The “Finnish Way” to Optimize Student Learning
Lessons from a Fulbright Experience
by Janet English
Dedicated to Curtis Browne and Bobby English
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“The Finnish Way” to Optimize Student Learning is a valuable resource for those wanting to improve educational policy and practice. Finns have been combining high quality educational research and classroom practice for more than twenty-five years and building an education system that optimizes student learning. “The Finnish Way” shares Finnish educational policies and practices through storytelling vignettes, short chapters and insightful interviews, and these chapters are reflective of what I found in schools all across Finland. Sit back, pour yourself a cup of coffee, and enjoy the journey.
Writing a book like this requires time, travel and many expenses. If you find this work valuable please leave a donation. Thank you.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 2 Nine-Year-Olds with Power Tools
Chapter 3 Moonlight in the Finnish Forest
Chapter 4 Bridges, Chairs and Machines
Chapter 6 Teaching is Like “Sailing”
Chapter 7 Problem Solving in Music Class
Chapter 8 Swimming and Dipping in Icy Finnish Water
Chapter 9 Candles on the Doorstep
Chapter 10 A Cottage Pre-School
Chapter 11 Night as a Winter Animal
Chapter 12 Saddle Shoes and a Pink Ukulele
Chapter 13 The “Silent Church”
Chapter 14 The Value of Time in the Learning Process
Chapter 15 Every Child has “Special Needs”
Chapter 16 More Than Fifteen Words that Mean “Peace”
Chapter 17 Teacher Freedom and the Core Concepts for Learning
Chapter 18 Finns Share Their Insights about American Education
Chapter 19 Visiting Andreas Schleicher and OECD for a Global Perspective
Chapter 20 Pasi Sahlberg on Equity and Education
Chapter 21 Lessons Learned and the Journey Home
Appendix A: American Research Used in Finnish Education
Note: This work represents my point of view only and is not associated with the U.S. State Department or the Fulbright Program.
To contact Janet English: janet.lee.english@gmail.com
