Monday, March 23, 2015

Goodbye, math and history: new ideas from Finland

Finland already has one of the best school education systems that always ranks near the top in mathematics, reading, and science in the prestigious PISA rankings by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. But the country is not resting on its laurels. Finland is considering its most radical overhaul of basic education yet—abandoning teaching by subject for teaching by phenomenon. Traditional lessons such as English Literature and Physics are already being phased out among 16-year-olds in schools in Helsinki (source: QUARTZ)
-- Read Finland schools: Subjects scrapped and replaced with 'topics' as country reforms its education system on the Independent
-- Read Finland to remove cursive handwriting from education curriculum


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