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Report to CouncilJulie Podbury’s tour to Finland 2012
Finland - General Monocultural society Highest PISA Literacy & Numeracy Results
with Highest Social equity ( see following graph)
Education is culturally very highly valued Majority of citizens have university
education Parents expect their students to reach
Tertiary education
Average performanceof 15-year-olds in science – extrapolate and apply
Low average performance
Large socio-economic disparities
High average performance
Large socio-economic disparities
Low average performance
High social equity
High average performance
High social equity
Strong socio-economic impact on
student performance
Socially equitable distribution of
learning opportunities
High reading performance
Low reading performance
Shanghai- China
KoreaFinlandHong Kong- China
SingaporeCanada
New ZealandJ apan
Australia
NetherlandsBelgium Norway ,EstoniaSwitzerlandPoland,I celandUnited States LiechtensteinSwedenGermany,
I relandFrance, Chinese Taipei,DenmarkUnited KingdomHungary,Portugal
Macao-China I talyLatvia
Slovenia GreeceSpainSlovak Republic,Czech Republic CroatiaI sraelLuxembourg
Austria LithuaniaTurkey
Dubai (UAE) Russian Federation
Chile
Serbia440.000
460.000
480.000
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520.000
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Durchschnittliche Schülerleistungen im Bereich Mathematik
Low average performance
Large socio-economic disparities
High average performance
Large socio-economic disparities
Low average performance
High social equity
High average performance
High social equity
Strong socio-economic impact on
student performance
Socially equitable distribution of
learning opportunities
High reading performance
Low reading performance
2009
Basics of the education system Students start school at 7 years of age Pre- school year at 6 years of age From 9 months – 6 years pre schooling
available with highly qualified staff supporting child’s learning, growth and development.
Key words in Finnish education quality, efficiency, equity and internationalization.
Other factors education is not run by politicians Very little accountability and bureaucracy TRUST of teachers. No inspectors. There is
a A certain knowledge held by Government & the community that what is going on in the schools is exactly right.
5 years for Masters in Primary Education. All teachers have Masters
Schools Pre primary 9 months to 6 years Pre-school 6 years Basic Comprehensive education from 7
years of Age Years 1-9 Upper secondary Y10-12 stream to
academic or vocational University or Polytechnic from either
upper secondary stream
Primary school Lower end of comprehensive 4 hours per day 8-12 Free school lunch Free transport to/from school Free textbooks & materials After school kids usually go to clubs or
other activities
Middle school (14 year old) 30 hours per week 75 minute periods 3 languages. Finnish, Swedish and
English Very little subject choice although you
can do an additional language Very little IT evident in schools
Upper Secondary Y10-12 Academic (60%)or vocational
colleges (40%) 8am to 4 pm, 5 terms, incomplete days
if desired 75 courses to complete upper
secondary qualification 36-38hrs each Then you can undertake matriculation
and do university entrance exam
Reports Two formal report per year Junior brief comment From Y8-12 number level 1-9 Some schools starting to open IT
dialogue with parents Very little testing Mostly assignment and book work
Teachers Salary is very low by Australian standards Starts at around $27K AUD pa increments at
years 1, 5, 8, 10, 20 and none higher Teachers can earn higher salaries for more
hours Hours as average set by government eg:
Finnish 20 hours, History 23 hours, Maths & Science 21 hours, English 22
Teachers work independently with full autonomy
Points of interest Class sizes 15-20 primary, 17-22 junior
high, senior high up to 30 Practical classes, inc. science max 16 School size max 1000 (seen as too big) 92% go from comprehensive to Upper
sec Min/max no hour per subject set by
govt. delivery and much of the content teacher choice
Teacher training 12 teacher training institutions in Finland and
they are all on school sites attached to universities practical teaching component is a major
aspect of the highly qualified Finnish teachers Duties of Teacher Training Schools
Provide teaching Tutor student teachers Teaching experiments and research Also provide in-service education
More on teachers 8000 students , 3000 student teachers and 800
teachers in all Teacher Training Schools in Finland
Training provided for comprehensive and upper secondary
Slightly higher pay at TTC, but it is part of our work. Slightly less lessons. It is 1/4 or 1/5 of the typical Finnish load.
In most cases 5 teachers in a class. (TTC) I main teacher plus four trainees students love it.
PD NEVER allowed on school days
Good average results Very old fashioned teaching Teacher directed Text book driven No catering for brighter kids Brighter students seemed bored Best teaching from an Australian
teacher in an English/Drama class