Finland

Assessment CPD Primary 

The Importance Of Student Feedback

28th January 201927th January 2019 Nick Burton 651 Views 0 Comments ability groups, Assessment, Emotion, Feedback, Finland, interdisciplinary learning, Observations, outdoor learning, Scottish Curriculum for Excellence, Summer Holidays

Reading Time: 3 minutes Do you know what your students think?

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Assessment Curriculum Teaching and Learning 

5 Tips For Making Project-Based Learning Work

9th December 201810th December 2018 Laura George 745 Views 0 Comments Assessment, Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), Finland, Knowledge, phenomenon-based learning, Project Based Learning, Resources, Skills, SOLE, Star Wars, Star Wars In The Classroom, Sugata Mitra

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can pupils and teachers excel in project-based learning?

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International Publication Research 

What Do The British Public Think About Teachers?

18th November 201813th November 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1146 Views 2 Comments British Public, Finland, Gloabl Teacher Status Index, OECD, Performance Management, Pisa, Salary, Singapore, status, Teacher Index, Teacher Status, teachers, teaching, The Varkey Foundation, United Kingdom, Working Hours, Workload

Reading Time: 2 minutes What is the status of teachers in the United Kingdom?

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Curriculum Leadership Ofsted 

How Should Ofsted Reform Itself?

3rd November 20183rd November 2018 @TeacherToolkit 821 Views 1 Comment accountability, Amanda Spielman, Complaints Process, Curriculum, Evidence Base, Finland, machine learning, National Audit Office, NfER, Ofsted, OfSTED complaints, reform, Singapore, YouGov

Reading Time: 2 minutes How far Ofsted is prepared to hide from accountability behind the threat of costs to children?

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Policies Publication Research 

What Impact Does Accountability Have On Education?

23rd September 201823rd September 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1762 Views 0 Comments accountability, Assessment, Australia, Canada, Curriculum, England, Estonia, Evaluation, Finland, Germany, high-stakes accountability, Japan, Massachusetts, NAHT, NAHT Accountability Commission, National Foundation for Educational Research, New Zealand, NfER, OECD, Ofsted, Pisa, Poland, Rankings, Singapore, Sweden, USA, Wales

Reading Time: 2 minutes How can we improve school accountability in England?

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International Policies Teaching and Learning 

Why Finland Is Breaking Down Barriers – Literally!

10th March 20189th March 2018 Hollie Jones 2473 Views 4 Comments architecture, Clever Classrooms, David Price OBE, Design, desks, Finland, GERM, Global Education Reform Movement, Graham Brown-Martin, John Dabell, Phenomenon Based Teaching, Project Based Learning, Suomi, tables, Timothy D. Walker, walls

Reading Time: 4 minutes Should we abolish walls and open up learning?

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Curriculum Teaching and Learning 

10 Tips for Promoting Creativity

22nd February 201821st February 2018 Michele Hill 3610 Views 2 Comments Creativity, Differentiation, Failure, Finland, Genius Hour, Mistakes, multidisciplinary learning, multiple intelligences, phenomenon-based learning, Project Based Learning, Sir Ken Robinson

Reading Time: 3 minutes Are we killing students’ creativity in school?

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Behaviour Psychology 

Are You An Elephant Teacher?

9th September 20174th October 2017 John Dabell 2944 Views 1 Comment authority, Behaviour, Classroom Management, confidence, Education, elephant teacher, empathy, Finland, law, Respect, ryhmäyttämisen, School, teaching, tiger teacher, Timothy D. Walker, Trust

Reading Time: 4 minutes Should you lay down the law at the start of the term?

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Curriculum Teaching and Learning 

The Homework Conundrum

8th September 20178th September 2017 Alice England 5057 Views 3 Comments A level, achievement, attainment, Duke University, Erika A Patall, Finland, flipped learning, GCSE, gradees, Harris Cooper, Homework, Jorgianne Civey Robinson, Texas, Time Magazine

Reading Time: 3 minutes What do we really expect of students when setting homework? And, should teachers set it at all?

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Teaching and Learning 

8 Strategies For Happier Classrooms

29th May 20174th July 2017 John Dabell 18922 Views 2 Comments @timdwalk, Day of Failure, Education, Finland, happiness, joyful, outdoor education, outdoor learning, School, Sir Ken Robinson, Suomi, Teach Like Finland, teaching, Timothy D. Walker, Wellbeing

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can we make our classrooms happier?

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Teacher Training 

Just The Job

5th May 20175th May 2017 John Dabell 2634 Views 1 Comment Chartered College of Teaching, Clever Lands, Dame Alison Peacock, Education, Finland, Lucy Crehan, Masters degree, profession, Professional, Research, Richard Ingersoll, School, Teacher Training, teaching, The Independent, The Knowledge, Tom Bennett, toolbox.finland.fi, Tristram Hunt, University of Pennsylvania

Reading Time: 4 minutes Is teaching a profession?

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Politics Technology 

Competitive Education

21st April 201721st April 2017 Gerard Greally 3200 Views 0 Comments Candace Lindemann, Competition, Finland, OECD, Project Based Learning, Richard Bruton, STEAM education, technology

Reading Time: 3 minutes Should education systems be more competitive?

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Research Teaching and Learning 

100 Reasons To Visit Suomi

7th February 20176th February 2017 John Dabell 4349 Views 0 Comments 100 Finland, Collaboration, Finland, HundrED org, innovations, Learning, Schildt Upper Secondary School

Reading Time: 3 minutes Should we spread our ideas like viral margarine?

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International 

Those canny Finns!

12th November 201619th December 2016 John Dabell 16006 Views 6 Comments David Price OBE, Finland, GERM, Global Education Reform Movement, Graham Brown-Martin, John Dabell, Phenomenon Based Teaching, Project Based Learning

Reading Time: 5 minutes Why is Finnish education so good?

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Policies Politics 

School for Scandal

23rd October 201623rd October 2016 @TeacherToolkit 5276 Views 0 Comments 11+, Brexit, CBI, Centre for Cities’, David Blunkett, David Cameron, Ed Straw, Educational Excellence Everywhere, Europe, Finland, George Osbourne, Germany, Gordon Brown, Grammar Schools, Headteachers Roundtable, House of Lords, James Park, John Bird, Martin Rowson, Martin Wolf, Michael Gove, Nigel Farage, Ofsted, The Big Issue, Theresa May

Reading Time: 10 minutes How can we engage, deliberate and decide on what’s best for our education system?

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Recruitment 

Stay On The Bus

4th June 20164th June 2016 @TeacherToolkit 7358 Views 0 Comments Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Bus, Bus Station, College of Teaching, Finland, Helsinki, James Clear, The Helsinki Bus Station Theory

Reading Time: 4 minutes If teachers quit the classroom, do they reach their ‘best before end’ date too early? And what is the reason behind

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International Publication Research 

Global Status #TeacherIndex

8th March 201413th November 2018 @TeacherToolkit 2402 Views 3 Comments Education, education system, Finland, OECD countries, Pisa, Rankings, South Korea, Varkey Gems, Varkey Gems Foundation

Reading Time: 3 minutes What is the perception of British teachers?

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