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I do not think the policy will  work and be implemented. Chinese and Chinese school have strong incentives to do a lot of homework for the colledge entrance examination. If that can't be changed , the no-homework policy will be on the paper only.

I love this blog because it is from the point of view of an American teacher who teaches in Finlad. What better way to understand the pros and cons of finish education than from someone who has tought both? 

At every point in history, every civilization has encountered bloodshed to fight for it’s independence. The same applies to Finland. Although today Finland stands atop the education pyramid while regularly ranking in the top percentile of the world, the journey was not easy. I would love to teach peace to children since they are the future. Education can also teach equal rights and responsibilities to children of all civilizations. Perhaps one day, the fine line of thinking one human being greater than another will cease to exist. This lesson can begin in the classroom. Take Finland as an example - a country once oppressed by Sweden and Russia - now ranks highest in the world in education after gaining its independence. Why should any country therefore undergo oppression? Perhaps teaching children this valuable lesson will have a positive effect on the leaders of the future.

Dr. Harry Wong mentioned that Finland's educational model involves trusting their teachers. Think about it. When schools overmanage their teachers are they not taking their staff's focus away from teaching through the implementation of checklists and rigid process controls?

If the children in the classroom are learning then the teacher must be teaching, but this opens up a whole other can of worms: How do you measure the learning? What is learning - how does one define and measure it in a 21st century digital world?

Have a look at the Finnish method.

In Finland there is also a development in mental health practice known as Open Dialogue. Look it up. In Nottingham there is a group of people trying to bring Open Dialogue to the UK starting locally. What is it? It is a way of treating people in distress with real care and understanding rather than sedating them with drugs and labeling them Psychotic for life with on going prescriptions. The best way to avoid side affects. It is a real education so do look up more about this and look out for MHAW in Nottingham where you can find an event focuswd on Open Dialogue in the orange leaflet out soon in Libraries and GP surgeries.

15-åriga finska elever har fått fortfarande bästa resultat i internationella PISA-studier. Därför talar man om den "mytiska finska undervisningen". Jag tror att bakom den där framgången är viljan att lära sig. De förflutna tider har inte varit lätta för Finland. Kampen mot fattigdom, kampen för nationell existens, kampen för ett eget språk. Är det möjligt att just den hårda kampen har påverkat finnarna så att uppskattningen av kultur, bildning och lärning har utvecklat särskilt kraftigt bland medborgare? Jag bara frågar.