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Demystifying the Finnish Education System, Part II: Is Finland abolishing school subjects?

By Maya Kaul on April 26, 2018

In the months leading up to my move to Finland, friends and family regularly forwarded me any links to news articles about the Finnish education system they came across. Those articles most often were about one of two things: the lack of testing and homework employed in the Finnish school system, and the rumors that Finland is “abolishing school subjects”… Continue reading "Demystifying the Finnish Education System, Part II: Is Finland abolishing school subjects?"
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Finland 100: Education & the Construction of a Finnish National Identity

By Maya Kaul on December 15, 2017

Last Wednesday, Finland celebrated Independence Day (itsenäisyyspäivä)–marking 100 years since Finland declared its independence from Russia. A marked difference between the independence day celebrations I have experienced in Finland and those back in the States is that celebrations here seem to be touched by a level of melancholy. Because of the relative recency of Finnish Civil War (and the Continuation War… Continue reading "Finland 100: Education & the Construction of a Finnish National Identity"
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Demystifying the Finnish Education System, Part I: No Tests or Homework?

By Maya Kaul on October 31, 2017

When I asked a classroom full of Finnish 9th grade students how much homework they traditionally get every night earlier this month, they literally laughed at me. Around the world, there are rumors about the non-existence of homework in Finland, but I assumed this had been exaggerated, at least to some degree. The 9th grade students I was with had… Continue reading "Demystifying the Finnish Education System, Part I: No Tests or Homework?"
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What does bottom-up, teacher-centered education policy change look like?

By Maya Kaul on September 28, 2017

Now that I have been in Helsinki for over a month, I have had time to get situated within my research group, the LUMA Centre. Though I have a number of first impressions of the Finnish education, something I have been particularly fascinated by is the ways in which current Finnish education policy changes center the teacher and university researcher as… Continue reading "What does bottom-up, teacher-centered education policy change look like?"
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Recommended Readings on Finnish Education System

By Maya Kaul on August 28, 2017

Today marked my first day working with the LUMA Centre research group at the University of Helsinki. I thought that before I begin writing more specifically about my research here, I would provide a little bit more context on the Finnish education system, for those who are interested in digging a little deeper into some of the existing research. I have… Continue reading "Recommended Readings on Finnish Education System"

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Demystifying the Finnish Education System, Part II: Is Finland abolishing school subjects?

Finland 100: Education & the Construction of a Finnish National Identity

Demystifying the Finnish Education System, Part I: No Tests or Homework?

What does bottom-up, teacher-centered education policy change look like?

Recommended Readings on Finnish Education System