Besides
its exceptional education approach, schools in Finland are filled with
exceptional teachers too.
Let’s
see the approaches Finnish teachers take in teaching and learning.
Ask for help
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Finnish teachers
accept that they are not perfect. With its system that encourages cooperation
instead of competition, the teachers and students help each other to succeed.
Finnish teachers often reach out to their colleagues, administrators and even
their students’ mother for help when faced with challenging student or class.
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Get outside
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Finnish
teachers often organize their class sessions out of the classroom such as to
the riversides, city centres, forests and marshlands. They fully utilize the natural
resources available during their excursion to enhance their lessons. A single
resource such as a rock can teach us anything from spelling to math to
science.
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Get to know their students
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Finnish teachers
spend a lot of time and energy in getting to know their students. As they are
often assigned to teach the same students for years, they have more
opportunities to understand their students better. With this, they are able
to tailor their lessons to the students’ learning style.
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Implement more play time
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Although
Finland students spend a lot of their time playing, they still excel in academic.
The long recess enables them to recharge and increase their focus when they
are back to the class lesson.
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Think outside the textbook
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Finnish teachers are
given the autonomy to implement different kinds of methods and materials to
assist them in getting their students to learn.
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Keep learning yourself
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Finnish
teachers show great passion for their job and in learning. This in turn
influences their students to learn too as the students find the lesson
interesting and inspiring.
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