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COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLHow do they work there?
A SCHOOL VISIT
COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOLDEFINITION
A local secondary school forchildren of all ability levels
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SPECIFIC SCHOOL IN ARTS
• 60% national curriculum• 40% optional courses• 3 years (7º, 8º & 9º) >>30 lessons hours
per week minimun >> normaly 38– 7º >> 1 optional hour/week– 8º >> 7optional hours/week 13 hours/– 9º >> 5 otional hours/week 3 years
SPECIFIC CURRICULUM
• Pupils choose the course andin function of that, teachersdecide how to organize thetimetable and the curriculum(courses, teachers,…)
• OPTIONAL COURSES:– English– German– French– Spanish– ICT (Information, Comunication&Technology)– Home Economics– Arts– Agriculture– Music– Textil– Animation– Cinema Courses
• They are increasing theoptional courses:– 60.50 in 2001– 70.27 in 2006
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THE PUPILS• 205 pupils in 7º• 204 pupils in 8º• 224 pupils in 9º• About ½ of them comes
from the surroundings– 3 school buses– 5 kms
• 4 foreign pupil– They have a specific class
about Finnish Culture– The school agrees a
specific teacher for that
THE MAIN GOAL
Educate citizens who take care ofthemselves to be capable to incrementtheir own lifes
THINK BY THEMSELVES
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HOW THEY WORK (I)COLABORATION
– Between schools• TAMPERE >> DISTRICT SYSTEM
(5districts with12 schools each one =4000 pupils)
• Once per month principals of eachschool meet
• Teachers Education >> 500 teachers>>66 work groups (courses,conferences, talks, different activities,…)
– Between teachers and parents• 1 meeting per year (information about
the academic year)• Regulary Parents Night• Blogs to keep the contact• Class attending control ( parents have to
justify the absenteism)
HOW THEY WORK (II)• Each subject has its own
method (different pupils,differents methods)
• Psychological projects(2 Psychologists/school)
• Pupils evaluatethemselvesonce/semester
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EVALUATION OF THESTUDENTS: MARKS
• KNOWLEDGE:– It depends of the subject (differents kinds of exams: multiple
choice, open questions,…)– The difficulty is getting higher each grade
• The mark is not only based on the exams, a big part of itis WORK IN CLASS
