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Wed, 12 Jan 2005
What we need is less time in class?
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WorldChanging had an interesting article about the Finnish school systems, which, according to some study, are now the best in the world:
Maybe it's the schools themselves. Students stay in the same school from about age 7 to 16. Schools are local, community-based affairs, with extremely low turnover in their teaching staffs and strong expectations on parents. Students are all expected to study languages, math and science (and in Finland, girls now outperform boys on science tests). Two thirds of them go to university.
On the other hand, maybe the secret is what they don't do: Finnish students spend less time in class than students in any other industrialized nation.
Given that Finland is affluent, ethnically homogeneous, and has a relatively sedentary population (i.e., people tend to stay where they're born much more than in North America), it'd be surprising if its schools didn't work.
Posted by Greg Wilson at Wed Jan 12 12:03:17 2005
Posted by Greg Wilson at Wed Jan 12 12:03:17 2005
I've felt for some time that a lot of what we're asking public schools in the US to do is act as local parents - basically babysitting and watching - our kids. I'm talking completely out of ignorance, but I how the kids in Finnland spend their time when not in school...
Posted by Joe at Sun Jan 16 12:32:12 2005
Posted by Joe at Sun Jan 16 12:32:12 2005
"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education." -Albert Einstein
How true.. but unfortunately, not all students would seek learning on their own.
Posted by Elliot Lee at Tue Jan 18 20:07:17 2005
How true.. but unfortunately, not all students would seek learning on their own.
Posted by Elliot Lee at Tue Jan 18 20:07:17 2005
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