By Joseph Jay Williams, Doctoral Candidate University of California Berkeley, Research Assistant CEI.
Finland has received a great deal of attention for the quality of their education system. In fact, Dr. Mason is giving a keynote presentation at a Finnish University this summer, on Heart Centered Education.
Below is a post and infographic from OnlineClasses.org with their thoughts on why Finland is so successful (original post is here):
To some people, Finland isn’t a whole lot more than a chilly, northern country boasting a population of around 5 million people. Whether you’ve been to Finland or not, you probably haven’t had the chance to take an up-close and personal look at one of Finland’s greatest accomplishments to date’”its high-achieving education system. Students in Finland have, over the past several years, risen to the top of the academic food-chain, and they’ve become some of the top scholarly performers in the world. Compared to many other developed nations, including the US and Canada, Finland’s high school graduation rates have continued to grow steadily and impressively. Furthermore, a huge percentage of students continue on to earn college degrees, and students at all levels perform exceedingly well on standardized tests. So what’s Finland’s secret? It’s hard to say for sure, but some good guesses as to the source of their success include respecting their teachers highly, assigning students less homework and more recess time, and keeping standardized testing to a minimum. The following infographic takes an in-depth look at some of the details behind Finland’s educational system, and what makes it work so well.
This Graphic was obtained from OnlineClasses.org
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