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Education

TomWilm

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3. Finland's schools are known for giving one of the best educations in the world

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Sat Feb 5, 2022, 11:35 AM

Feb 2022

They also tests their pupils a lot, and since our Danish governments wanted a better school here, they also started to test a lot. It did not help though - since the main magic behind the Finnish teachers is another factor: Their teachers are required to have a master's degree from a university. No plans to copy that for Denmark, silly tests are way cheaper...

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Pasi Sahlberg: lessons from Finnish education [View all] Celerity Feb 2022 OP

If you can master the grammar of the Finnish language DFW Feb 2022 #1

A standard assumption in linguistics is Igel Feb 2022 #4

American education is filling a pail. Education in some other places more like lighting a fire. nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2022 #2

Finland's schools are known for giving one of the best educations in the world TomWilm Feb 2022 #3