Tuesday, November 29, 2016 3:34:37 PM
When Finnish Teachers Work in America’s Public Schools
"What the U.S. can’t learn from Finland"
There are more restrictions to professional freedom in the United States, and the educators find the school day overly rigid.
Timothy D. Walker Nov 28, 2016 Education
“I have been very tired—more tired and confused than I have ever been in my life,” Kristiina Chartouni, a veteran Finnish educator who began teaching American high-school students this autumn, said in an email. “I am supposedly doing what I love, but I don't recognize this profession as the one that I fell in love with in Finland.”
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“You give people more autonomy when you’re confident that they can do the job if they have it,” he said. “And the countries that give [teachers] more autonomy successfully are countries that have made an enormous investment in changing the pool from which they are selecting their teachers, then they make a much bigger investment than we do in the education of their future teachers, then they make a much bigger investment in the support of those teachers once they become teachers. If you don’t do all those things, and all you do is give more autonomy to teachers, watch out.”
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/11/when-finnish-teachers-work-in-americas-public-schools/508685/
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11 Ways Finland’s Education System Shows Us that “Less is More”.
April 15, 2015 / kellyj1111
https://fillingmymap.com/2015/04/15/11-ways-finlands-education-system-shows-us-that-less-is-more/
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The 10 smartest countries based on maths and science
Matthew Speiser
May 14, 2015, 12:30 PM
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Thomas Galvez
Singapore is the smartest country in the world, followed by Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Finland, Estonia, Switzerland, Netherlands and Canada rounding out the top 10.
The BBC says this is the conclusion of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an economic think tank that outlined its findings in a new report ranking countries’ school systems based on students maths and science test scores.
The report — which the BBC received early access to — will be formally presented at the World Education Forum in South Korea next week.
Of the 76 countries ranked, the top half is largely dominated by Asian nations, the BBC reports. European countries take up a majority of spots 5 through 30 in the rankings, and the United States sits at the tail end of the top third, tied at 28th with Italy. The bottom half of the rankings feature mostly African and Latin American countries.
The bottom 10? Saudi Arabia at 66th, followed by Colombia, Qatar, Indonesia, Botswana, Peru, Oman, Morocco, Honduras, South Africa, and Ghana in last place.
Complete Rankings:
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/the-10-smartest-countries-based-on-math-and-science-2015-5
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Why Do So Many Japanese Schoolchildren Kill Themselves?
In 2014, suicide was the leading cause of death for Japanese children aged between 10 and 19.
On 11/8/15 at 6:42 PM
This article first appeared in The Wilson Quarterly.
To Western ears, the date of September 1 sounds benign. In Japan, however, it carries a mournful burden. It’s the date that many of Japan’s schools reopen after summer vacation.
It’s also the day that Japanese children are most likely to kill themselves.
http://europe.newsweek.com/why-do-so-many-japanese-schoolchildren-kill-themselves-336206?rm=eu
"What the U.S. can’t learn from Finland"
There are more restrictions to professional freedom in the United States, and the educators find the school day overly rigid.
Timothy D. Walker Nov 28, 2016 Education
“I have been very tired—more tired and confused than I have ever been in my life,” Kristiina Chartouni, a veteran Finnish educator who began teaching American high-school students this autumn, said in an email. “I am supposedly doing what I love, but I don't recognize this profession as the one that I fell in love with in Finland.”
[...]
“You give people more autonomy when you’re confident that they can do the job if they have it,” he said. “And the countries that give [teachers] more autonomy successfully are countries that have made an enormous investment in changing the pool from which they are selecting their teachers, then they make a much bigger investment than we do in the education of their future teachers, then they make a much bigger investment in the support of those teachers once they become teachers. If you don’t do all those things, and all you do is give more autonomy to teachers, watch out.”
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/11/when-finnish-teachers-work-in-americas-public-schools/508685/
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11 Ways Finland’s Education System Shows Us that “Less is More”.
April 15, 2015 / kellyj1111
https://fillingmymap.com/2015/04/15/11-ways-finlands-education-system-shows-us-that-less-is-more/
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The 10 smartest countries based on maths and science
Matthew Speiser
May 14, 2015, 12:30 PM
g Thomas Galvez
Singapore is the smartest country in the world, followed by Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Finland, Estonia, Switzerland, Netherlands and Canada rounding out the top 10.
The BBC says this is the conclusion of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an economic think tank that outlined its findings in a new report ranking countries’ school systems based on students maths and science test scores.
The report — which the BBC received early access to — will be formally presented at the World Education Forum in South Korea next week.
Of the 76 countries ranked, the top half is largely dominated by Asian nations, the BBC reports. European countries take up a majority of spots 5 through 30 in the rankings, and the United States sits at the tail end of the top third, tied at 28th with Italy. The bottom half of the rankings feature mostly African and Latin American countries.
The bottom 10? Saudi Arabia at 66th, followed by Colombia, Qatar, Indonesia, Botswana, Peru, Oman, Morocco, Honduras, South Africa, and Ghana in last place.
Complete Rankings:
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/the-10-smartest-countries-based-on-math-and-science-2015-5
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Why Do So Many Japanese Schoolchildren Kill Themselves?
In 2014, suicide was the leading cause of death for Japanese children aged between 10 and 19.
On 11/8/15 at 6:42 PM
This article first appeared in The Wilson Quarterly.
To Western ears, the date of September 1 sounds benign. In Japan, however, it carries a mournful burden. It’s the date that many of Japan’s schools reopen after summer vacation.
It’s also the day that Japanese children are most likely to kill themselves.
http://europe.newsweek.com/why-do-so-many-japanese-schoolchildren-kill-themselves-336206?rm=eu
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”
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