|
23-06-2012, 09:40 AM
|
#1 |
|
Special Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Jhumri Tillaiya
Posts: 2,429
Rep Power: 22   |
26 Amazing Facts About Finland's Unorthodox Education System
|
|
|
|
23-06-2012, 09:41 AM
|
#2 |
|
Special Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Jhumri Tillaiya
Posts: 2,429
Rep Power: 22 |
Re: 26 Amazing Facts About Finland's Unorthodox Education System
Since it implemented huge education reforms 40 years ago, Finland's school system has consistently come at the top for the international rankings for education systems.
So how do they do it? |
|
|
|
|
23-06-2012, 09:41 AM
|
#3 |
|
Special Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Jhumri Tillaiya
Posts: 2,429
Rep Power: 22 |
Re: 26 Amazing Facts About Finland's Unorthodox Education System
Finnish children don't start school until they are 7.
|
|
|
|
|
23-06-2012, 09:42 AM
|
#4 |
|
Special Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Jhumri Tillaiya
Posts: 2,429
Rep Power: 22 |
Re: 26 Amazing Facts About Finland's Unorthodox Education System
They rarely take exams or do homework until they are well into their teens.
|
|
|
|
|
23-06-2012, 09:43 AM
|
#5 |
|
Special Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Jhumri Tillaiya
Posts: 2,429
Rep Power: 22 |
Re: 26 Amazing Facts About Finland's Unorthodox Education System
The children are not measured at all for the first six years of their education.
|
|
|
|
|
23-06-2012, 09:43 AM
|
#6 |
|
Special Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Jhumri Tillaiya
Posts: 2,429
Rep Power: 22 |
Re: 26 Amazing Facts About Finland's Unorthodox Education System
There is only one mandatory standardized test in Finland, taken when children are 16.
|
|
|
|
|
23-06-2012, 09:43 AM
|
#7 |
|
Special Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Jhumri Tillaiya
Posts: 2,429
Rep Power: 22 |
Re: 26 Amazing Facts About Finland's Unorthodox Education System
All children, clever or not, are taught in the same classrooms.
|
|
|
|
|
23-06-2012, 09:44 AM
|
#8 |
|
Special Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Jhumri Tillaiya
Posts: 2,429
Rep Power: 22 |
Re: 26 Amazing Facts About Finland's Unorthodox Education System
Finland spends around 30 percent less per student than the United States.
|
|
|
|
|
23-06-2012, 09:44 AM
|
#9 |
|
Special Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Jhumri Tillaiya
Posts: 2,429
Rep Power: 22 |
Re: 26 Amazing Facts About Finland's Unorthodox Education System
30 percent of children receive extra help during their first nine years of school.
|
|
|
|
|
23-06-2012, 09:44 AM
|
#10 |
|
Special Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Jhumri Tillaiya
Posts: 2,429
Rep Power: 22 |
Re: 26 Amazing Facts About Finland's Unorthodox Education System
66 percent of students go to college.
|
|
|
|
 |
| Bookmarks |
|
|
Linear Mode
