Have a Good Life: Education in Finland with Pirjo Suhonen Transformative Principal 183

Education in Finland with Pirjo Suhonen Transformative Principal 183

Sunday, July 16, 2017 by jethrojones

You need to have imagination. You normally need an audience to misbehave

Pirjo Suhonen lives in Finland and recently finished her Master’s in Education.

What school is really like in Finland
Give a lot of value to childhood and play
Prefer to let them play and explore
School is 4-5 hours

Preschool is up to 7 years old (only 4 hours per day, play rather than book learning)
Play leads to more self-motivated learning
Demanding a lot, but giving a lot
Design Factory in Espol.
Instead of just having a chat with someone in the coffee room only, you have open channels of Skype in other coffee rooms in other countries.
If kids can teach coding, anyone can learn it!
Pirjo’s MOOC
Broad national curriculum.
Core curriculum - 7 competencies
Perseverance.
Competencies give you the why you are in school.
How to teach perseverance

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