Monday, April 26, 2010

Finland's Education Success



Saw this video about Finland's education system in youtube. Find it interesting to share with everyone.

Here goes the description of the video
When it comes to international results, Finland's schools score consistently at the top.
However, pupils study the fewest number of class hours in the developed world.
The BBC travels to Helsinki to find out the secret of the Finns' education success.
Some of the points from the video

The first lesson about school in Finland is relax (0:38)
Learning foreign language here is seen as key (1:32)
Learning is more like a team game (1:56)
The best and worst students in any subject stay in the same class (2:00)
There might be more than one teacher in each class (2:30)
Trust between students and teacher (3:04), trust between teachers and head teacher (3:34)
Peer teaching from corporations (e.g. Nokia)
Their system success is build upon the idea of "less can be more", where you have relax school, free from politician, where nobody gets left behind. (6:40)

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