1. Schools in Finland L@W Stina Metsalo 19/03/2014

2. Not trueSometimesTrue Finland UK School usually starts at the age of 7.

3. Not trueSometimesTrue Finland UK Pupils respect the teachers.

4. Not trueSometimesTrue Finland UK There are often learning assistants in the lessons.

5. Not trueSometimesTrue Finland UK The teaching methods vary a lot.

6. Not trueSometimesTrue Finland UK Parents can “buy” a good education for their children.

7. Not trueSometimesTrue Finland UK The school lunch is healthy.

8.  http://www.minedu.fi/export/sites/default/OPM/Koul utus/koulutusjaerjestelmae/liitteet/finnish_education. pdf http://www.minedu.fi/export/sites/default/OPM/Koul utus/koulutusjaerjestelmae/liitteet/finnish_education. pdf  Free to the pupils:  All education (primary, secondary, upper secondary, tertiary)  Textbooks and other materials, tools etc.  Daily lunch  School health care and other welfare services  Guidance and support in learning Education system in Finland

9. Finland  Lots of learning assistants  Varying teaching methods  Pupils often disrespectful  98,2% of all schools are state-funded comprehensive schools  Schools don’t compete  No observations  Not test-focused  A 15 min break after each 45 min lesson England  Lots of learning assistants  Varying teaching methods  Pupils sometimes disrespectful  Private schools and comprehensive schools  “Good schools and bad schools”  Ofsted and observations  Test-focused  Only few breaks during the school day

11. “The report also shows that school food can have other purposes than to achieve direct effects in relation to health and learning. Food in Finnish schools, for example, is defined as an arena for learning and establishing a proper social interaction.” - Nordic Council of Ministers’ (Norden) report on the relationship between school meals and children's health and learning skills

12. “Our schools teach the children to learn, not to do well in tests.” - Pasi Sahlberg, Doctor of Education, former teacher

13. “The basic conclusion is that you must trust the teachers, you must have the teachers with you.” – Professor Leif Lewin (Uppsala University, Sweden) commented Sweden’s poor Pisa-results to tes-magazine (tes 21.2.2014) “They [Finnish teachers] have a large degree of autonomy, because they are professionals.” - Education historian Diane Ravitch commented Finland’s great Pisa-results in The Washington Post (13.10.2011)

14.  Free lunch (warm meal) for everyone  Healthy and nutritious food makes learning easier  Pupils learn what is healthy eating  Despite different backgrounds all pupils have the same right to the free meal  Tests  No standardised tests before the last year of 6 th form  Teachers  Longer education  The status of the job  Trust 3 main (?) differences between the schools in Finland and England

15.  All teachers have a Master’s-lever university degree  Primary school pupils, year-classes 1-6 (7-12-year-old’s) are taught by class teachers (starting salary £2053/month)  Secondary school pupils, year-classes 7-9 (13-15-year- old’s) and upper secondary (16-18-year-old) students are taught by specialised subject teachers (starting salary £2219 - £2352/month)  Subject teachers often teach 2 subjects, e.g. two languages, history and re, physics and chemistry etc.  Teachers can choose the teaching methods they use Finnish teachers

16.  In the entrance exams to the University of Helsinki spring 2013 it was harder to get in to study primary school education than medicine or law  6% of the applicants were accepted  Medicine 7%, law 9%  Teaching is considered a challenging but rewarding job that is highly respected Everyone wants to be a teacher?

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