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Pasi SAHLBERG, PhD
Director General CIMO/Ministry of Education
Helsinki FINLAND
in the Baltic Countries British Parliament London, ENGLAND
17th May 2012
pasisahlberg.com Twitter: @pasi_sahlberg
Why Finland?
3 things to get right
Finland has not always been a high performer
Finland has never aimed to be a top performer
Finland ranks high in many other areas as well
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Educational performance over time
Similar policies, better implementation?
Different policies, different implementation?
or
Equity in education
Qu
alit
y in
ed
uca
tio
n
What does society need from education?
High performers
Policy driver #1: Enhancing equity
Social capital
Hu
man
cap
ital
What does society need from education?
High performers
Policy driver #1: Enhancing equity
Income inequality
Lear
nin
g o
utc
om
es
Income inequality and learning
FINLAND
Variation of students’ reading literacy in PISA 2009
OECD
Variation between school
ENGLAND
Policy driver #1: Enhancing equity
Policy driver #2: Less is more
Less teaching time
Policy driver #2: Less is more
Less teaching time
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rtuga
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Irela
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Fl.)
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ch R
epublic
Luxem
bourg
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nia
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Hungary
Au
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Jap
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Italy
Isra
el
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ece
Average annual teaching hours of a typical middle school teacher
60 min/day
Policy driver #2: Less is more
More time for collaboration
Curriculum planning
Student assessment
School improvement
School welfare issues
Policy driver #2: Less is more
Policy driver #2: Less is more
Less classroom time
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Italy
Australia
Israel
Belgium (Fr.)3
Netherlands
Mexico
France
Ireland
Spain
Luxembourg
Portugal
England
Belgium (Fl.)
Turkey
Chile
Austria
OECD average
Denmark
Iceland
Germany
Japan
Greece
Slovak Republic
Norway
Hungary
Czech Republic2
Korea
Sweden1
Russian…
Slovenia
Finland
Estonia
Poland
Total number of intended instruction hours
Ages 7 to 8 Ages 9 to 11 Ages 12 to 14
Policy driver #2: Less is more
Less classroom time
Less classroom time Grades 1 to 9 (Eurydice, 2011)
FINLAND UK LUXEMBURG
OECD average in
reading Literacy in
2009
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Policy driver #2: Less is more
“Less homework, more time to play”
Policy driver #2: Less is more
“The key to success in any field is, to a large extent, a matter of practicing a specific task
for a total of around 10,000 hours” Malcolm Gladwell: “Outliers”
Policy driver #3: Teacher and leader professionalism
Veera
Only for the very best
Applicants Accepted
Applicants and accepted to primary teacher education in the University of Helsinki in 2012
Policy driver #3: Teacher and leader professionalism
“The key to success in any field is, to a large extent, a matter of practicing a specific task
for a total of around 10,000 hours” Malcolm Gladwell: “Outliers”
SCHOOL CHOICE
STANDARDIZATION
COMPETITION
Finnish Way
COLLABORATION
PERSONALIZATION
EQUITY
TRUST-BASED PROFESSIONALISM TEST-BASED ACCOUNTABILITY
GERM
Global Educational Reform Movement
National averages of 15-year-old students learning outcomes in mathematics 2000-06
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560
USA UK Canada Australia Japan New Zealand Ireland Finland
2000
2003
2006
OECD 2001-2007
Does GERM work?
Doing the wrong thing righter!
“You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried
everything else.”
OECD (2012):
“The highest-performing education systems across the OECD countries are those that combine quality with equity.”
Finnish Lesson for England #1:
“More collaboration, less competition.”
“More personalization, less standardization.”
Finnish Lesson for England #2:
“More trust-based responsibility, less test-based accountability.”
Finnish Lesson for England #3:
“More pedagogy, less technology.”
Finnish Lesson for England #4:
“More professionalism, less bureaucracy.”
Finnish Lesson for England #5:
Thank you!
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