This week I have been reading about Finland's decision to overhaul its education system. I'm sure you are already familiar with Finland's success when it comes to literacy and numeracy in international league tables.It is therefore interesting to read about their commitment to completely overhauling their current curriculum. They want to move away from an "exam factory " model to an education that promotes problem solving, creativity, resilience and communication skills. Although they will continue to teach core subjects, schools will be required to offer at least one multi disciplinary unit at each year level.70% of their teachers have now been trained in adopting this new approach and teachers are being offered financial incentives to embrace the change. Sounds very much like how we taught in the 70's!
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