Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Education Model of True "Inaction".
When it comes to education in China, Kong Ling often thinks about how to make students enjoy learning, rather than the aversion that now pervades them from kindergarten to university. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoOriginally, learning is an instinct of human beings, and there is an impulse and need to learn by nature, but the current education system in China has made children have a strong sense of disgust with learning from an early age. Kong Ling often reads the education information of various countries, and finds that the current situation of education in Europe and the United States, especially Finland, is the most appreciated by Kong Ling, and she has also discussed the Finnish model with Liu Yi many times through WeChat, and Liu Yi's views are more consistent with Kong Ling's, and she also believes that the Finnish education model is a model for countries around the world today.
Former Prime Minister of Finland Ach: The best education for children is to give them the best life.
The secret of why Finnish education leads the world is a secret that all parents and educators want to know.
Why Finland is the best in the world: it is the most balanced education system in the world with the smallest gap in student achievement; Finnish secondary school students were rated as the world's first overall performance by the International Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. Finland's higher education has been ranked the best by almost every World Economic Forum; Finland has the fewest class hours, the shortest after-school review time, and the longest vacation in the world; Educational institutions from all over the world are coming to Finland in order to learn from the "education first" experience.
Is life a marathon, or is it a 100-meter sprint that only cares about winning at the starting point? Finnish education is all about not leaving a child behind, trying to help each child find their most appropriate place and have a full and rich life, and she has done that. What Finnish education brings to us will be shocked, moved and recognized from the heart.
This is not the first time that Finland has won gold in the Education Olympiad, and Finland has also topped the OECD's assessment of the competency of secondary school students, while the World Economic Forum has ranked Finland's higher education as the best in the world. In fact, in the 60s of the last century, Finland's education was only in the middle of the international rank, but since the 70s, the Finnish government has begun to reform education, especially to break the meritocratic theory, and it is these changes that have made Finnish education what it is today.
Free educationFinland has a population of 5.3 million and spends 5.9% of its GDP on education every year. Finland has a 100 per cent education rate. The high school graduation rate is 93 per cent, and 43 per cent of secondary school students attend vocational schools. Finland has 12 years of compulsory education, with special emphasis on the overall level of the pupil during the compulsory education period. A 13-year-old Finnish student can speak at least 2 foreign languages. $10 billion is invested in national education every year, with $5,749 per capita, and free education from primary school to doctoral level.
66% of Finnish students go on to university, the highest rate in Europe. The school provides students with a range of services, including daily lunches, health screenings and psychological counselling.
The core values of equal education are equality and education, and children are not measured by the first 6 years of education. Since 1985, the class system has been abolished, and classes are no longer arranged according to grades. Finland has one of the smallest differences in strength among students in the world, with 20 students per class, and the teacher takes care of each student, and if a student has learning difficulties, the whole class will help him, with the intention of developing children to care for others. 30% of the students benefit from tutors, and the school has "special teachers" to help the students. Children of immigrants are treated equally, even if they do not have Finnish citizenship, and the government allocates an additional budget for them to learn their mother tongue and Finnish.
Happy Education starts primary school after the age of 7, and 97% of children receive preschool education, which is based on games and social networking. More entertainmentChildren have 75 minutes of entertainment time per day, 15 minutes of recess, and focus on outdoor activity classes. The long summer vacation is at least two and a half months for students to enjoy the summer. Less homework, less exams, educationalists believe that exams do not reflect students' talents. Students spend an average of about 6 hours of class time per day and 1 hour of homework. There is only one mandatory standardized test, the entrance to university, at the age of 16, and students can decide on the subject of the test according to their interests.
Self-management of education: Finnish schools are small, small, and although the schools are funded by the government, the government exercises minimal administrative intervention in the schools. Textbooks: Textbooks are handed over to private publishers, written by knowledgeable and experienced authors in accordance with the curriculum standards promulgated by the state, and the government does not supervise the content of textbooks. Flexible curriculum: Finnish teachers have a great deal of autonomy to decide how they want to teach their students, as long as the content is in line with the syllabus, and they can use teaching aids and textbooks flexibly to decide how they want to teach their students, including taking full control of the teaching process, and the school does not rate teachers to avoid malicious competition and pressure on students. Course selection: At the high school level, Finnish students can decide on courses based on their personal interests.
Features of education in Finland:
See the trees and see the forest, see the forest first, see the trees again: first start the children's interest in learning, as well as the understanding of the whole discipline "forest", the effect is far better than the detailed knowledge and standard actions of each "tree" repeated drills, grinding and grinding!
Life is a marathon: Life is really not a 100-meter sprint that needs to be won at the starting point, but a marathon that races with yourself. Learning is not to win the championship and compete for the first, but to cultivate the ability and habit of lifelong learning.
The purpose of the test is not to bring frustration and punishment to the child, but to let the child and the teacher understand where the understanding of the subject has gone, and ultimately seek common progress for everyone.
Teachers are just as good, no need to be judged: "Equality, quality, fairness" is what Finnish education constantly emphasis, and Finnish teachers have the greatest trust in the education system, and everything they do is to treat students well and benefit them, not to give students or their own teaching results first.
No emphasis on "elite": The education system does not take the lead, does not agitate, and does not rank, hoping to implement relative "equality", which is the most basic consideration of education governance. After all, the genius and the elite are the real minority.
Tailor-made education for children: Inject more educational resources into social minorities and disadvantaged groups: children with intellectual deficiency, physical disabilities, and immigrants are guaranteed relatively fair rights to education and knowledge, and their efforts are transformed into a part of the backbone of social stability and development.
Winning the world with homeschooling: Finnish parents teach their children to read from an early age, but they don't think about their studies as the only thing, and they don't only care about their children's grades when communicating with the school. Family education in Finland is the cornerstone of the world's competitiveness.
A small country that lacks natural resources, has a sparse population, and is surrounded by strong neighbors, because it has deep self-knowledge, and also knows that the only thing that can build the future of the country is human resources. And good education is the only trick to convert human resources into talents.
"Equality, quality and fairness" is constantly emphasized in Finnish education. Everyone should be given the same opportunity, but never emphasize winning at the starting point! Because it's just a 100-meter sprint, not a real-life marathon; Moreover, whoever is competing to win at the starting point of a marathon is usually the last loser.
Finnish society has repeatedly emphasized the fundamental value of equality of the human being, the right to dignity and the right to be cared for by the resources of the State. While this may sound like an ideal thinking, this country, like the rest of the Nordic countries, is always striving for long-term sustainable development in this positive "people-oriented" direction.
In Finland, no one would give up on the so-called "undergraduates" in Finland. Not only does the education system not give up, but students are also expected not to give up on themselves! As long as the school and the students work together to find a way to stimulate the motivation to learn, the learning process may be longer and more tortuous than that of ordinary students, but life will eventually find its own exit, as long as it is given appropriate opportunities and the sincerity of equal treatment.
The library facilities in Nordic Finland are so perfect, democratic, practical and comfortable, and the most fundamental concept is to implement a spirit of "equality". Because both the Nordics and the Finns believe that equality is the basis of all social development! However, in order for fundamental equality to be truly realized, people must truly have the "right to know".
Since it is a right, the government has the responsibility to provide everything, maybe some entertainment and enjoyment equipment can be missing a little or less, but library resources, information, education, all the same, everyone can have a "fair" starting point. This symbolizes that a country and a government have the obligation and responsibility to the fairness and justice of the people and society, and provide basic conditions and rights and interests regardless of whether they are rich or poor.
It turns out that the root of things is still the origin of "people-oriented" and the sincerity of being willing to put it into practice after understanding humanistic thinking. That's it. Sometimes it may seem like they are half a beat slower and a little dull, but they could have done more, or reacted a little faster and more diverse. But they are always "conservative" and only do seven points first, until they have accumulated enough self-confidence, and then build up the remaining two or three points bit by bit. But in this final stage, it is their elite who strive to move forward on a solid foundation.
Most high schools in Finland have relatively neat quality, and there is no difference between school districts and between school districts, so there is no need for secondary school students to sacrifice sleep, sports, interests, hobbies, and cold and heat to fight for grades in various subjects in order to squeeze into the so-called "good" high schools.
Schoolchildren living in the suburbs live in a large number of homes, and because there is no convenient public transportation in the area, the authorities provide taxis to and from school in order to ensure that children receive compulsory education in the country, at the cost of which the government bears the expense.
In Finland, the Constitution guarantees the right to education, so it is the government's duty to provide educational resources including appropriate transportation arrangements for students.
In a country that values legal rights and duties, everything, including education, is also a constitutional relationship between the state and its citizens.
This is not a luxury, not a waste, but a kind of national dedication and dedication to fulfilling the obligation of education.
Not only do Finnish students rank high in reading and problem-solving skills, but they also rank on a par with Asian students who are accustomed to being strong in mathematics and science, as they are accustomed to in mathematics and science. What's more, the average percentage of students in the 57 participating countries of the OECD assessment programme who did not pass the PISA test was more than 20%, but the failure rate of Finnish students was less than 5%! This balanced teaching result not only allows students to learn normally between the two fields of "humanities" and "mathematics and science", but also shows that the difference in educational resources and equal teaching between urban and rural areas and between rich and poor is quite small! Finland's "world's smallest gap" education system assesses its achievements, which amazes the world! Originally, everyone didn't even know where Finland was, but it suddenly attracted the curious eyes of the world; For several years, groups from all over the world flocked to Finland to find out what was the secret of Finland's educational success.