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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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Finnish Model for Professional Development: Educa 2018

By Maya Kaul on February 6, 2018

The question I am left with after all of this, is how do we create opportunities for this exposure and experience to new teaching methods/tools so that teachers feel comfortable and willing to challenge their current teaching methods?
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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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Why Finland?

By Maya Kaul on August 4, 2017

One of the first questions I receive when I mention to anyone that I will be moving to Finland for the next 9 months (and the question I asked myself when I made the decision to apply for a Fulbright scholarship) is: Why Finland? My work in various spaces of education (e.g. teaching, research, community organizing, etc.) has been focused primarily… Continue reading "Why Finland?"

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

Finnish Model for Professional Development: Educa 2018

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

Recommended Readings on Finnish Education System

Why Finland?