The schools in Finland are the model for the entire world. They do better by spending less in the school.
What are the languages they speak? Most students name atleast two languages.
English Swedish Finnish German French
How these students are able to learn this may languages despite spending less time in school than many countries?
Strange and counter intutive points from here.
1. Less home work
2. Say no to multiple choice questions
3. School is about finding your happiness finding what you know, finding what you learn and what makes you happy
4. Teach everything to kids: music, singing, art, drawing, etc.
5. When you move to a new city, we don't ask for the best school. It is never a question. Because all schools are same.
5. There is nothing different from one school to another in the entire country. They are all the same.
6. It is illegal in Finland to set up a school and charge tution. This makes sure that the rich parents have to make sure that the public schools are great.
The one thing i disagree in this video is about what to tell people on what they want to be. I defer from what the teacher at 7:10 says telling that you can be anything you want to be when you grow up is a lie. Even though it is a lie, at very young age (atleast 15 years old) the interest of the students should as diverse as possible. They should not be forced to focus on a single thing unless the wanted. Isn't completely different from the core idea of the video?
What makes the students to like something or unlike something? It is entirely based on the way they are brought up, the people they meet, the environment. In such environment, it is not a correct way to focus on what the students want. I am not sure at what age the students focus should be narrowed down.
The end of the video says very important points.
1. Try to teach kids to think for themselves
2. Be critical to what you learn
3. Try to teach student sto be happy person
4. Teach to respect to others and themselves.
Another followup video (which Youtube suggested after watching the above video)
What if Finland's great teachers taught in your schools?
