Finland Phenomenon

In the movie Finland Phenomenon, by Tony Wagner, it posed a lot of really good thoughts and questions. Like how can a school that doesn't test its students and have a laid back atmosphere be doing the best in the world. It looked at how the structure of the schools are set up and how teachers must go through a lot of schooling and peer teaching and going over what they learned and what they thought about the lesson that they observed or gave. It makes you think as a teacher and makes you look at your flaws but by doing that it only makes you a stronger teacher. And that is what Finland is doing producing amazing teachers that have masters degrees and have gone through many lesson plans and have had master teachers give them critiques. In Finland another big difference is the trust factor. Trust is everywhere in that school system and its paying off because the kids are doing amazing in their studies. And only the top students get to be teachers. It is more of a prestigious thing to become a teacher. Not everyone that applies to become a teacher is accepted. And they integrate more Arts into every class. It poses more questions for students to think about and the motivate each and every student and they want the students who understand what is going on to work at their own pace and the ones that are struggling get more one on one time with the teacher. They also place less emphasis on sports or extra circulars. They have trade schools in high school to avoid high drop out rates. This gives every student the opportunity to further their education. What Finland is doing is something that every country should look at and take notice that they have figured some things out and many countries should follow.