Teach like finland

It’s no secret that other countries are out-performing American students in standardized achievement testing. What is impressive is the way in which Finland is doing so, and the Finnish teachers an…

Seems pretty clear where we need to start fixing education in the US!

Leah Ruesink | Literacy Coach on Instagram: "🌟Why are students in Finnish schools outperforming students in the U.S. and other countries? (A series, ✨PART 1✨) I was in Finland and a few other Nordic countries this summer visiting schools, curious as to why Finland consistently ranks at the top of PISA (a global educational survey including 37 participating counties). I’ll highlight a few potential reasons- the first is… ▪️Looping! “Instead of teaching a new cohort of students each…

In an era of technology and easily accessible information, our schools still expect us to know everything from the books without considering whether this is going to be what we will actually need in our professional development. How often have you wondered if you were going to need subjects you were made to learn because the curriculum said so? Finland has decided to change this in their educational system and introduce something suitable for the 21st century. Instead of classes in physics…

Phenomenon based learning is a holistic approach to education where students learn through topics and themes rather than subject areas.

Much has been made of Finland’s incredibly successful education system. In the 1960s, faced with economic turmoil after a series of smaller wars throughout the World War II years, Finnish Parliament made the wise realization that the best investment for economic recovery was in the children of the country

The Finish education system. For more info, watch the documentary "The Finland Phenomenon."

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