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The topic you chose to research is very interesting and I liked how you organized your ideas. It was easy to see where the differences are and it makes me look up to Finland as a teaching country. It's interesting to know that they have a relaxed atmosphere (no shoes, address teachers by first name) and there is a huge emphasis put on respect. Teachers in the US don't get the respect they deserve... some people think teachers are over paid and get too much vacation! I also was impressed by the fact that Japan has the same six textbooks for all students and those textbooks have been approved by the Minister of Education and are aligned with the standards. Why don't we have that?
ReplyDeleteBernadette, I completely agree with you when you say that the US has to set high expectations for students and needs to value education! I don't see this changing in the near future, but I hope that when my grandchildren are in school, things have changed drastically.
This was a very interesting presentation! I loved how you split up each of the countries and then went on to a different topic. It was interesting to read about and know these things about the countries because this is something we very rarely hear or know anything about. I liked that you included visuals to your presentation, it made it more creative and more engaging to readers.
ReplyDeleteLooking at education in different countries is so important because we can learn from what others do and see what is working best. Out of all of your slides I really enjoyed the one on why Finland gets the best results. Here in the United States we are always talking about how hard it is to manage a classroom with only one teacher and so many kids. To see that Finland has three teachers to a classroom shows we need to do some changing in are system. The other important fact talked about in the slide about Finland was parent involvement and the impact that has had. Many times parents to not want to be involved in their child's education, it is important as future educators to find ways to get parents just as excited about what their children are learning.
ReplyDeleteThis was a very informative presentation. It was very interesting to see how each of the different countries view math and science education. I agree with your statement that our students are not less intelligent but that they are being taught in the wrong way. It is our job to break the mold and learn from the success of other countries.
ReplyDeleteNice job on your presentation. You're correct when you say Americans are being short-changed on their education. We do need to set our standards higher, and our expectations as well. But don't you feel we "water down" our education system by including too much in our schools that isn't of value? Not that there isn't value in most learning, but the core curriculum of a school should focus on Math, science, english/language, and history. We've let our schools become more of a hodge-podge of instruction and we're losing focus of what students really need in terms of content.
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