Few words about finnish education system: Primary and secondary schooling is combined, so the pupils don't have to change schools at age 13.It is also easier for teachers to know better students during this time. They can observe how they are growing up and easier resolve problems. "Pupils study in a relaxed and informal atmosphere"(1) What makes education in Finland that good? 10 reform principles behind the success:
1.Compulsory primary school during nine years ( from age 7 ).
2.All teachers are prepared in academic universities.
3.Political authorities always have seen education as the key to survive.
4.FREE education for all; the teachers are able to focus on teaching and learning.
5.No mandatory tests or exams (except for the nationwide National Matriculation Examination, in mother tongue, foreign language, mathematics and social/natural sciences, at the end of the upper-secondary school).
6.Trusting the schools and teachers is a common. Schools receive full autonomy in developing the daily delivery of education services.
7.For Manufacturing Education: In higher education, Finland offers university level studies or the polytechnics institutions; regional support networks are developed to help schools and teachers to adopt new technology in education and incorporate technology into classrooms.
8.Building upon the expertise of local players. The teacher unions and the educators themselves have always had the opportunity to be heard, to help crafting a blueprint of the reforms.
9.Political consensus and the capacity of policy makers to pursue reform: governments, trade unions and employers’ organizations form a tripartite in Finland, closely coordinating, communicating and heading to a common goal.
10.Regional development and networking: Today the most important component of providing good education is the management and leadership skills of local political authorities, experts and school principals (2)
How culture affect education in Finland? The level of education in Finland is one of the highest in the world. This level is so high because of finnish culture. Finish people are well organised and systematic, so that is why the education system is good and steady. They like to have everything sorted, and their knowledge is based on reliable information. The classrooms are run based on the cultural differences, due to the fact that there are many foreign students. So finish student's can grown up in international environment. That is a great opportunity for them to get familiar with other culture and built international relationships.
Students seems to be very calm and attentive during the lectures. However when You asked them a question the answer is usually correct. Also they don't used to show gesticulations and body language to express their thoughts. They take this behaviour from their culture and the weather. Usually the study year is going mostly during winter time. Then the weather is not so good, days are very short and it's really cold. This time they are just more shy and more introvert. So that can have influence on other part of their life like e.g studying. Teachers are also very intelligent and they are doing their job with a huge passion. At least -it looks like that. They are always well-prepared for lectures and using a various presentations and video clip to make them more interesting. They are putting more effort to awake a creativity and logical thinking in students. In our opinion that is really useful.
Compare to other countries e.g Poland the education system is totally different. Our culture don't have so big influence on our way of teaching and learning. Teachers are always different and here in Finland they seems to have always the same behaviour. In addition , Russian education is different too. For us was totally opposite way of learning, especially group working during which you should to be attentive to other students. Not to mention the fact that you should take care about various kind of thoughts. Russian culture is more individualistic than Finnish collectivistic.
We think that the education is so good in Finland because teachers as well as students are paying attention on their culture. They like to have everything sorted and prepared. Their life seems to be organised and health. Moreover -they see the knowledge as a key to better life ! And that is coming from their peaceful and beautiful culture.
References:
(1)BBC news.2010;Addres: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/world_news_america/8601207.stm;Accesed 07.03.2011 (2)BERT MAES.2010;Addres:http://bertmaes.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/why-is-education-in-finland-that-good-10-reform-principles-behind-the-success/ Accesed 07.03.2011; Photo 01: http://bahawalpur.olx.com.pk/education-free-in-austria-finland-iid-96555737
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