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Sinem Hizli Alkan

Is China trying to emulate Finland? - 9 views

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shared by Sinem Hizli Alkan on 30 Sep 13 - No Cached
  • ibrahim tanrikulu on 03 Oct 13
     
    it seems that we will try to go to some Chinese Universities in ten years time, instead of Europe or States.
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  • anonymous on 03 Oct 13
     
    The scandinavian pioneering role in school reforms has a long tradition. It is not only the comprehensive-school-system which makes Finnland a top-performer. Many countries are trying to emulate Finland and more equal opportunities in education can be a good progress. But why is Finnland a top-performer? In my opinion it could be PISA which is responsible for the comparison of school systems. PISA is criticized by many researchers, so first we have to scrutinize whether Finland can be a prototype.
  • Sinem Hizli Alkan on 03 Oct 13
     
    According to the latest scores of PISA, it seems like we all start to search how China and South Corea is doing in their education systems. As for the question why Finland is a top-performer, there are several aspects to explain it. I think, initially, teacher education comes first and equality and equity in education follow this. Therefore they show up as top thanks to PISA. Their school tradition, history of both economics and education, population and mentality of learning could be obstacles to make it as a prototype and compare with some countries.
  • anonymous on 03 Oct 13
     
    My aim was not to call Finland as a top-performer into question. I want to criticize PISA and their purposes. For example the test-structure are determining the results, so if sth. would be changed, another country will be the top-performer. I found an interesting critique: http://www.univie.ac.at/pisaaccordingtopisa/pisazufolgepisa.pdf But maybe I failed the original topic, because that article doesn't discuss PISA.
  • Evrim Baran on 05 Oct 13
     
    We had the same conversation here with my colleagues from Belgium and Netherlands the outcomes that PISA is measuring. It is after all measuring certain outcomes that OECD wants to measure. We also have to be careful in taking Finland as a model and such comparative approach just like mentioned in a series of reports that Christian shared.
  • Mustafa İlkhan on 05 Oct 13
     
    PISA is a big goal for policy makers. They want to success even they don't believe, because it makes country popular as seen above:) We have to focus on real indicators like development... And here is an infographic about Finland's educational system: http://slowrobot.com/i/43651#
  • Hatice Çilsalar on 06 Oct 13
     
    In my oppinion, we couldnot seek the other countries' educational systems, at the begining of possible educational reform process. Before this, students profile and the reasons behind the problems have to be analysed; such as economic and social problems, teacher's competencies, subject matter, schools' physical equipments, etc. As I mentioned, before analysing other countries systems, we have to analyse our educational systems indetail and clearly. From that point, solutions can be seeked and useful after determination fo the problems..
  • Sinem Hizli Alkan on 07 Oct 13
     
    Now I understand your point, Christian. Thanks for sharing that pdf, I think that is related with the article since it discusses the whole structure of PISA which is showed as a scale. And for sure,that might happen that another country would be top according to another kind of testing but still there is a hard fact about Finland and their school culture. I have seen that infographic before but I feel the need to correct some issues there according to my stay in Finland. For instance, it says that there are no seperate classrooms for accelerated learning or special education but there are many of them. As for homeworks, this saying of having rarely homework is not actually reflecting the reality. They do have homeworks but the definiton of it might cause misunderstandings;)
  • Mustafa İlkhan on 07 Oct 13
     
    Thank you Sinem for correcting the infographic's assumptions. I would like to hear more about your experiences in Finland.
  • filizbezci on 07 Oct 13
     
    In my opinion education policy of the countries do not be planned based on the students' academic achievement. Real achievement of an education system could be observed as individuals' adaptation to life. For example the main vision of the elementary science curriculum defined by Ministry of National Education of Turkey [MONE] (2005) is that regardless of the individual differences of students, they are educated to become scientifically literate, the uniqueness nature of the learner; background and culture of the learners and motivation of the learners were taken into consideration in the development of the curriculum (MONE, 2005), but putting those in the practice is very difficult.
  • filizbezci on 07 Oct 13
     
    Also, as mentioned in the text "… those results come at the cost of one of the highest levels of student anxiety in the world." Anxiety is very important and big research area in educational psychology also the news in the link http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-04/10/content_9710997.htm exemplifies its importance in Chinese case.
busra-

Flow by MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI - 0 views

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learning anxiety boredom challenge skill flow

shared by busra- on 23 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • Özlem Tantu on 23 Nov 15
     
    This animated video explains Mihaly CSIKSZENTMIHALYI's Flow Theory. So, how much of your time do you feel in the apathy part of the graph?
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  • Mine Önal on 23 Nov 15
     
    The video contains good examples explaining flow theory.
  • busra- on 14 Nov 16
     
    I haven't read this book before, but as I understand from the book review, it worth to be read. I suggest you to watch this review for understanding the relationship between challenge and skill better.
  • Serap Sarıkaya on 14 Nov 16
     
    A good summary of the flow ;)
ibrahim tanrikulu

An alternative schooling model in Turkey - 2 views

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Learning Çocuk

shared by ibrahim tanrikulu on 31 Oct 13 - No Cached
  • ibrahim tanrikulu on 31 Oct 13
     
    Bu okulda öğrencileri okuldan soğutacak hiç bir uygulama yok. Özel okul statüsünde ancak kar amacı güdülmüyor. Bütçesi velilerin katılımıyla bir kooperatif tarafından karşılanıyor. İlk şubesi Bodrum'da açılan okulun ikinci şubesi için İzmir'de çalışmalar başlatıldı.
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  • Yelda Sarıkaya-Erdem on 31 Oct 13
     
    A learner-centred school in Turkey? I really wonder how these students will perform at university entrance exam. Pass or fail? I am really curious about the results.
  • ibrahim tanrikulu on 01 Nov 13
     
    I cjecked the socie-economic status of the families. Families seem to be high in terms of socie-economic status. This made me think that the students will not worry about university enterance exams, since they will have some opportunity to enter some private ones.
  • Evrim Baran on 01 Nov 13
     
    Yess, this is the school I mentioned earlier and I couldn't remember their name. I also follow them on Twitter. Such an innovative approach! I think we need more alternative models. Also think about the pedagogical approach in these schools and their relations to Situated Learning. Check out: "http://www.baskabirokulmumkun.net/bbom/biz-kimiz/"
  • Burcu Korkusuz on 03 Nov 13
     
    I think this is certainly a more situated-learning based school as there is no exam threat :) However, we should completely change the system, if we want to apply this schooling all over Turkey. With our system, we can't even fulfill "learning" because of the hundreds of exams. We just try to pass the exams with grade anxiety. Also, what about the socio-economically disadvantaged schools? They don't have such a luxury, I think.
  • Aysegul Solar on 05 Nov 13
     
    participants for building democracy, non profit organization, interdisciplinary teachers, students are decision makers, it reminded me the society centered curriculum and the ideas in conflictand the Dewey's popular saying "school is a miniature society" :)
  • afranur on 06 Nov 13
     
    most probably you have heard that Summerhill School in England. It is a boarding school founded by A.S. Neill in 1921 and its basic principle is the school should be made to fit the child, rather than the child should be made to fit the school. I think the one in Turkey might be founded based on the Summerhill School. here is is website for more information; www.summerhillschool.co.uk
  • canannn on 06 Nov 13
     
    There is this point that I totally agree with Burcu about disadvantaged groups. Also whenever I think about examples like Sudbury Valley, I get impressed by the idea of getting rid of exam threat. But for our country, we have to change like everything, the belief systems, the culture, the attitudes. We have a lot do to in that respect, even if our main intention to make just a small change.
leventmetu

ANN LESLIE BROWN - 3 views

Ann Leslie Brown (1943-1999) was an educational psychologist who developed methods for teaching children to be better learners. Her interest in the human memory brought Brown to focus on active mem...

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