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本帖最後由 bobbycheung 於 12-3-20 10:35 編輯
FattyDaddy,
It seems that Finland also has its fair share of problems and its unique past history.
The articles said:-
1. Finland’s schools were not always a wonder. Until the late 1960s, Finns were still emerging from the cocoon of Soviet influence. Most children left public school after six years. (The rest went to private schools, academic grammar schools or folk schools, which tended to be less rigorous.) Only the privileged or lucky got a quality education....
2. In 1963, the Finnish Parliament made the bold decision to choose public education as its best shot at economic recovery.........It was simply the idea that every child would have a very good public school. If we want to be competitive, we need to educate everybody. It all came out of a need to survive........Teachers from all over the nation contributed to a national curriculum that provided guidelines, not prescriptions
3. The second critical decision came in 1979, when reformers required that every teacher earn a fifth-year master’s degree in theory and practice at one of eight state universities—at state expense. From then on, teachers were effectively granted equal status with doctors and lawyers. Applicants began flooding teaching programs, not because the salaries were so high but because autonomy and respect made the job attractive.
4. By the mid-1980s, a final set of initiatives shook the classrooms free from the last vestiges of top-down regulation. Control over policies shifted to town councils. The national curriculum was distilled into broad guidelines......Sifting and sorting children into so-called ability groupings was eliminated. All children—clever or less so—were to be taught in the same classrooms, with lots of special teacher help available to make sure no child really would be left behind. The inspectorate closed its doors in the early ’90s, turning accountability and inspection over to teachers and principals.
5. And there are still challenges. Finland’s crippling financial collapse in the early ’90s brought fresh economic challenges to this “confident and assertive Eurostate,". At the same time, immigrants poured into the country, clustering in low-income housing projects and placing added strain on schools.
I don't really know what the majority of Hongkongers want. Personally, I want my kids to go to school to learn and do it happily. I don't want them to be drowned by loads of homeworks, stressed by numerous tests and exams and worried about the marks the day they start schooling. I want them to enjoy school and love learning. Apparently, in Finland, teachers have the same status as doctors and lawyers and they find the job attractive mostly because of the autonomy and respect they get as teachers. In HK, I don't think teachers' salaries are really that low nowadays in comparison with say lawyers or accountants in general. But how can we attract the top or better graduates is a question that we need to think about. As to the issue of giving them autonomy, I don't really know how it can be achieved. Could you imagine the Education Department willingly doing less and giving out less policies and directions? I have the feeling that the Education Department is going the opposite direction partly to keep their staff busy and partly because they will tell you they know better. I must admit I am no expert in education matters. This is just my personal view. More importantly, I want to share with the interested parents what I found in the internet
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發表於 12-3-20 00:44
