The finalists have been chosen

The difficult process to choose the 2012 winner of Universeum’s Educator Prize is well underway.

The jury has narrowed the field of 40 or so nominees down to nine entrants who will go on to the next round, and will therefore be required to submit a complete description of their teaching:

Ingela Bursjöö

Johannebergs Montessori 6-9

Helena Sagar, Elisabeth, Settergren, Helena Strömbom, Anna Kölby, Carina Lesseur och Roger Streling

Kullaviksskolan åk 7-9

Ingrid Pettersson, Sara Nilsson, Carola Södergren, Kristina Johansson, Marianne Salomonsson

Kyrktåsjö skola förskoleklass - åk 6

Linda Larsson och Johan Lantz

Karlbergsskolan i Köping åk 6-9

Cecilia Persson

Gullbrandstorpsskolan, åk 6-9

Bertram Stenlund Fridell och Martin Snickars

Vimarskolan åk. 7-9, Vimmerby

Bengt Ekegärd

Rödabergsskolan, åk7-9

Mikael Almqvist och Katarina Karlsson

Nya Varvets Skola år 4-6

Jerker Porat

Karlsängsskolan 7-9, Nora kommun

Ceremony at Universeum

The winner will be awarded this year’s Educator Prize and SEK 100,000 kronor at Universeum on 12 December.

The prize money goes to the whole school, either to develop teachers’ skills in science, technology or maths, or to further develop the winning concept.

Read more