Finland has vastly improved in reading, math and science literacy over the past decade in large part because its teachers are trusted to do whatever it takes to turn young lives around.
Why Are Finland's Schools Successful? | People & Places | Smithsonian Magazine - 0 views
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“This is what we do every day, prepare kids for life.”
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“Whatever it takes” is an attitude that drives not just Kirkkojarvi’s 30 teachers, but most of Finland’s 62,000 educators in 3,500 schools from Lapland to Turku—professionals selected from the top 10 percent of the nation’s graduates to earn a required master’s degree in education
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Groff doesn’t dispute that mastery is important and that students need to learn age-appropriate content, but she also argues it’s equally important to develop students’ ability to go beyond that, to question and apply learning in new situations
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1.Learners have to be at the center of what happens in the classroom
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2. Learning is a social practice and can’t happen alone
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One theme that has already emerged is the prevalence of trust that schools and their faculties will do what is in the best interest of students.
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“We train the people and then leave it to them. The focus is on teacher professionalism. We talk about central steering, not central control.”
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Key decisions, such as class size and textbook selection, are locally controlled.
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