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The Finnish educational system has been lauded as an example to be followed since the early 2000s when the country appeared on the top of the rankings of an international test known as PISA. Countless articles have been written to praise or criticise it but there's been a lot of misinformation spread about it in the media.
This Washington Post article attempts to clear up any misunderstandings and paint a more realistic picture of what Finnish schools are really like. Important lessons include that schools shouldn't be run as businesses, teaching shouldn't be considered as an easily attained craft and assessment shouldn't be determined by literacy and numeracy scores alone.
Some common misunderstandings include viewing the educational system in isolation (in reality educational outcomes can't be explained by what's done in schools alone), that Finnish schools don't have homework (they do), that subjects have been replaced by interdisciplinary projects (schools are required to design at least one week-long project for all students that is interdisciplinary but regular subjects remain and take up most of the time).
Finally one important thing to remember about the Finnish school system is that it is fairly decentralised. The state decides the national core curriculum, a fairly loose regulatory document in terms of what schools should teach, how they arrange their work and the desired outcomes. Then it's up to the education providers to draw up local curricula and annual work plans on the basis of the national core curriculum. Therefore, there's a lot of variation from one school to the next.
Submitted September 01, 2019 at 03:48PM by Naurgul https://ift.tt/2ZqWSF3
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