Role of Teachers
1)Well-trained teachers who create lessons to fit their students.
2)Teachers must hold master’s degrees, and the profession is highly competitive: More than 40 people may apply for a single job. Their salaries are similar to those of U.S. teachers, but they generally have more freedom.
3)They have a very relaxed, back-to-basics approach. Schools have no sports teams, marching bands or prom.
4)Teachers pick books and customize lessons as they shape students to national standards. in contrast to other countries where education is like like a car factory. In Finland, the teachers are like entrepreneurs
Reading and No language Barrier
1)One explanation for the Finns’ success is their love of reading. Parents of newborns receive a government-paid gift pack that includes a picture book. Some libraries are attached to shopping malls, and a book bus travels to more remote neighborhoods like a Good Humor truck.
2)Finland shares its language with no other country, and even the most popular English-language books are translated here long after they are first published.Movies and TV shows have Finnish subtitles instead of dubbing.
Lesser Disparties
1)FinLand has homogeneous population, teachers have few students who don’t speak Finnish.
2)There are fewer disparities in education and income levels among Finns.
Free Education
1)Finns spend $7,500 per student and government provides education for free.
2)Finland’s high-tax government provides roughly equal per-pupil funding.The gap between Finland’s best- and worst-performing schools is the smallest of any country
No Peer Pressure
1)Finnish students have little angstata — or teen angst — about getting into the best university, and no worries about paying for it. College is free.
2)There is competition for college based on academic specialties — medical school, for instance. But even the best universities don’t have the elite status of a Harvard.
3)Taking away the competition of getting into the “right schools” allows Finnish children to enjoy a less-pressured childhood.
4)Finns don’t begin school until age 7
Self -Reliance at Young Age
1)Once school starts, the Finns are more self-reliant.At lunch, they pick out their own meals, which all schools give free, and carry the trays to lunch tables.
3)There is no Internet filter in the school library. They can walk in their socks during class, but at home even the very young are expected to lace up their own skates or put on their own skis.
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