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2.8.2017 Eeva Penttilä T:mi EpEduc Finland

Eeva Penttilä

Senior Consultant

T:mi EpEduc [email protected]


TRANSFERRABLE ELEMENTS OF

THE FINNISH SCHOOL SYSTEM

●Early learning through play

●Equitable school funding

●Highly professionalized, research based teacher

training

●Research-based and whole child approach to school

management

●Warmth and respect for children and teachers

●Challenging, but less-stress learning environment

●Strong special education system

Finnish Education Evaluation Centre

●

”PAY ATTENTION TO THE

FOLLOWING”

●Educational leadership

●Improving school performance

●Focusing on individual

differences in education

●Effective Educational

Structures


TRADITION IN EDUCATIONAL POLICY

●equality , equity and students´wellbeing higly stressed ●education laws based on goal-setting through political consensus ●comprehensive , non selective basic education

●high quality of teachers and teacher training ●local independence and responsibility

●supportive curriculum, standards and evaluation


SYSTEM OF INDEPENDENCE and

RESPONSIBILITIES

based on MUTUAL TRUST


Independent municipalities, strong local self-government

education, culture and leisure services, technical infrastructure, (social welfare, health care)

Independent schools the principal, the school board decide the annual budget, school curriculum, annual plan, select

teachers Students´council plays a vital role in all decision making

Independent teachers with didactical autonomy, teaching materials

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND

CARE and PRE-PRIMARY 0 – 6 years


Early childhood education and care (ECEC)

SUBJECTIVE RIGHT 20 hours/week TO ECEC

10-11 months 3 years 6 years 7 years

BASIC EDUCATION

Maternity leave & allowance

Home care leave and allowance

Day Care Centres Family day care Open ECEC services

PRE-PRIMARY EDUCATION

Private care allowance

Maternity grant

Child benefit (0-17 years)

Maternity and Child health clinics 9 visits during first year 1-6 years: annual visits

Parental leave & allowance

Paternity leave and allowance


VALUE BASIS IN ECEC

Childhood is seen as a unique stage of life

Equality and human rights

Care, education and teaching form an integrated whole

Overall well-being of the child is seen important

Children have right to learn and enjoy it

Childrens’ diversity and different ways of learning are appreciated

Inclusive provision for special needs

Unpolitical and unreligious education

Principles for reforming the National Core Curriculum


GENERAL INFO ABOUT ECEC

Subjective right 20 hours/week, maximum no more than 50

hours/weekdays, depends family situation.

Local authorities are responsible for arranging the ECEC

services, for their quality and supervision.

A place for a child in ECEC is to be arranged within 4 months,

in urgent cases in 2 weeks.

Participation in ECEC is subject to a fee (0€ - 290 €/month),

which depends on family income and the number of children

and also the hours attended.

Client fees cover about 14% of the total cost.

Food included: breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack.

The annual calendar and opening hours must be organized

according to the local needs. Daycare centers usually operate

from 6:15 to 17:30 on weekdays.

Centres providing evening, 24-hour and 7-day care are

available for children in need for care outside regular service

hours because of their parents' employment or studies.


ECEC OPTIONS

Private Day Care (Allowance

Service voucher)

Private Day Care Centres

Private Family Day Care

Hiring a nanny to family’s home

Child home care allowance

(in Helsinki 470 – 780€/month) Caring for a child at home

Until the child turns 3 years old

Public providers: Day care centres

Family day care and group family day

care

Open ECEC Services: Clubs, Open

day care centers, Play grounds etc.


Pre-primary education in Finland - compulsory to all

children from 1.8.2015.

2001 it’s been statutory tor the municipalities

to provide pre-primary education free of charge

for all children.

As from Aug. 1st 2015 pre-primary education

compulsory and free to all children.

Pre-primary education is organized in day care

centres (80%) and schools (20%).

Pre-primary education lasts for 4 hours/day,

700h/year.

Children have also a right to other ECEC

services before and after pre-primary education

hours.


PUPIL ASSESSMENT

IN ECEC AND IN PRE-SCHOOL

•helps to plan and develop teaching and activities

•supports the childs well-being, learning and

development

•is formed by a observation, documentation,

synthesis and feedback

•is done in collaboration with the educational staff,

children and the parents



GENERAL COMPULSORY

EDUCATION

Age group 7 -15

SUPPORT FOR LEARNING AND

WELFARE

●Smaller class size in the beginning and in

the end

●Effective support systems for all

Students´ well-being group in each school

supplementary teaching

part-time special education

special education (integrated, special classes, special schools)

school psychologists, social workers, school nurses, school assistants


How pupil welfare is carried out in practice?

Pupil welfare is the concern of everybody at school.

Three main aspects of pupil welfare : •a safe school: measures taken to make the school community safe and heathy place for all children (=prevention) •daily support and care: A caring culture, supporting pupils who need additional help •( =prevention, early intervention)

•student welfare services: Special support and individual help to pupils physical, psychological or social problems (= special measures) Eeva Penttilä T:mi EpEduc

Pupil welfare team

●Members: head master, special education teacher, school nurse, school psychologist, school social worker, student councellor

●meets regurlarly; co-ordinates the school´s pupil welfare work

●participates in work promoting the welfare of the entire school community;

●seeks solutions for helping pupils who need support

●participates in curriculum work related to pupil welfare Eeva Penttilä T:mi EpEduc

We have to promote the pupil's psychological, social and

cultural integration to learning and study while considering

the different circumstances, different backgrounds and

different expectations of the children starting their studies

(OPS2014)


Teaching arrangements for immigrant

backround students

●Preparatory classes – one year: teaching in own

mother tongue and Finnish

●Supported teaching in Finnish as long as needed

(Finnish as a second language)

●Mother tongue lessons 2 h / week (optional)

●Teaching of own religion (part of the obligatory

curriculum)

●Prepatory tuition for upper secondary and vocational

education

●Courses in upper secondary schools and vocational

schools for adults ( min after17 years old )

Support for schools and teachers

Guideline documents

–Multicultural education plan

–Aspects of the tuition of Muslim pupils

–Aspects of the assessment of second language speakers

●Interpretation services

●Pedagogical advisors for

–preparatory tuition

–Finnish as Second language-tuition

–mother tongue and Islamic religion tuition

–pupil welfare

●Financial support for teaching materials added to school budgets

●In-service training for teachers, head teachers and other school staff

●On-line information on the web-site

Basic education curriculum reform

2014-2016

Core ideas

* Active learner

* Sustainable way of living

* Integrative teaching

* Comprehensive education

* School as a learning community


PHENOMENA AND RESEACH BASED LEARNING

EXAMPLE: ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL STUDIES

GRADE 1-4 (7-10 YRS)

●An integrated subject comprising the fields

of biology, physics, chemistry, and health

education.

The objective of instruction is that pupils get

to know and understand nature and the built

environment, themselves and other people,

human diversity, and health and disease.


PUPIL ASSESSMENT IN BASIC

EDUCATION 7 – 15 YEARS


The purpose of assessment

to support and guide the learning process

to help the pupil to form realistic self-image

to inform the pupil and his parents about the

progress of the pupil

●No national tests on basic education level

national evaluation on sample basis

national criteria for good learning

●Pupils’ self-assessment is important

..to assess the learning process is the new

focus...

STUDENT COUNCELLING

Learner’s active role : Sets targets • Reflects

& analyses and Solves problems

Interaction :Learns with others and in

different environments • Understands

consequences

Learning to learn : Recognizes own way of

learning • Applies this to promote his/her

studies

Self-conception and confidence : Helps

setting targets • Receives feedback

THE GOALS OF STUDENT

COUNCELLING

The pupils will

Increase their self-knowledge

Get a comprehensive conception of the

opportunities for study in Finland and abroad

Learn to develop learning strategies for

themselves as individuals

Acquire basic information about working life

and different vocational fields

Skills in planning and reaching decisions

about own future.

APPLYING FOR FURTHER

STUDIES

Possibility for further studies after

comprehensive school for all in line

with

EDUCATION GUARANTEE:

Either VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

or

UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOL

according to the pupil´s achievements on

comprehensive level and realistic personal

wishes.


THE GOAL OF THE UPPER SECONDARY STUDIES

74 courses from the upper secondary education PLUS the National Matriculation Test in at least 4 subjects (Mother tongue the only obligatory)

in order to get the possibility to take the University Entrance Tests or begin other tertiary studies requiring same level.

The NMT can be taken in three separate parts arranged during spring term February – March and autumn term September - October

In practice, what form does the possibility

to make individual choices take? The school leaving certificates are individual Obligatory subjects + optional obligatory subjects (+ optional optional) = upper secondary certificate (minimum 74 courses)

National matriculation test is requires knowledge of obligatory and optional obligatory courses

If the results for a course are unsatisfactory or insufficient the course may be repeated while studying of other subjects continues normally

It is possible to increase the number of courses chosen.

It is possible to attend a course in another school or to take a

distance learning course on the Internet

.


THE STRUCTURE OF THE

SCHOOL CURRICULUM

All the courses to be taught during the school year are presented together in the form of a school curriculum (school web)

The same course is offered 1 to 9 times during the school year. A student generally takes 4 to 8 courses during a period

course = 3 x 75 min/week over 6 weeks

period = 7 weeks


Nature of the curriculum

The students make preliminary choices

during the orientation classes on the courses

they want to take during the following school

year, taking into account their own plan of the

matriculation exam they intend to take and their

wishes regarding the continuation of studies

after completing upper secondary school > the

university entrance

The school principal draws up the curriculum

on the basis of the preliminary choices made

for the next school year or each period


Responsibility of students

The students themselves draw up their curriculum for all the periods (or the next school year) using the computer application

the choices are permanently visible on the Internet for both teachers and students

The available places in the curriculum are also visible throughout the year on the Internet

The choices may be modified during the year



Use of time during the period The courses chosen shown in the curriculum are recorded in the timetable = student’s use of time

Example: in the first line of the timetable subject 1 is taught every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday for 75 minutes

* = the preceding class may be prolonged if necessary and consequently the duration of teaching of the same course may be shortened the next time

The student can influence his or her use of time, for example, by leaving a line empty


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