When I mention Finland abroad, the person I talk to might know my country from its famous education system. What is it all about?
Read this informative Finnish Education in a Nutshell (2016) as pre-reading before Monday's class.
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Linda
After reading this preview, I am able to understand what are the most important pillars of the Finnish well-known educational system that have lead the country to the top world position on this argument.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, it comes out the state invests many economical resources in order to provide free education for its students and to put them in the best conditions to succeed. In addition, huge investments help the state on contrasting social problems, such as unemployment and alcoholism, which can cause public money wasting.
Then it’s possible to underline the key-role played by the teacher through the entire school career of the student: this figure is responsible for the growing and development of student’s skills. This is the reason why the attention of the state is focused on providing teachers a pre-service and continuous education, according to the fact the Finnish education system has no dead-ends.
Lastly, this kind of educational method allows the student to have a lot of free time, especially during the childhood, which can be used to develop his own interests and grow his network for the future.
I agree with you, Francesco! Very interesting arguments you point out. It takes many resources to fund the education system. I thought Finland would spend a lot of its GDP on education, but check this out! Here are the OECD statistics on public spending on education. https://data.oecd.org/eduresource/public-spending-on-education.htm
ReplyDeleteOECD (2016), Public spending on education (indicator). doi: 10.1787/f99b45d0-en (Accessed on 09 October 2016)
What exactly does it mean that upper secondary education is modular? It sounds like an interesting approach.
ReplyDeleteThe system itself seems quite well designed.
Good question? What do you think "upper secondary education is modular" means?
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