Watch video of Pasi Sahlberg speaking Dec. 9 on "Finnish Lessons: What can the world learn from educational change in Finland?"
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John Dalziel's curator insight,
September 22, 2014 3:37 AM
Post-its on the desktop or Start Screen can be extremely helpful for remembering small but important amounts of information.
DrAlfonso Orozco C.'s curator insight,
April 21, 2015 2:11 PM
Terminas bien Tu Educaciòn? ..--Finnish Education.
AnnC's curator insight,
September 30, 2013 7:20 PM
We need to create a culture that respects the teaching profession as much as any other as will create our future leaders.
Vrinda Boodram's curator insight,
December 6, 2013 6:48 PM
I applaud the approach on education taken by Finland. Staying clear of a content-driven, test-based system is clearly the way to go based on their success rate! Relying on standardized testing to measure students’ success only demoralizes the ability of the students (especially those who are not good test-takers), and even the teachers since they too are judged and evaluated based on how their students perform. Testing tolerance simply strips children of their confidence and teachers of their ability to creatively teach, and as a result disables children from achieving their maximum potential.
The respect that Finnish teachers have is also drastically different to that of the U.S. where the notorious phrase is, “those can’t do, teach.” The enforcement of educators having a Masters degree and undergoing extensive training for entry and preparation seems to be the reason why that level of respect is upheld. The fact that only one of ten teachers is accepted to teacher colleges is a clear indication of the rigour and competitiveness of the program. This type of structure ensures that only the best of the best become teachers of the future leaders of the nation.
PeterT's curator insight,
August 30, 2013 8:45 AM
I have been on the BERA Council for several years so you might expect me to be pro educational research. Indeed, I do genuinly believe that education research matters and spend quite a lot of my time engaging with research. However, I think that this report helps to illustrate some of the problems with outcomes from educational research - its often wordy, self-serving and lacks punch.
I was hoping for a hard hitting report that gave convincing concrete examples of educational research that had impacted on practice (either directly or through the development of theory) - I wasn't convinced by what I read. :O(
Robert Farrow's curator insight,
April 12, 2013 4:23 AM
If The Aristotlian Society are finally embracing online dissemination then surely the rest of philosophy will eventually follow... even if they are a bit late to the party!
Vicki Butler's curator insight,
March 18, 2013 11:50 AM
We often think of ice breakers at the beginning of a school year or at the introduction of a new course. These could be used through out the year.
alistairm 's curator insight,
May 3, 2013 4:00 AM
Great to see the student's work! This is a nice example that veers creatively into flipped classroom territory.
Viljenka Savli (http://www2.arnes.si/~sopvsavl/)'s curator insight,
October 24, 2013 6:31 AM
I like collections of apps that are meant for certain topic or activity. Here is given a list and examples of apps for content creation. |
Baiba Svenca's curator insight,
March 9, 2015 9:16 AM
Check out how you can use PowerPoint not only for creating presentations but also for interactive quizzes.
Isabel García's curator insight,
March 10, 2015 11:44 AM
Sirve para crear test, encuestas, etc..., usando enlaces . Se elige una respuesta, si es la respuesta equivocada, regresas a la pregunta para intentarlo otra vez. No pasas a la pregunta siguiente hasta que no aciertes la pregunta.
Lynn Ochs's curator insight,
October 27, 2013 5:09 PM
Openers, Icebreakers - can be done with Web 2.0 tools like wallwisher
PeterT's curator insight,
August 30, 2013 3:54 AM
This could equally well have been categorised under assessment (http://www.scoop.it/t/assessment-by-peter-twining).
Knowing what works will become more important than knowing why it works - though we will still need theory. This has massive implications for research (as well as practice).
I have to say that the notion that the challenge to privacy of big data is more like 'Minority Report' than '1984' is somewhat terrifying!
Tibshirani's curator insight,
March 16, 2013 2:20 PM
Very true we all learn best when ti si our idea. Witnessed it in class during curiosity block.
Carmenne Kalyaniwala-Thapliyal's curator insight,
March 26, 2013 4:40 PM
Yes sure, but how much can one allow students to decide? Shouldn't there be some degree of control?
GIBS Information Centre / GIBSIC's curator insight,
January 31, 2013 1:38 AM
E-learning/mobile learning, course design and emerging technology |