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DESCRIPTION:A COVID-19 virus pandemic spread globally within months since e
 arly 2020.  It has affected practically all societies and all sectors of l
 ife. Also secondary level and higher education have had to undergo dramati
 c changes.\nFinland took heavy steps to fight the epidemic: the government
  declared a state of emergency in mid-March 2020\, and all education insti
 tutions were closed for two months.  Lighter limitations have been in effe
 ct ever since. Police University College\, the only police education insti
 tution in the country\, transferred approx. 75 % of teaching in degree pro
 grammes into distance mode within weeks. Not surprisingly\, a large part o
 f these activities was relatively improvised at the early phase.  However\
 , the quality of teaching has allegedly improved with time.  Simultaneousl
 y\, practical training soon continued\, although only in modified smaller 
 student groups.\nThis presentation aims to provide an early assessment of 
 the experiences of COVID-19 epidemic from a police education viewpoint.  A
 lready at this early stage a few lessons are obvious: 1) teachers' compete
 ncies in distance teaching have improved considerably\, 2) confusion of th
 e pros and cons of different platforms has faded away\, 3) students' expec
 tations concerning distance learning have increased\, 4) the hype around d
 igital paedagogy has vanished\, and 5) conceptions of what cannot or shoul
 d not be taught virtually have improved.  Some questions remain and answer
 ing them will require a deeper analysis.  The following are examples: 1) H
 ow does increased distance learning influence socialization of future poli
 ce officers?  2) Does a digital approach to police education affect teamwo
 rk skills and the mutual trust of future police officers? 3) Is it possibl
 e to condition police students into appropriate values and attitudes virtu
 ally?  Based on these considerations an attempt is made to pave the way to
 wards future police education.
DTSTAMP:20210425T013927Z
LOCATION:Featured Presentations
SUMMARY:COVID-19: The legacy of the pandemic in police education - Kimmo Hi
 mberg
URL:https://conference.cepol.europa.eu/cepol-online-conference-2021/talk/Z9
 ADBX/
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