Education in Finland with Pirjo Suhonen Transformative Principal 183

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Pirjo Suhonen lives in Finland and recently finished her Master’s in Education.

• What school is really like in Finland

• Give a lot of value to childhood and play

• Prefer to let them play and explore

• School is 4-5 hours

 

• Preschool is up to 7 years old (only 4 hours per day, play rather than book learning)

• Play leads to more self-motivated learning

• Demanding a lot, but giving a lot

• Design Factory in Espol.

• Instead of just having a chat with someone in the coffee room only, you have open channels of Skype in other coffee rooms in other countries.

• If kids can teach coding, anyone can learn it!

• Pirjo’s MOOC

• Broad national curriculum.

• Core curriculum - 7 competencies

• Perseverance.

• Competencies give you the why you are in school.

• How to teach perseverance

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