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The document summarizes key aspects of the Finnish school system. It describes the main stages of education from kindergarten through senior high school. It provides details about the Kaarina Senior High School such as the number of students, their ages, and time to graduate. It explains that Finland uses a course-based and non-graded system with decentralized curriculum and national guidelines. Students must complete a minimum number of courses and national exams to graduate. The school day structure and subjects offered are also outlined. The document notes some of the recent changes and developments to the Finnish education system including new cross-disciplinary theme courses and a shift to more digital exams.
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Schools finland 1
- 1. THE FINNISH SCHOOLSYSTEMTHE FINNISH SCHOOL SYSTEM
- 2. FINNISH SCHOOL SYSTEMFINNISHSCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOLSCHOOL • kindergarten / pre-schoolkindergarten / pre-school • elementary schoolelementary school • middle schoolmiddle school • senior high schoolsenior high school / vocational school/ vocational school STARTING AGESTARTING AGE 66 77 1313 16 (graduation at 19/20)16 (graduation at 19/20) 1616
- 3. FINNISH SCHOOL SYSTEMFINNISHSCHOOL SYSTEM
- 4. Welcome to KaarinaSenior HighWelcome to Kaarina Senior High SchoolSchool 400 students 16-19 years old 3 years to graduate
- 5. COURSE-BASED ANDCOURSE-BASED AND NON-GRADEDSYSTEMNON-GRADED SYSTEM • decentralised curriculum with nationaldecentralised curriculum with national guidelines for minimum requirementsguidelines for minimum requirements • eg. ENGLISH – 6 compulsory courses +eg. ENGLISH – 6 compulsory courses + 2 national specialisation courses +2 national specialisation courses + school-based extra coursesschool-based extra courses • TO GRADUATE:TO GRADUATE: min. 75 courses (10 specialisation courses)min. 75 courses (10 specialisation courses) + national final exams+ national final exams in March and September (min. 4 subjects)in March and September (min. 4 subjects)
- 6. SUBJECTSSUBJECTS LANGUAGESLANGUAGES SCIENCESSCIENCES SPORTSSPORTS Finnish– mother tongueFinnish – mother tonguePhysicsPhysics and healthand health SwedishSwedish ChemistryChemistry EnglishEnglish BiologyBiology MUSICMUSIC GermanGerman GeographyGeography FrenchFrench ARTART RussianRussian HUMANITIESHUMANITIES HistoryHistory GUIDANCEGUIDANCE MATHEMATICSMATHEMATICS Social studiesSocial studies COUNSELLINGCOUNSELLING PsychologyPsychology ICTICT ReligionReligion PhilosophyPhilosophy EthicsEthics
- 7. 5 grading periods personalschedules
- 8. SCHEDULESSCHEDULES • 189 days– mid-August – end of May189 days – mid-August – end of May • 5 grading periods with an exam week5 grading periods with an exam week at the endat the end • school day: 8.15-14.25 (mostlyschool day: 8.15-14.25 (mostly academic subjects)academic subjects) (optional courses 14.30-15.45)(optional courses 14.30-15.45) • 75-min lessons with 10-15-min breaks75-min lessons with 10-15-min breaks • 30-min lunch break30-min lunch break
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- 14. Finland in theheadlinesFinland in the headlines • my curated articles since 2012my curated articles since 2012 http://www.scoop.it/t/finnish-education-highlightedhttp://www.scoop.it/t/finnish-education-highlighted
- 16. European key competencesEuropeankey competences • communication in the mother tonguecommunication in the mother tongue • communicaton in foreign languagescommunicaton in foreign languages • mathematical competence and basicmathematical competence and basic competences in science and technologycompetences in science and technology • digital competencedigital competence • learning to learnlearning to learn • social and civic competencessocial and civic competences • sense of initiative andsense of initiative and entrepreneurshipentrepreneurship • cultural awareness and expressioncultural awareness and expression
- 17. NEW CURRICULUM autumn2016NEW CURRICULUM autumn 2016 • Biggest change: introduction of cross-Biggest change: introduction of cross- diciplinary ”diciplinary ”theme coursestheme courses”” (3 different(3 different courses/year)courses/year) • Each school decides the content of theseEach school decides the content of these new coursesnew courses -> more cooperation between subjects-> more cooperation between subjects -> studying larger phenomena from multiple-> studying larger phenomena from multiple perspectivesperspectives
- 18. NOT QUITE TRUE!NOTQUITE TRUE!
- 19. BYOD + GAFEBYOD+ GAFE
- 20. Digitalisation ofDigitalisation of nationalfinal exams by 2018national final exams by 2018
- 21. National digital examplatformNational digital exam platform
- 22. New types ofexamsNew types of exams • not only memorization • applying given materials (texts, articles, videos etc.) • applying digital software
- 23. New learning environmentsNewlearning environments
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