Posts Tagged ‘flexible basic education’
Education Outside Classroom – The secret ingredient of Finnish education excellence
Education outside classroom (EOC) is often characterized by curriculum-based educational activities practiced outside the school buildings, in natural (e.g., a park or forest) or cultural (e.g., a museum or library) settings. EOC includes for example versatile field trips, visits to museums, and various ways of outdoor learning. In addition, EOC is often considered as ‘experiential’…
Read MoreFlexible basic education – the Finnish way of regaining the lost school motivation
Each year in April, I spend one week interviewing teenagers (and their guardians) who want to apply for a class of flexible basic education. Only 12 of them will be qualified although every applicant would need and deserve to get in. Who are these kids and what is this class about? It’s yet another success…
Read MoreStudy Tour Finland: How much testing is really needed?
What a fine and international Study Tour we had last week! We at Learning Scoop team learned so much ourselves again, too. One very interesting talk we had was about evaluation and assessment. Our participant from USA started to think aloud, how much time it takes to have test after every chapter. Teachers in USA…
Read MoreEverybody can succeed – Flexible Basic Education in Finland
Examples and experiences will be displayed at INEPS Congress on Thursday April 28th at 1 pm by Kari Rajaorko, Haaga School, Helsinki and Juha Lahtinen, Learning Scoop. Flexible basic education activities are part of grades 7–9 basic education. It is designed to match the objectives and contents of the National Core Curriculum for Basic Education.…
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