Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Education Practices in Several Countries

Gabrielle Thormann

ET

Doyle, W. (2016). How Finland broke every rule and created a top school system. The Hechinger Report. Retrieved from:
http://hechingerreport.org/how-finland-broke-every-rule-and-created-a-top-school-system/

A journalist writes an opinion piece about his child’s education in a remote corner of Finland.  Personalized learning is implemented, but few computers/technologies are present in this classroom.  Children have freedoms that are not seen in American classrooms, and students are guided to self-assess and peer assess.  Teams of trusted professionals have the freedom to ‘innovate and experiment,’ and teachers teach when have a masters in education, not after 5 to 6 weeks of training. 

Summary

This article is an overview of the best of the Finnish teaching system.  In between paragraphs and key points links to other related articles are inserted.  These articles reference overarching concerns such as the growing achievement gap between rich and poor as recently studied in 33 countries, as well as focusing on other countries’ educational issues: Estonia, China, Denmark.

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