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Summary: This article reports on a visit to Finland by several US State Teachers of the Year and their reaction to what they have learned about the Finnish system of education.

A few days later The Answer Sheet reprinted a compelling letter from Diane Ravitch to Deborah Meier reporting on her visit to Finland and on the Finnish system of education.

Not exact matches

Other researchers point to the model of Finland, where educational theories, research methodologies and practice are all important parts of teacher education, according to Pasi Sahlberg, who in 2011 wrote Finnish Lessons, an account of how the country rebuilt its education system and rose to the top of international math and literacy rankings.

However, the Finnish education system is based on «educational equality», where they aim to minimise the influence of the social and economic backgrounds of the schools.

My observations of the Finnish education system match those of Kurt and Gavin's: it's about quality teachers, personalised learning and formative assessment.

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Only a few education tourists to Finland have an opportunity to explore this 162 - year - old establishment of Finnish education system in depth.

The Finnish Education System therefore can be characterised by trust, freedom, flexibility and a concern to put the wellbeing of children at the forefront, with teachers contributing to a supportive and close relationship with their students balanced with delivering appropriate content and providing a high standard of academic direction in an equitable manner.

As director general of the Centre for International Mobility and Cooperation under the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture, Visiting Professor Pasi Sahlberg is constantly contacted by media outlets and education experts across the world wanting to know how Finland, with an unremarkable education system just a few decades ago, has surged ahead to become one of the international leaders in education, scoring at the top or near the top on the ever - important PISA survey for neaEducation and Culture, Visiting Professor Pasi Sahlberg is constantly contacted by media outlets and education experts across the world wanting to know how Finland, with an unremarkable education system just a few decades ago, has surged ahead to become one of the international leaders in education, scoring at the top or near the top on the ever - important PISA survey for neaeducation experts across the world wanting to know how Finland, with an unremarkable education system just a few decades ago, has surged ahead to become one of the international leaders in education, scoring at the top or near the top on the ever - important PISA survey for neaeducation system just a few decades ago, has surged ahead to become one of the international leaders in education, scoring at the top or near the top on the ever - important PISA survey for neaeducation, scoring at the top or near the top on the ever - important PISA survey for nearly 15...

Their mission: to experience firsthand the daily lives of the people behind the highly successful Finnish education system.

«It [the education system] is run like a marketplace rather than a professional place,» Sahlberg, the author of Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland?

Since the year 2000, the Finnish school system has been one of the most examined K - 12 education systems in the world.

Sahlberg said that it wasn't necessarily about moving the Finnish education system like a box and bringing it to America, but perhaps taking pieces of it and applying it.

«Benchmarking education systems in terms of how they work, as well as their outcomes, has become a common practice around the world,» said Pasi Sahlberg, a visiting professor of practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the author of the 2011 book Finnish Lessoneducation systems in terms of how they work, as well as their outcomes, has become a common practice around the world,» said Pasi Sahlberg, a visiting professor of practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the author of the 2011 book Finnish LessonEducation and the author of the 2011 book Finnish Lessons.»

Pasi Sahlberg goes out of his way to emphasize that his book Finnish Lessons is not meant as a how - to guide for fixing the education systems of other countries.

On Wednesday, March 28, 2013 a Google Hangout took place at the University of Helsinki's Teacher Education Center (Minerva Plaza), bringing together US and Finnish students, teachers, parents and leaders from multiple timezones to articulate the core beliefs behind the Finnish Education System.

A question I have is: How can what I learn about the Finnish system help refine my lens in terms of ways education might serve as an economic leveler as opposed to being an institution that reinforces social economic status and opportunity?

Any Finnish educator will say that Finland improved its public education system not by privatizing its schools or constantly testing its students, but by investing in the preparation, support, and retention of excellent teachers.

These included a strong vision of and value for public education in which almost Finnish children participate as the creator of Finland's future society; resulting high status for the country's teaching profession whose members are stringently selected through rigorous university - based teacher education programs that confer Masters degrees on all of them; a widespread culture of collaboration in curriculum development among teachers in each school district; an equally robust culture of collaboration among all partners in strong local municipalities where most curriculum and other policy decisions are made; and a system of widespread cooperation and trust instead of US - style test - based accountability.

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Each step in the development of the modern Finnish education system built sensibly on those that went before, from the creation of a unified comprehensive education structure, to national curriculum guidelines, to a restructuring of teacher education, with responsibility for teacher training moving to Finland's universities.