Elen
21st July 2017, 12:32
EDUCATION
The Finish way…and this is the way to do it IMO.
The teachers are looked upon as "elders" and are given respect, there is no stress or pressure. From experiencing no competition comes a competitive nation in areas of inventions a entrepreneurship.
In Finland they leave no child behind.
Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting. There are no inspectors, no exams until the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no school uniforms. Children address teachers by their first names. Even 15-year-olds do no more than 30 minutes' homework a night. Less is more…think about it.
The national curriculum is confined to broad outlines. All teachers take five-year degree courses (there are no fast tracks) and, if they intend to work in primary schools, are thoroughly immersed in educational theory. They teach only four lessons daily, and their professional autonomy is sacrosanct. So attractive (some might say cushy) is a teacher's life that there are 10 applicants for every place on a primary education course, only 10-15% drop out of a teaching career, but only top students can become teachers.
The students are actually inspecting the teachers as they are free to visit any classroom and if they are to become teachers, they are able to learn the routines and abilities of other teachers for when they start teaching themselves. All is based on trust, where the municipality trust the teachers and the teachers in turn, trust the students. They said it took 50 years to learn to trust.
It's more important to be able to think than to be able to repeat subject matters…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGfeU9s46p8
The Finish way…and this is the way to do it IMO.
The teachers are looked upon as "elders" and are given respect, there is no stress or pressure. From experiencing no competition comes a competitive nation in areas of inventions a entrepreneurship.
In Finland they leave no child behind.
Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting. There are no inspectors, no exams until the age of 18, no school league tables, no private tuition industry, no school uniforms. Children address teachers by their first names. Even 15-year-olds do no more than 30 minutes' homework a night. Less is more…think about it.
The national curriculum is confined to broad outlines. All teachers take five-year degree courses (there are no fast tracks) and, if they intend to work in primary schools, are thoroughly immersed in educational theory. They teach only four lessons daily, and their professional autonomy is sacrosanct. So attractive (some might say cushy) is a teacher's life that there are 10 applicants for every place on a primary education course, only 10-15% drop out of a teaching career, but only top students can become teachers.
The students are actually inspecting the teachers as they are free to visit any classroom and if they are to become teachers, they are able to learn the routines and abilities of other teachers for when they start teaching themselves. All is based on trust, where the municipality trust the teachers and the teachers in turn, trust the students. They said it took 50 years to learn to trust.
It's more important to be able to think than to be able to repeat subject matters…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGfeU9s46p8