Education in Finland is considered one of the best in the world. This is due to a curriculum reform carried out in 2016 by the Finnish National Agency for Education with the aim of establishing new key objectives for the country's educational institutions. Keep reading and find out what are the principles of finnish education.
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Such objectives aim to promote a greater participation of the students in class, to increase the understanding of the importance of learning and, in addition, allow all students to feel capable and successful during the period school. With this, students acquire greater autonomy in relation to their learning process, in addition to self-discipline.
In this sense, the principles that govern Finland's educational system highlight the school as a learning community. So, check out these principles now:
The new curriculum emphasizes skills such as organization, discipline, cultural competence, interaction and expression. With this, students can develop greater control of their social life, but without forgetting their student and professional life. In addition, there is also an emphasis on building active skills such as entrepreneurship, social participation, among others.
To promote the changes of the new reform in educational institutions, the National Education Agency from Finland is always looking for new tools that support learning in the best way possible. In this sense, the agency recognized augmented reality as a great emerging technology and, with that, helped in the development of an Augmented Reality and 3D printing program to develop a positive school culture, for example example.
Each student has their individualities, and therefore, it is not possible to teach the same way to everyone. So, educators need to differentiate their classes, since each student has their own goals, and these are pre-agreed every year between teacher, student and guardians.
The new Finnish curriculum has a greater focus on the diversity of assessment methods, as well as assessment that determines and measures learning. As such, grades on each student's academic progress are given to him and his parents on a regular basis. In addition, evaluative feedback is also provided in other ways, such as self-assessments or peer-reviews.
Another great innovation in the Finnish curriculum is that teachers let the student speak and do more. That is, the role of educators is to facilitate learning, while students set their goals and solve problems on their own, in addition to working in teams. Curiosity is also stimulated with studies in environments outside the classroom, such as the patio, a forest reserve, a library or even a shopping center.
All these principles are of paramount importance for Finnish education, but the most special is that such a national system has the objective of helping all students to grow in a humanized.