a really excellent and strong coffee from a hostess in the
morning. Riding to rail-station, I enjoyed early-morning streets, nearly finished
renovation of city-center and was sorry about the not so good state of the
music-school building. I passed the county museum and decided to visit it
next time I'll be in Valga. With no hurry, I got the Tallinn train (no marathon-
cyclists this time).
Culture, a lot of …
In the old park behind the Helme school (medieval mansion) - there is a tree
with an exciting cavity. Tõrva/Helme Cemetery is home to stumps that have
become / turned into wood sculptures. Karula Orthodox Church has a very
mottled tree with a wonderful moss pattern.
3
KuMu - Estonian State Art Museum.
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An ancient tree (and that means 60 years for some tree, 100 for the other,
and sometimes 200-300-1000, even 3000 years) is dignified, worthy of
admiration and respect. The Roman Colosseum is preserved; stone funerals
are labeled and protected as an archaic heritage, as well as an oak tree
planted by Estonian 1st President in 1934 in Helme school park. But why not
evenly evaluate the 80-year-old pear tree in the city center in our Madara-
street garden? And a partridge in the moss in the woods, or in Viljandi or
wherever!
In the KuMu (Estonian Art Museum) courtyard - after Sittow's exhibition. Kai-Riin took
pictures. Teacher is in a good company. Great sculpture!
Hello! I heard at the exhibition: "I am Marika Vares, a teacher. We are FB-
friends. So nice to meet in person.” ... Suggestion from her: “At first go there,
then you have to go to the next door - but there is a shorter order further on."
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Academic-professional
The whole ambiguity in dealing with the historical aspects of the 1980s-
90s brought me to Vilnius and Riga in the summer. I missed the Latvian-
Lithuanian colleagues-friends long years. Now where was the objective
need to meet dear colleagues (Aina Vilcina, Violeta Jonyniene, etc.) from
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the Baltic Education Council and through them also with other keepers of
the renewal-time memories.
Non-academic aside.
As Violeta's husband, Aidas Marcenas, a
poet, was in Violeta's parents' house in
Palanga (summer!), we drove there for a
couple of days. Palanga delighted me
with everything - sea and sunset, sand
dunes, parks, amber museum… . There
was a party and a young gentleman in
the park at the museum (from whom I
asked for the direction) called me right
there - come to my brother's wedding.
No - I wasn't in the wedding dress…, but
we talked about his own bride…
Palanga - amber kiosks with authors'
jewelry, and with amber sold by weight.
Aidas Marcenas gave me a book
dedicated to me, a poetry collection (a
Russian translation that the author is
very pleased with). This is what I have
now on the table, and - it should be
translated into Estonian, really! He is
considered “Lithuanian Ehin".
There was one stubborn older man (How to check the teacher? School?
How to make them teach correctly?). About him, Violeta said he was her
main opponent in the ministry. Later, I learned that my performance was
organized by people who are concerned about the state of education in
Lithuania and the planned reforms. Some of them might remember me
from the times of reform and articles published by me or about my
lectures in Lithuania. It was, however, a Violeta-directed thing - a very
useful and informative experience for me.
Violeta's learning kits in the late 1980s were both inspirational and
frustrating for teachers. These kits were supported by M Lukšiene (Violeta
was her former student). I remember these from the beginning of the 90s:
a textbook-workbook for a child on
each topic, and a teacher book.
Teacher book had four different
methodologies for dealing with every
topic. If you're still accustomed to only
one recommended / obligatory
methodology, it's really hard… . For
many, this was complicated, to choose
- this needed to be learned and
exercised. In many ways, teachers had
to learn to be free, be creative, be
responsible.
4
Look for example:
Drafts: E-S Sarv. Historical background of educational reform in Estonia, and Baltic cooperation;
V. Rõuk, E-S. Sarv. Estonian Curriculum: Becoming independent, 33 pp;
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At Violeta's request, I was happy to compile a set of files for her. These
were materials and presentations on Estonian education, teacher training,
some of the most important world-scale studies and prospects in English
and Russian. These can be used to share with stakeholders.
E-S Sarv. Educational/Pedagogical and research paradigms change 1991 – 2004: case of Estonia.
Published: Ruus, V, Sarv, E.-S. (2000). Changes in Estonian curricula (1987-1999) and some
thoughts on the future. In. Beck, B, T., Mays, A. (Eds). Challenge and Change in Education: the
Experience of the Baltic States in the 1990`s. New York: Nova Science Publishers.
5
Irena Pranskeviciute I met in February in Ukraine at Vinniki conference.
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Aina. On the right - Anita and her Latvian Teachers In-Service Institute's
Educational Innovation Monograph.
I didn't see my long-time colleague Aina Vilcina for 15 years. Our links
started and were particularly intense in the years of educational reform
(1988+). We had the closest co-operation during dozen years of the
International Humane and Waldorf Pedagogy Seminary "The Threshold"
(1992-2002).
6
Alfild Wilkes - scene eurythmy artist. John Wilkes - founder of water research, flow-form art and
technology.
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So we went through some photos from 80ies to get the names of people
from Baltic Education Council (Jurmala-conference). And we recalled our
days with The Threshold-Seminar (where Aina started as student and was
later my second hand in organization of the seminar together with Elsa
Gretchkina 7 ). We discussed the destiny of Attistiba–university, and all
twists in the educational field – similarities and differences in our
countries.
7
Elsa Gretckina (1932 - 2014) - former minister of Education of ESSR (1980 - 1988). She was long
time seen as a pro-Soviet leader. However, she also was the one, who fully supported the Estonian
SSR teachers' Congress (26, March, 1987). This Congress declared the renovation of Estonian
National school (new national curriculum, change of the concept and content of history, etc.). She
visited Emerson College (1992) and helped to organize the sessions of the International seminar
The Threshold.
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On books and on people (in Vilnius Pedagogical Institute) with Violeta and
Ramute. In the center - Estonian Education Platform (conception, vision of
education, published in Estonian, Russian, English) from 1988. Some people
remembered it as "the push forward" in their reform.
It was such a pleasure to see friends from the "becoming" years and to
meet the same devotion, wisdom, futures' thinking. I'll try to get out from
all unexpected (but very educational) business of 2018 and go further with
our co-operation ...
I couldn't leave out the great personality – Riga
itself.
The same can be said about Vilnius and Palanga.
More than hundred photos will remember me
those days.
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Reviewing and editing one of the chapters (1987+) in the book "Estonian
education 100" brought me invitations to presentations of Estonia-100
books. Up to now it is very enriching opportunity.
The presentation of the “Estonian Science - 100” took place at the Estonian
Academy of Sciences (EAS) House in Toompea. The former house of
Uexküll (freemason?) is so rich of art and symbols - and a great contrast to
its contemporary use. The book, published in the spring, is interesting,
exact and condensed. Although it is sad because the name index does not
contain any educator. Not mentioning at least the USSR Pedagogical
Academy Member Heino Liimets is meaningful. His theory of the pupil's
lifestyle as a whole was groundbreaking in his own time. He became an
honored doctor of several Western universities. It was really rare in Soviet
era. The honorable Academician, Member of EAS, Engelbrecht, said: "The
volume of the book was limited - everything did not fit in". What else he
could say to me …
8
Varik, V., Sirk, V. (2018). Eesti hariduse 100 aastat. (100 yearsyars of Estonian Education.) Sari EV
100. Tallinn: Post Factum.
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9
VÕTI - Republican Teacher In-Service Training Institute. It existed until 1989.
The Institute rganized in-service training and CPD for teachers in general education schools,
provided methodological materials, conducted research. The voluntary Public Pedagogical Research
Institute for teachers was organized worked as branch of VÕTI.
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10
Sarv, E.-S. (1997, 1996). Demokraatiast ja humanismist õpetajale: Eesti haridusuuendus - hariduse
demokratiseerumine ja humaniseerumine. (On democracy and humanism to teacher: Estonian
education renewal – democratization and humanization of education). Tallinn.
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We had agreed with Viive-Riina that in autumn when all the summer
holidays are over, and other tasks finished we will seriously overlook the
years of education renewal. There have been many mistakes and biases in
reflections of these years and events. This is due to the circumstances and
policies then as well as now, and lack of information. The role of some
people is underestimated or misrepresented because of someone's
position at that time (even the Wikipedia is far from objectivity and
truthfulness). We decided to set out a more detailed plan on the next
weekend when I am back from my hike.
Unfortunately, we met - paying last tributes to Viive-Riina. Her 80th jubilee
poster received an additional In Memoriam page. In the summer, many
people, colleagues were not available, but whom I found both in Estonia
and elsewhere - their words became a part of the poster.
Speakers: Ene-Mall Vernik-Tuubel. In the background - the poster that I was able
to compose in a few days.
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Speakers: Peep Leppik - Colleague from the Pedagogical Research Institute and
from the days of Educational Innovation. Imbi Henno - Viive's former doctoral
student. Maria Jürimäe - a Young employee of University of Tartu Curriculum
Development Center since 2000.
11
Eesti kasvatusteadlased oma akadeemilisest identiteedist ja selle kujunemisest. (Estonian
education scientists on their academic identity and its formation). V-R. Ruus. Materjal (In) E-S Sarv.
(2013). Akadeemiline habitus, akadeemiline identiteet. (Academic habitus, academic identity).
https://www.tlu.ee/opmat/ka/opiobjekt/akadeemilisest_identiteedist/viiveriina_ruus.html
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Inter-Estonia
agents - human,
work, cultural
Outer factors
environment -
global Technology
developments,
EU
Sustainability of
Estonia,
Education
For me, the universality of three main influencers (as on the scheme)
combines with two dimensions in the scenario Estonian Education - 2015:
inclusion versus exclusion/alienation, Innovation versus conservatism.
Here is the space for combination, foresight! Probably I can develop this
idea in future or – someone will use it in the Strategy-2035.
Ene Grauberg was very active and creative - every text was re-written and
developed several times, and upgraded and re-made… . Finally; the so-
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called Analytical Review 12 (164 pages) was completed, and the brief
summary (36 pages) for those team members and officials who may not
read the long text. A pretty big text (about 350 pages in my computer)
was released by ThinkTank Nord as a book at the end of the year.
I had too short time for perfect editing - some repetitions were left in
these texts (whether it is bad or not - repetition lets you remember and
observe better), the structure is a little jumpy, and so on. However - these
texts are meant for philosophical-perspective consideration of
professionals and interested people, not for the leisure time. After several
months, I read and thought it once more - an interesting-enlightening
whole.
In any case, the three scenarios deserve attention and consideration, and it
is a pity that the strategic groups overlook them:
12
Ene Grauberg, Ene-Silvia Sarv (toim/Ed.). (2018). Eesti jätkusuutlik areng: kutsehariduse ja
kõrghariduse stsenaariumid aastateks 2020–2035. Analüütiline dokument. (Sustainable
development of Estonia: scenarios of vocational and higher education for 2020 – 2035. The
analytical paper.) MoE.
https://www.hm.ee/sites/default/files/uuringud/Graubergi%20projekt.pdf
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13
The slides (in Estonian) : E-S Sarv. (2018). Johannes Käis – olulist tänastele ja homsetele
õpetajatele. https://www.scribd.com/presentation/409491075/E-S-Sarv-Johannes-Kais-olulist-
tanastele-ja-homsetele-opetajatele
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When I summarize why and in what way J Käis is important today, I came
up with a list (certainly not exhaustive):
• pedagogical-developmental basics - we can find them in all new,
including experience- and/or science-based pedagogical systems.
• Pupil and Learning-centeredness -
– Researching and considering the individuality of the child,
– Designing and implementing a learning process in a creative and
discovery manner.
• Well equipped Study room (subject laboratory); study visits / field-study
(experience, vitality).
• The participative and knowledge creative culture of his teacher-training
Seminar.
• Teacher self-development and in-service training (now called lifelong
learning, CPD).
• Today it is especially important to bring to reality the world of smart
phones: for discovering, for working with your hand and mind, for living
together.
It was surprising to consider, how much of Johannes Käis's ideas and his
Teacher Seminar principles had been survived in Estonian pedagogy and
school via Soviet years. Even more impressive was to find out how he tried
to make the best from Soviet pedagogy in his writings at the end of 40ies.
Even so, the most imposing for me was his observation and reading
journals ... and child-observation materials for teachers.
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A separate big chapter in 2018 was the support for Ukraine school
education and the development of teacher training for/in Georgia
universities (UNICEF-INNOVE project since 2015).
So: Lviv 22 - 25 February; Tbilisi February 26 - Mar 3.
Ukraine Education
For me, the most important was to see an interesting school, a great
teacher-company. The hub of the conference was the Ukrainian alpinist
Sergei, who has long tied with Georgia and who is building a children's
alpinist base there.
Школа, счастье
- исследования и реальность
Эне-Сильвия Сарв
Ukraine
Lviv
24 February 2018
One of the followings was the invitation to meet with the educational
leaders and teachers of the city of Torun in Poland. They came to study
good education of Estonia, attended several schools, gathered a lot of
impressions and questions. Three hours in Tallinn's Dzingli Hotel
conference room was full of expert thought developments. This I like!
In the end - a big joint photo was made. The organizer of the whole
thing, the headmaster of the school (who talked about democratic
school culture in Lviv) was elected Mayor of Torun in the summer, if I
got it right.
In summer, the MoE or/and local government wanted to close the Vinniki
school. The headmistress turned to all supporters via FB - please, write a
supportive letter! Of course, we did! This international support surprised
officials - and school survived.
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Seminar and group work were alive. As always, in Georgia, the work is
going quickly and sparingly. It would be good to understand Georgian
... But more or less you will understand whether it is going well. And
there is always someone who can give you an overview of what's
happening right now, be it English or Russian. (Already in the group
work methodology, I have added for rotators in foreign language new
role - the referent-interpreter). Presentations were made in Russian or
English and if necessary, specified and discussed in Georgian
language.
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later visited them via the INNOVE-UNICEF project). In any case, this
program was completely rewarding and allowed other university teams
to take a 'measure'. I commented it quite thoroughly to faculty
members. Mission nights are always filled with this kind of activity, +
some nice dinners that can't and won't be given up.
Good group-work,
seminars, discussions - we
became friends in the
course of these UNICEF-
Georgia & INNOVE-Estonia
missions (5+ years).
By the way - the Tbilisi Opera House has finally been restored. I had all
these 5 years observed it and waited ... and waited. Finally - here it was
- a glorious-golden 19th century. And their Carmen was really amazing!
Just imagine famous Georgian men-singing on the big stage. The
chorus had 60 singers ...
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Each month there are two Skype events - Club Evening and Talgu Academy.
The club is quite informal, communicating on actual issues, and is led by
Juss (Jüri Plink). Ideas come and go and intermingle. For Academy, Valdo
always prepares a (philosophical-methodological) summary of the previous
recordings and text/slides with new ideas for the academic session.
These are the Russian and Western thought classics + the latest
educational and future views of OECD, World Bank, UN, and other
publications.
It is Wisdom and Meanings, Turmoil and Integration to us ... - a gratifying
and always enriching co-creature.
The Talgu/hummings (?)-book has already 150+ pp. Some of the cultural
layers have been picked up, which were related to school physics and the
whole educational innovation.
14
Thinking hummings for organized, co-operative thinking with exact methodology and reflection
sounds great! (For me it associates with Asimov’s Found and Jim Botkin’s works, Club of Rome).
Thank You, Ruuta!
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What a soup (thanks to Maia!), and drums (Juss and margus), and intense co-thinking …
Rotators/whipboards15/hummings
Good (co-operative) thinking-bees that last for days, and for months or
years are not met in Estonia today. Their time was 2-3 decades earlier, at
the period of big changes and massive innovations.
Nowadays it is mostly meetings with prepared presentations ... The
Ministry of Education's strategy process (Strategy - 2035) is long, with
repetitive working group meetings. But, as much as I know - there are no
technologically organized collective thinking processes, maybe perhaps
elements only.
A one- or two-day rotator seems to be more affordable in today's world,
but rarely used anyway (well, sometimes there is world coffee, Open space,
etc.).
Although - the EURA process of the past showed the possibility of co-
operative thinking in three years and 100+ sessions (Estonian Talgujad
15
Whip-board is the exact translation from Estonian “kerilaud” used instead of the foreign "rotator."
Term “hummings” is the creation of 2019, but a really good one. Here I use all three words as
synonyms.
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and Ural ODI School, via Skype or webinar; led by Valdo Ruttas, 2009-
2012). The complicated Cyclotron-rhythm was developed and established.
Different experiences and knowledge of participants led to bright ideas
and to individual and to group knowledge creation. For me it was the best
example of how Nonaka and Takeuchi's model re-creates itself. We lose so
many human thought-energy, under-use human capital narrowing the co-
operation to prepared papers-meetings-voting as it was 100 and 200+
years ago.
Kontseptsioon
Toetudes
MAAKOGU ETTEMÕTLUSKERILAUD 2018 § kahele olulisimale allikale – oma kogemus/teadmine ja akadeemiline teoree4lis-
uurimuslik teadmine – ning
§ oma ideaalile ja tajule heast kogukonnast, ühisknnast ning tulevikuprognoosidele,
Maakogu ideest tajutavatele tendentsidele –
- inimesed, kogukonnad, kihelkonnakogud -
püüda
võrgustikuks saamine
• väljendada-kaardistada oleviku-tuleviku elu ja koostöö,
• diagnoosida Maakogu-kihelkonnakogu-kogukonna tänast olekut Ees<s , potentsiaale-
Agu Vissel võimalusi,
Ene-Silvia Sarv, § hinnata nende olulisust ja võimalikke arengusuundi,
Konsultandid - Valdo Ru7as, kõik osalejad § näha lahenduste spektrit (arvestades lokaalseid ja üle-ees4lisi,ka globaalseid arenguid),
§ visandada lahenduste realiseerimiseks vajalik tegevusväli ning visandada-kavandada
7. aprill, 2018 tegevusi-e?evõtmisi.
,
E-S Sarv 2018 1 E-S Sarv 2018 2
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Väljundeid
Some examples of introductory slides (1. slide. Idea: people, parishes, counties –
becoming a network. 2. Conception. 3. Possible outcomes.). Participants listening
to the presentation of the group at the general session. Group-work posters
(right) and table for participatory-evaluation (left).
Results: The tables and summaries of the presented ideas and activities
were believed to be the input of the County Handlers and Discussions - if
not officially, definitely through the participants. And these thoughts go
with everyone until they find an app. That's how it unfolds.
For me, the output was the article "The Strange Things in the Mind and
Work of the Estonian People". It was finished with 3 pages of references,
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Then, Agu's desire for the restart and/or gear shift (in Estonia) sounded
like an appropriate metaphor. Agu already highlighted these on the
educational / learning rotator (2017).
Why didn't the summative paper come to an end - I don't know anymore.
However, all materials and my outcomes-draft were sent to all participants
and to Estonian Council, as far as I know.
16
Sarv, E.-S. (1997). Ajastupilt ja haridus - üks võimalikest vaadetest Lyotardi rada järgides. (Time-
picture and Education – one possible view in footsteps of Lyotard.) Haridus 4, 25-29.
Sarv, E.-S. (1998). Eesti hariduse võimalikud minevikud. (Possible pasts of Estonian Education.) Rmt
Loogma, K, Sarv, E-S. (Koost. /Ed.). Eesti ühiskond ja haridus - 2015. (in - Estonian Society and
Education – 2015). Tallinn, 45 – 53.
Sarv, Ene-Silvia (2001). Eesti kui riskiühiskond : inimene ja haridus. (Estonia as Risk-Society: Human
/Person and Education.) . Eesti sotsiaalteaduste II aastakonverents : 23.-24. november 2001, Tartu :
teeside kogumik (119 - 120). Tartu: Tartu Ülikool
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Võimalik esmatulemus
Haridus-ihaluse teokssaamine
• Personaalse haridusideaali ja kollek4ivse ideaalide-ideede
PTGs “lehviku” või “spektri” ning kooli arenguvõimaluste
selitamine, teadvustamine
ARENGUKERILAUD
KONTEKSTIS
• Kerilaua rühmade tööst kujuneb kooli järgmise (Kool - 100)
21. sajandi 20ndate potentsiaal perioodi arengukava alus – visioon, missioon, tegevussuunad,
(+ käsit(l)us, uuring, ar4kkel, õppematerjal vm.)
Ene-Silvia Sarv
Protsess - Hariduskerilaud
27.-28. september 2018 - Keerutus – 3-tasemeline (inimene/õppija-õpetaja; õppekava/
õpikeskkond -kool; ühiskond/Pärnu/KOV/riik)
Pärnu Täiskasvanute Gümnaasium
- Sõelumine arengukava aspekBde ja arendus-ideede, tegevuste
Haapsalus
välja määratlemiseks.
Rühmad ja tak+d
Rühmad:
I - inimene (õppija, õpetaja, kooli töötaja)
Õ - õppekava (sh pädevused, õppevaldkonnad, jm + õpikeskkond, e-
keskkond jne)
K - kool – kui õppiv teadmus-organisatsioon, koolikultuur / kooli
majanduslik aspekt
V - Varia – kool, kogukond-ühiskond-riik, KOV, inimesed …
Tak+d:
4 sisu-takD +
5. kokkuvõte-refleksioon-jätkutegevused
Slide on left.
Protsessiskeem – sisutak.d rühmades The process – content tacts (I – IV:
(I, II, III, IV-A,B rühmatöö) group-work+ general session /
group presentations); V - value-
assessment and planning)
V
I IV EDASI
II III VÕIMALIKUD AVARDUNUD
IDEAAL- VÕIMALUSTE SAMMUD TEADVUSE I. IDEAL, DREAM, DESIRE - personal
UNISTUS- UNISTUSTE LEHVIK - IHALUSE
IDUDE BAASILT! dream, experience, knowledge, etc
IHALUS – võimalikud POOLE/
isiklik ADUMINE, Arengukava
arengud, tegevused,
unistus, kirjeldamine,
täpsustamine-
nende nende kontseptsioon, II. COMPREHEND INNOVATIONS,
kogemus, tugevused- sõelumine, edasised
teadmine täiendamine,
hindamine
nõrkused-ohud osalushinnang sammud. DESCRIPTION, SPECIFICATION,
uusimast jm Algatused PROTSESSI
REFLEKSIOON ADJUSTMENT, ASSESSMENT
III. OPPORTUNITIES FAN/SPECTRUM
E-S Sarv 2018
13 - possible developments, their
strengths, and weaknesses-threats
Some slides from introduction.
IV. POSSIBLE STEPS TOWARDS
DESIRE - activities, screening,
participatory assessment.
Initiatives.
V. FURTHER FROM THE EXPANDED
KNOWLEDGE BASE! - Concept of the
development plan, next steps.
PROCESS REFLECTION
The groups worked hard, focused. The school community was present,
including the pupils' representation and the local government…
As a group-work result - every poster was meaningful, content-rich. The
presentations flowed smoothly, the questions “did I understand correctly”
and the comments - sensitive, relevant, pedagogically broad.
About a third of teachers and school management did this kind of group
work with me earlier, preparing school's previous development plans - but
only as half-day sessions. They experienced other forms of group-
processes also.
Some dissatisfaction remained with me from this rotator - how the editors
came up with summaries and interpretations of the results and screenings
and how the development process progressed at school. I received my own
summary within a week or a half and passed on to school. (A new cycle of
editing Strategy-35 materials has already begun - a summary of papers
was needed for MoE). So the feeling was that the process continued to slip
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away. Of course, I trust the PAG people and the leaders absolutely, but
maybe they waited from me more ... or something else? Could it be a
consecutive and more precise process before sketching the rotator or -
exactly fixing it? However, these are a strong school and leadership -
wouldn't it have been their intruder intervention ...
In May, I got together with those students who were in my class in Tartu
(1970-71, Tartu 7th Secondary School. I was the form-mistress). My
memory is in the laboratory behind my physics classroom with Küllike and
Tiina: “Teacher, you are still here! We brought you one Nurri! ”. (Then these
tiny 20-gram chocolate bars were great news.) When I left school, I was
given a big-big yellow bear. It is still on the couch (today with a bit of a
state of affliction - many generations of children have gone over him).
Coffee-service with Moka-cups is nicely in the buffet and sometimes in use.
… And the intelligent Inge, and Harri - "surpriser", and the "carboy" Karl…
and Eha and Vaike… and the modest Enn, and Valeri ... Some are already
on the heavenly tracks, but the companions still remember them.
I've often been invited to these class meetings - I should have noticed
changes, but every time I am surprised - what ladies and gentlemen they
became now! Who is a lawyer, who is a business owner, a farmer who
works at the university, … just try to bring the names-faces together! As
always, they had a well-planned-organized reunion, and they know what
troubles anyone ... as it was in school-days.
Well, it's a great company! 50 years already!
A place for the reunion - a great Uhti tavern or pub or ... As always, the
girls had set the thing so that the boys were put into the production work:
the aprons were laid, and the cake has to be made. Well, this video stacked
on my computer is worth watching! Photos do not give everything…
Work! Work! Enn, Harri, Valeri, Karl,…. - every one making their own…
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So this party lasted without me - and for a long time, as I heard later! Girls
take care of those who need to sleep in their lord-room before they go
home ... No one is allowed to fool around: "We know them from school
time and know how to keep everyone alive." Well, I remember one and the
other ... for the sins of the children, I got reprimanded from their parents,
and I tried to relieve the mischief.
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There is still someone who organizes the class together (FB is a great
help!), this time - Kaja Peebo (now Raid). The upstairs restaurant of the
Tartu bus station was really nice. It was convenient for passengers from
Tallinn to come and go. We talked about what everyone is doing, how are
the families, we looked at each other and the pictures ... There was no talk
about politics, but about household and gardening and hobbies and work.
On the left - Tiiu Uibo (now Otsus) - a great friend in school years and later. We went to
the Literary Olympics together, we were in the camp with music and poetry folk (Milli
Lõhmus/Toon, Raimo Kangro, Tiina Vabrit/Shubin, Udo Otsus) in Kabli-beach and Kihnu-
island in the storm of 1967. In the same picture, there is our class organizer Kalli and a
rower Helle. Tiiu always seems to me as a school-desk-neighbor (desks were always for
two those days), although we didn't really sit together - she was (probably in the last
class) on the first desk; I was with Aime - at the 2nd table.
On the right picture - desk-mate Aime Kuldre (now Paavel). We studied car repair specialty
in production education at high school together with boys. Other girls were all sellers and
chefs. The third closest friend and desk-mate Melita was this time missing ...
Of the few boys, only Kalju Tisler was present - we played with him in a
wind/brass orchestra and sometimes in a school band.
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Girls became grandmothers, solid and stylish. Most are already retired.
There is a great sports-lady Kaja, who is now active as an administrator in
the Estonian National Museum. Most are busy as grandparents.
End of October. I just finished editing the texts of the so-called Grauberg
project (input to Education - 2035 strategy). Now I hurried to edit the
English articles for the Baltic educational history as the language-editor
was waiting for the materials to get paid before the end of the year.
Unexpectedly - there are e-mails and a phone call from the Substitute
Teachers NGO on the last days of school-holiday. The physics teacher left
the school suddenly and there is no-one to go to classrooms next week.
Come and teach all the physics, 25 lessons, for one week, please! These
were my university-students, which founded this NGO and were now on the
phone. School tried to find someone, but the physics teachers are deficit in
Estonia. ... With conflicting feeling I agreed. It was a big responsibility.
Teacher left no information about pupils (except marks and topic-titles in
the e-school journal) and did not answer the school-head's calls. And I will
have such a big editorial work to do next month ...
Well – I started with a group work, to get to know how they think in
general, where are misunderstandings, and - what is their attitude to
learning? The Teacher in me was still there, and physics as well …
The first “Physics for me” on the big wall in the classroom was pale (in content),
didn't show experience in systems-visualization (categorization, etc.). (Well –
some bright discoveries were present in every grade.) It was good to know! So via
physics we started to get familiar with learning styles, thought model, thought
experiment (poster at right), systems-approach and complexity. Physics is the best
tool to understand a universe, nature near-by, the kitchen and even the human
world.
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Univers/Cosmos
Galaxies, stars, cosmic ma9er, planets, …
processes
Diagram of the physics system I created for my pupils. It suits to all classes, but
the explanation varies according to age and program topics, snd student’s
mindset. School physics slide-series did cover student group-work on “physics for
me” and physics as science. The system approach is natural for some people;
others need to build the system as small steps.
As new teachers were found only for primary school, there were another
2.5 months to teach in high school classes. It cannot say that I was totally
happy with myself. Focusing on the school was an episode beside all other
responsibilities I had. Only now, in January, can I see what the 12th class
needed, and how in the 11th grade potentially "deep physicists" are
confused with pure humanitarian ... Let them forgive me, which didn't
come out and look at the slide-series in e-school. There is a development-
basics for anyone who just wants to learn.
20 years had passed since the last school year, and the necessary self-
made materials were no longer there. I created many topical slide shows,
some self-assessment rubrics, and found some experimental videos in the
Internet. Most of all I liked two slideshows for pre-Christmas hours -
• For school physics from today - stars and events,
• Sapere aude - dare to be wise (thanks gorthis idea thanks to the old
colleague, school physicist Indrek Peil!).
Physics let you talk about everything - from philosophy to feeling, from cell
to politics.
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Substitute Teachers NGO - thank you for this unbelievable and incredible
experience. The "pushing" me to "TV3's pride" gave me the chance to do
PR for teachers. Tabasalu School Youth Council (Risto, Steven) and other
school-students - thank you for giving such a positive response to my first
school weeks. In fact, the students were very sympathetic and the general
atmosphere in the school as well.
During those weeks some things I started - happened, and some - didn't.
Teaching and physics are like cycling - you don't forget but be ready!
One of the brightest impressions of school life was the Business Day.
The wafers and booklets of student companies that were purchased in the
Day went on Christmas gifts to grandchildren.
A great aside. A small second-class boy was standing in front of the ice-cream
table of student companies and looked. Stepped a-step away and back again…
"Do you want ice cream?" I have no money ... "Nothing, wrong! Take - uncle will
give you one". (Dialogue between the little boy and the "uncle" Risto from 11th
grade). Well, that's great! You had to see it!
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One of the TV3 tape photos I like the most. They may sue me for copyright
infringement (but there is my face, and the scarf is a mine!). …
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In that dignified line, I was the oldest and for a tiny act. And the smallest one,
this 5-year-old boy was there for the greatest act: he saved one life in his
summer, his father's life, who had been seriously wounded by a big pull…
It is good that these approaches (finally) are also linked and emphasized
outside education, pedagogy, and education. It is the way that "real
science" begins to discover - recognize and recommend to education what
has long been known and done there; if not in mainstream education,
alternative and innovative educations were available and free for
innovations. Sometimes modern existed just under another name.
Thus, the complexity was one of the central themes of the CECE
Comparative Education Research Conference in Copenhagen (2002, e.g.Dr.
Mason18 from Hong Kong and others). I was sitting next to him at the lunch
table, and the story went out of theory to school. Together with Raivo
Vilu 19 , we wrote an article for the EEF in 1997 in Ida-Viru School
Development, where the concept of complexity was used (school
development as a complex field, which included different communities, as
well). Complexity and system thinking in the 2008 book on Teacher
Study 20 were already presented in the structure of research and
interpretations. Students made cooperative projects on this subject each
year21.
17
The sustainable social construction of the future depends on effective education and effective
application of sciences. Dr Alberto Zucconi - Maailma Kunstide ja Teaduse Akadeemia varahoidja,
Maailma Ülikoolide Konsortsiumi peasekretär.
18
Mason, M. (Ed.). Complexity Theory and the Philosophy of Education. Wiley-Blackwell Publisher.
19
Sarv, E.-S., Vilu, R. (1997). Ida-Virumaa kool(-i arendus) - virtuaalsete (kultuuri-) kogukondade
loomise ja arendamise tiigel. (Development of East-Viru County Schools as Melting-pot of Virtual
Cultural Communities.) Rmt Hariduse tugisüsteemid paljukultuurilises Eestis, Ida Virumaal. (in
Support Systems of Education in Multi-Cultural Estonia, in East-Viru County.) Jõhvi: Eesti
Haridusfoorum`97, 35 – 44.
20
Sarv, Ene-Silvia. (2008). Õpetaja ja kool õpilase arengu toetajana. Õpetaja enesest ja
koolist.(Teacher and school as supporters of pupils’s development. Teacher on her/himself and on
school.) Toim L Pallas, K-E Kont. Tallinn: Tallinna Ülikooli Kirjastus (raamat +CD, Statistilised lisad: L
Pallas). Ptk 1, 2. http://www.scribd.com/doc/74205796
21
Nt: Ailar Lyra, Kai Rei, Kadri Siller, Maarja Tinn, Mirjam Meremaa-Pärn, Piret Jaagu. (2009).
Inimuuringud ja kompelkssuse teooriad. (Personality research and complexity.) Kooperatiivse
tõlke kokkuvõte J. Horni artiklist. Tallinn, TLÜ.
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The same story is with concepts like reflection, holistic, and value-
centered. This "we knew for a long time" is merely a statement. In order to
reach mainstream thinking and education, it is necessary that these "big"
and "real" and "hard" sciences/scientists/influencers discover this
knowledge and talk about it. "Talk - it is important".
The education day at the Ugala Hall in Viljandi and the State Gymnasium
was crowded. Panel discussions and group work were meaningful. The
summaries appear as a compendium on the EHF website, I hope. For my
part, I wrote a summary of the group on educational research and the
integration of formal and non-formal education (the group I was asked to
lead).
Ugala Theter Hall in Viljandi long before the start of Congress. In the foreground,
Jüri Jürivee - a long-term director of a vocational school and a member of the EEF
panel and board (he passed away in 2019).
Since input from Viljandi day was also expected to be included into the
MoE 2035 strategy, I formulated the need to:
• achieve formal teacher status (including salary, etc.) for out-of-school
teachers (museum teachers, etc.),
• begin to consider (as a burden) extra-lessons and weekend activities for
students with teachers,
• integrate extra-curricular museum time and other learnings (and also in
workplace training and in-service training) into the curriculum for general
education.
But the importance of this day and of Congress itself for the educational
people was certainly greater than the proposals for the MoE.
I missed the conclusive day in Estonia Theatre - school week behind and
the other coming … and editing the articles was still in progress.
To conclude
The 10 -15 pages were planned but came ... instead. Some things are
listed above. Some only referenced in the Appendix. And some are out of
the way - nice knitwear from sister Malle, bike tours to Juhani's plant in
Kivimäe and to the Baltic station market (strawberry and mushroom), pear-
stick from a giant-pear tree in Madara's garden, refrigeration stuffing with
strawberries and more…
It was such a pleasure to see friends from the "becoming" years and to
meet the same devotion, wisdom, futures' thinking. I'll try to get out from
all unexpected (but very educational) business of 2018 and go further with
our co-operation ...
Self-discovery does not end; good people are predominant in the world -
some are leaving this world; others are born; children-grandchildren are
exciting to watch and live with (and let them go ...). In my mind, they are
always present. Friends are everywhere - over the years; spiritual ties are
getting stronger when they are kept in mind - at least once every week,
everyone.
Keep going! With pleasure and enjoyment and doing that you can ...
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Madara Lillevilla
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Content-editing
Ene Grauberg project (Sustainable development of Estonia: scenaria of vocational and higher education
for 2020 – 2035. The analytical paper.) MoE.
https://www.hm.ee/sites/default/files/uuringud/Graubergi%20projekt.pdf
a) Editorial work (repeatedly):
Analytic text, 165 pp,
Book, 350 pp,
Summary, 36 pp;
b) Texts by E-S Sarv ca 20 pp (author mantioned in footnotes) :
Overview of Bologna process,
Overview of Estonian Futures Scenarios,
Schema fot futures scenarios on VET and gigher education (4);
Book Estonian Education 100 - Review of the Educational Innovation Chapter (for
the publisher);
Reviewing and commenting on the Georgia Teacher Training (MA) Framework
Program, and Batumi and Telavi University Teacher Training Programs.
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Compiled-formatted
Research:
The role of the middle tier in high-performing education systems: Estonia. 23 pp.
- interview with key-informer, sources analysis, overview, and conclusions. (Nov-
Dec, UK research project from EERA colleagues S. Bubb et al.);
Articles
(in addition to Baltic educational history articles)
Ene-Silvia Sarv. (2018). Learner and (learning) society in the 21st century Estonia.
Estonian Educational Forum-2017 on the basis of participatory evaluation. 16 p.
https://www.scribd.com/document/370665322/O-ppija-ja-pop-hiskondon-21-
sajan-Estonia-E-S-Sarv
https://www.haridusfoorum.ee/kogumikud/kogumik-2017-avaleht/õppija-ja-õpi-
ühiskond-21-sajandi-eestis-ene-silvia-sarv
Ene-Silvia Sarv. (2018). Learner and (learning) society 21st century Estonia.
Estonian Educational Forum-2017 on the basis of an evaluation table. 25 p. With
photos. https://www.scribd.com/document/370669572/E-S-Sarv-O-power-and-
community-21-2th-Estonia-Photo
Horn, E-S. (2018). Estonia's Future Scenarios and School. (Manuscript, author's
possession.)
Other activities
Presentations: