Sanna Nummela

Biography

Sanna Nummela MSc. (Business Economics) is Service Director at EduCluster Finland, University of Jyväskylä Group, specializing in curricula processes and models and professional development programs in the vocational sector and basic education.

Having conducted professional development programs in Europe and Asia, she has been involved in Finnish education innovation for some 20 years, teaching and learning at both vocational education and higher education levels. Her core expertise is in marketing, customer service, service design, and entrepreneurship. Over her career, she has worked in business life, in the fields of commerce and catering.

As a developer of vocational education in Finland, she was involved in various development initiatives. Qualified as a teacher, she has recently developed school-based approaches involving curricula convergence through problem-based and phenomenon-based learning transversals, work-based training, and competence-based learning.