After reading the articles on the education system of Finland, what are some of the ways in which the Finnish education system is drastically different from the American system? How do our schools compare to their schools in your opinion? What are some of the aspects of the Finnish system that you would like to see here in the USA?
After reading the articles on the education system of Finland, what are some of the ways in which the Finnish education system is drastically different from the American system? How do our schools compare to their schools in your opinion? What are some of the aspects of the Finnish system that you would like to see here in the USA?
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The Finnish education system is drastically different from the American system due to the fact that they have better standardized tests, more time for play, college is free, and there are elevated teaching professions. The Finland school system is greater due to the fact that they focus on the students mental health and well being. Some of the aspects of the Finnish system I would like to see here in the United States would be free college tuition as well as more free time and less homework for students.
ReplyDeletethe finish education system is better. they have 15 minute breaks, free colleges and have way less homework. (no homework though would be better because it doesn't help at all and all it does it make you grades worse and stress you out.) i want all the finish things to be added to american schooling.
ReplyDeleteFinland education is a lot different that what is like in the United States. Some of the main reasons for this include that college is free, they build in more time for "play" and relaxing into the average school day, they have better standardized tests, and more focus on the wellbeing of their students.Our schools compare to them because our schools are a bit more strict, limited free time and a somewhat significant amount of homework. I think it would be great to see some of these ways in our country such as free college education, and more time spent on the well being of students.
ReplyDeleteFinland is different than US school systems it is one of the most developing country. they have better standardized test. they have more time to play. All teachers are treated like professors. College is free to students. I would like to see college being free in the US.
ReplyDeletethe Finnish educational system is very different and much better than the system in the united states. students only take one standardized test in their entire school career. they give the kids much more unstructured play time and give the students by law a 15 minute break for every 45 minutes of schooling. it is free to attend university in Finland which is a far cry from the massive debt almost every college student in America finds themselves in after schooling. they also place more value on their teachers as educators. these Finnish schools put ours to shame and I would like to see any of these examples implemented in the united states.
ReplyDeleteThe Finland education system offers a comprehensive education to its population with emphasis on a learner centered approach in evaluating the performance of the students. In other words, the system does not put emphasis on the use of high stake formal examinations to gauge the academic strength of the students.
ReplyDeleteI read the first and third article. In Finland, students only take one standardized test during their entire schooling career, while here in America, students take standardized tests all the time. Finnish students spend about 3.3 total hours less on homework per week than American students, which leads to more free time for Finnish students. College is free in Finland, but college is far from free in the United States, and teachers are treated with much more respect than in America. Finnish teachers typically make more money than American teachers, despite having a less stressful job overall. In my opinion, our schools here in the United States do not do as good a job as the schools in Finland in a variety of ways. Although I believe our education system is pretty good as a whole, it can definitely be improved. I would like to see less standardized tests in the USA, less homework, and more respect for teachers as a profound profession. Free college would also be nice but would be unrealistic in our capitalist society.
ReplyDeleteEducation has drastically evolved in Finland compared to the rest of the globe. The Finnish style of educating has taken on a freelance style where it pushes kids to create rather than repeat. Instead of standardization the goal is customization with a broad wide range of learning rather than 5 core subjects that get taught daily at institutions across the U.S. In comparison to the U.S. the Finnish have taken a modern approach to teaching with innovative strategies and new technologies than to keep using the same outdated text book that makes school more of a memory test than learning. The Finnish system strives to improve student growth with a desire for them to adsorb the info so they dont forget the subject within a couple of weeks as most U.S. students do.
ReplyDeleteI like the fact that Finnish schools only require one standardized test during primary and secondary school. In contrast students in American schools are required to take on every year from third grade into High school. The amount of homework that Finnish students get a week is a full four hours less than American students(6.1 compared to 2.8). I would like the American educational system to stop forcing standardized testing, these tests are unnecessary and cause stress for the students. Less homework allows kids more time to participate in sports, and work. Teachers should be allowed to design their own core subjects. There are things we learn about that are useless, I don't need to know calculus I need to know how money works and how to manage finances.
ReplyDeleteIn Finland, they take only one standardized test throughout their schooling and it is at the end of their high school career.It is graded by humans not computers. Finnish students spend 2.1 hours on homework a week where as Americans spend 6.8 hours doing homework. College is free in Finland. While also teaching is a much more valued position in Finland. I think that this the reason our school system is worse then Finland. They are able to learn without the fear or burden of doing so much work. They have more time to be free so they are less stressed during their work. I would like it if we had less homework so that we would have less stress and could focus more
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Some way that Finnish school systems are different than that of the american system is that Finnish students only take one standardized test during their entire primary and secondary schooling. While , the US, driven by No Child Left Behind and Common Core mandates, requires students in third through eighth grade to take annual standardized tests to track their performance.Students in Finland spend relatively little time on homework. Finnish students spend 2.8 hours a week on homework. While American students spend 6.1 hours a week on homework , which can be seen as a significant difference. By law, In Finland, teachers must give students a 15-minute break for every 45 minutes of instruction. While students in their U.S only get a half an hour break which is usually seen as their lunch period. College in Finland all the way up to a doctoral degree is free, while the U.S has a high price on continuing one's education. The teachers in Finland are treated way better than that of American teachers. In Finland teachers are treated like professors and given good annual salary and even spend less time during the day teaching than that of US teachers.Teachers in Finland are also not strictly enforced by governmental regulations as the US teachers are , but instead have the freedom to innovate and reform teaching methods that work for each specific group of children. While in the US there are so many laws and regulations that go into creating a teacher's curriculum that doesn't allow teachers freedom to teach how they want to teach hence restricting children's learning abilities. In my opinion I believe that Finnish schools are way more advanced when it comes to teaching style , i believe that if the US had less strict laws and regulations and was way more laid back like that of Finland then the US too would be up there in bed educational systems in the world. The US seriously needs to reform the educational system as well as put more money into it if they want to even compare to these other countries that put much more time and money into their education.
ReplyDeleteFinland's education system is a lot different from ours. They have a lot less homework than us. They're ranked number 12 in world while were ranked number 36. Finland also gets free college.
ReplyDeleteFinnish education is drastically much different then the American education system. Finland students are required to take a National Matriculation Exam at the end of high school and graded by the teachers themselves. whereas the U.S. has required to give students standardized tests throughout third to eighth grade. Critics do say that " constant testing doesn't make students any smarter but instead creates a "teaching of the test" I would not like to be obligated to test whereas it has been proven for the most part does not fulfill the requirement of learning.
ReplyDeleteFinland is an innovative country when it comes to education. Students in Finland spend relatively little time on homework, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Finns place a lot of value on free time and play. By law, teachers must give students a 15-minute break for every 45 minutes of instruction. It's a different story in the US where kids typically get less than half an hour of recess every day. In Finland, not only are bachelor degree programs completely free of tuition fees, so are master and doctoral programs. Students pursue higher education goals without the mountains of student loan debt that many American students face.
ReplyDeleteFinland's educational system is vastly different from the United States' system. The schools in Finland are ranked 12 in the world and have shorter hours. Also, the teachers are paid more compared to American teachers who get $3,000 less that. Children only have 30 minutes of break compared to the 15 minutes for every 45 minutes the children spend in class. One of the major differences is that the Finnish children are given one standardized test throughout all of their school and American children are given standardized test starting in 3rd grade. Personally I would what I would like to see in the United States is free college and less standardized testing.
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