Pasi Sahlberg is Finnish educator, teacher, and academic.
He has worked as a schoolteacher, teacher-educator, researcher, and policy-advisor in Finland, and he has helped school principals and education system leaders around the world to transform teaching and learning in schools. He is a recipient of several awards for his lifelong service for better and fairer education for all, including the 2012 Education Award (Finland), the 2014 Robert Owen Award (Scotland), the 2016 Lego Prize (Denmark), Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Resident Fellowship in 2017, and Dr Paul Brock Memorial Medal in 2021. In 2013 his book “Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland” won the prestigious Grawemeyer Award in the U.S. for an idea that has potential to change the world. His most recent books include “Let the Children Play: How more play will save our schools and help children thrive” (2019, with William Doyle) and “In Teachers We Trust: The Finnish way to world-class schools” (2021, with Tim Walker). Pasi was professor of education at the UNSW Sydney and Southern Cross University, and he is currently Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Pasi lives in South Melbourne with his wife and two sons.
Presentation: Fast track to transforming Australian primary schools
Workshop: Let the children play!