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What makes Finland’s education system the best in the world? – TES Primary – Blog – TES Primary – TES Community via kwout
Nicki Berry who has taught in the UK school system for 16 years and who is now currently teaching in Finland suggests that two other factors other than Masters-qualified teachers, pedagogical freedom and curriculum flexibility contribute to Finnish students high PISA scores. The two other significant success factors are:
- Finnish students are happy and relaxed – Finish students have the freedom and unsupervised playtime than they need to become adventurous, healthy, inquisitive learners because they do not live in a culture of anxiety like UK and American children.
- Finnish students are not left behind – Teachers are given the time and financial resources to help all Finnish students succeed.
It is really unfortunate that simple things like creating a safe and nurturing learning environment that fosters freedom, unsupervised playtime and inquisitiveness is something that is lacking in North America.
Great reminder that in order to be productive we need to have control and perspective.
Our lives are measured by:
The individual people who’s lives we have blessed
I have to thank my wonderful wife Marilyn for sharing this video with me and with sharing this belief. We are raising our boys to follow their passions. According to the popular saying:
“If you do what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life.”
My twist on this popular quote:
“If you make your passion your profession you will never work a day in your life.”
If we do follow this sage advice perhaps we will then heed Fredrick Douglas’ admonition:
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”