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Wie viele Stunden unterrichten finnische Lehrer? Haben sie Planungsstunden (ev. mit Kollegen)? Haben sie Arbeitsplätze in der Schule?

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Hat die Schule schon PBL durchgeführt oder plant sie dazu etwas? Themes? Umfang, Organisation etc.?
Klaus Meschede

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Wie ist Elternarbeit an finnischen Schulen gestaltet? Welche Konzepte sind Grundlage? Wie sind Eltern in den Schulalltag eingebunden und wie kommunizieren Eltern und Lehrkräfte (Medium)?

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Welche Entscheidungsmöglichkeiten haben SuS bezüglich ihrer Schulkarriere? Zeitliche Streckung, Schwerpunktsetzung etc.

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Welches Raumkonzept wird bevorzugt? Gibt es Lernbüros? Oder normale Klassenräume oder Fachräume oder Lehrerräume?

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Welchen Stellenwert besitzt Schule für die Schüler? Welche Motivation bringen sie Schule gegenüber mit

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Wenn möglich, versucht einmal die Sprachkompetenzen finnischer Schüler bezogen auf den Zeitraum, in dem sie unterrichtet worden, mit denen unserer Schüler zu vergleichen. Beispielsweise in einer Klasse, die im dritten Jahr Englisch lernt. Bin sehr auf originale Erfahrungen gespannt!
Allgemeiner formuliert, wie sind die Kompetenzen der Schüler außerhalb der PISA-Testkompetenzen im Vergleich zu denen Unserer? Gute Reise, Gruß,
Franz Albers

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Wie sehen Prüfungen aus? Wer erstellt sie? Wie werden sie organisiert? Wer bewertet sie? Sind sie immer schriftlich?

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Nach welchen Grundsätzen ist der Unterricht organisiert? Jahrgangsstufen? Kompetenzstufen? Projektgruppen? Leistungsniveaus? Altersgruppen? Etc

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Wie ist die Schulleitung an finnischen Schulen organisatorisch aufgebaut? Welchen Aufgabenkatalog haben die Schulleitungen? Gibt es Entlastung und wenn ja, in welcher Form und in welchen Bereichen?

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Wird Teamteaching an finnischen Schulen durchgeführt?
Was halten die finnischen Lehrer davon?
Wie wird es umgesetzt?

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Wie sieht die (erfolgreiche) Inklusion von SchülerInne mit unterschiedlichen sonderpädagogischen Förderbedarf in Finnland aus? Wie werden die Sonderpädagogen ausgebildet und inwiefern werden sonderpädagogische Inhalte allen LehrerInnen in der Ausbildung vermittelt?

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Lassen sie unterschiedliche Methoden und Medien zu? Differenziert?

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An welchen Stellen kritisieren finnische Lehrer ihr eigenes Schulsystem? Was wollen sie noch verbessern? Wo sehen sie Potential?

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Wie ist die Lehrer*innenbildung organisiert? (Zugangsvoraussetzungen, Phasen, Prüfungen, Praxisanteil)
Welchen Anteil hat #digitalebildung während des Lehramtsstudiums?
Vielen Dank schon im Voraus - und gute Reise! @seni_bl

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Why Finnish Educators Escape to the Teachers' Lounge

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Finnish schools take their breaks seriously.

In Finland, kids and teachers enjoy 15-minute breaks throughout the school day. (A tradition since at least the 1960s.) During these recesses, Finnish educators love escaping to the teachers' lounge to rejuvenate.

At my former school in Massachusetts, we lacked a teachers' lounge. When I began my stint as a teacher in Finland, the concept of the lounge was completely alien to me. It made me feel uncomfortable. So, initially, I stayed away from the lounge at my Helsinki school. The whole thing seemed, well, lazy.

Today my thinking about the teachers' lounge has changed significantly. I get it now.

(I continue to teach elementary school children in Finland, and it is my favorite place to spend my time during the school day. I can't get enough of it.)

The teachers' lounge is the first place I want to show every foreign teacher who visits Finland. If you want to know the culture of teaching and learning at a Finnish school, start there. The pace of schooling. The collaborative spirit. The emphasis on well-being. It's all there.

Naturally, the teachers' lounge seemed like the perfect subject for my vlog's first episode.

Please take a few minutes to watch this first episode (" Inside a Finnish Teachers' Lounge ") on YouTube! And, if you enjoy it, would you leave a thumbs up and consider subscribing to my channel?

I'm excited about this next chapter of my Finnish education journey and I'm grateful for your support over the years. Feel free to share your thoughts about this first episode and any other ideas for future installments. Thank you, and have a great weekend!

-Tim

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Timothy D. Walker is an American teacher living in Finland and the author of the new book Teach Like Finland: 33 Simple Strategies for Joyful Classrooms. He is a contributing writer on education issues for The Atlantic.

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Why Finnish Educators Escape to the Teachers' Lounge

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Finnish schools take their breaks seriously. In Finland, kids and teachers enjoy 15-minute breaks throughout the school day. (A tradition since at least the 1960s.) During these recesses, Finnish educators love escaping to the teachers' lounge to rejuvenate. At my former school in Massachusetts, we lacked a teachers' lounge.

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Wie findet die Bewertung der Leistungen/ Lernfortschritte statt?

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Wie findet die Bewertung der Leistungen/ Lernfortschritte statt?

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Welche Differenzierungsangebote finden statt? Inwiefern ist es den SuS möglich, den eigenen Lernprozess selbst zu steuern? Inwiefern erfolgt eine Differenzierung auf Grundlage der Interessen und des Leistungsstandes.

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Wie werden die Schulen/ die Lehrer/ die Schüler (alles geschlechtsnetral zu verstehen) unterstützt, damit digitale, zeitgemäße Medein selbstverständlich zum Unterrichtsalltag und damit für Anregungen zur Unterstützung des täglichen Lernprozesses in allen Fächern genutzt werden können?
Wie werden die Geräte für die Schüler generiert? /Elternm bezahlen, ... wird zur Verfügung gestellt (Förderverein, Staat, ...)

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Wie werden digitale Medien im Unterricht eingesetzt? Ist es selbstverständlich? Welchen Unterschied gibt es in verschiedenen Altersstufen?

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Können/Sollen sie eigene Medienkonzepte ausarbeiten?
Gestalten Lehrpersonen ihren Unterricht anhand von Lerntechnologie selbst? Oder ist viel vorgegeben? Wie überwinden sie technische Hürden und Herausforderungen? Wie bleiben Lehrpersonen am Laufenden - jährliche FoBis? Wie viel wird schulweit, stadtweit oder landesweit geteilt (Lehrmaterialien)? Ist Moodle o ä vorgegeben? Oder können sie LMS selbst auswählen?

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Wie geht die Schule mit der Heterogenität um? Gibt es Teilung in honogenere Teilgruppen? Wie geht man mit Störern/Verweigerern um?

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Wie ist der Tag strukturiert? Wann siind wie lange Unterrichtsphasen (und in welcher Sozialform), wann wie lange Pausen? Was machen die SchülerInnen während der Pausen?

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Auf die Vermittlung welcher "digitalen Kompetenzen" legt die Schule besonderen Wert?

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Auf die Vermittlung welcher "digitalen Kompetenzen" legt die Schule besonderen Wert?

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Im November 2018 unternehmen wir als kleine Lehrergruppe eine Exkursionsfahrt nach Finnland. Eine Woche lang haben wir die Gelegenheit, eine Secondary School zu besichtigen und zu erforschen. Wir möchten DIR gerne die Gelegenheit geben, dich mit Fragen und Impulsen zu beteiligen. Worauf sollen wir achten? Was sollen wir beobachten oder erforschen? Welche Fragen sind im Land des sogenannten PISA-Gewinners von Interesse? Unsere Ergebnisse werden wir in einem Blog veröffentlichen. Wenn DU eine Frage oder einen Impuls beitragen möchtest, klicke unten rechts auf das „+“-Symbol, dann kannst du deine Frage direkt formulieren. Wir sind sehr gespannt.

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Suomalainen koulutusjärjestelmä

Finnish education is of high quality. Differences in the learning results of different schools are small and nearly all students complete comprehensive school within target time. Preschool education, comprehensive education and upper secondary education is free of charge and also higher education is for the most part free of charge. The goal is for everyone to have an equal opportunity to receive high quality education regardless of the family's income and to grow up to become active citizens.

The education system includes early childhood education, preschool education, comprehensive education, upper secondary education and higher education. Adult education is intended for adults and it includes a multitude of alternatives from comprehensive to higher education.

Early childhood education

In Finland, children are entitled to receive early childhood education before they reach school age. Early childhood education is organised in day-care centres, family day care or club activities, for example. Children may receive at least 20 hours of early childhood education per week. The goal is to support children's development and wellbeing. They learn, for example, social and manual skills and gain different types of information. Children also acquire skills that help them learn more.

A lot of playtime and outdoor activities are included. If the child's native language is not Finnish or Swedish, he or she will receive support in learning Finnish or Swedish.

In Finland, municipalities organise early childhood education. It is tax funded and therefore more affordable to families. There is also private early childhood education available in Finland. Trained kindergarten teachers and child nurses work with children.

Read more about early childhood education on the Infopankki page Day care.

Preschool education

In Finland, children must attend preschool education for one year before compulsory education begins. Preschool education usually starts during the year when the child turns six. Municipalities organise preschool education and it is free of charge for families. Preschool education is given by kindergarten teachers who have graduated from a university of applied sciences or a university. Preschool education is usually organised from Monday to Friday, four hours a day.

During the preschool year, children learn skills that are useful in school, such as letters. They are not, however, taught how to read. If the child's native language is not Finnish or Swedish, he or she will receive support in learning Finnish or Swedish. A preschool day also includes playtime and outdoor activities.

Read more on the Infopankki page Preschool education.

Comprehensive education

In Finland, comprehensive education normally starts during the year when the child turns seven. All children residing in Finland permanently must attend comprehensive education. Comprehensive school comprises of nine grades. Compulsory education ends when the child has completed the entire comprehensive education syllabus or when ten years has passed since the beginning of compulsory education.

Finnish legislation guides comprehensive education. National curriculum bases and local curriculums are also in use.

Municipalities organise comprehensive education. It is tax funded and therefore free-of-charge for families. There is about 20 hours of tuition per week for lower grades and more for higher grades.

All comprehensive school teachers in Finland have a Master's degree. Comprehensive school class teachers, who teach grades 1-6, are specialised in pedagogy. Grade 7-9 teachers are specialised in the subjects they teach.

Teachers are at liberty to plan their tuition independently based on the national and local curricula. Recently, curricula have emphasised, for example, entities that cover several subjects, investigating daily phenomena and information and communications technology.

Children often have the same teacher for the first six years. The teacher gets to know the students well and is able to develop the tuition to suit their needs. One important goal is that the students learn how to think for themselves and assume responsibility over their own learning.

The teacher evaluates the students' progress in school. In comprehensive education, all grades are given by the teacher. There are no national examinations as such. Instead, learning results are being monitored with sample-based evaluations. These are usually organised in the ninth grade.

If the child or young person has only recently moved to Finland, he or she may receive preparatory education for comprehensive education. Preparatory education usually takes one year. After it, the student may continue to study Finnish or Swedish as a second language, or an S2 language, if he or she needs support in learning the language.

Adult immigrants who have no comprehensive school leaving certificate from their native country may complete comprehensive school in upper secondary schools for adults.

Read more about comprehensive education on the Infopankki page Comprehensive education.

Upper secondary education

The most common options after comprehensive school are upper secondary school and vocational education. They are considered upper secondary education. Upper secondary education is usually free-of-charge for the students. However, they must purchase their own books and other learning materials.

Upper secondary schools

Upper secondary schools provide all-round education which does not lead to any profession. The same subjects are studied in upper secondary schools as in comprehensive school, but the studies are more demanding and independent. At the end, students usually take the matriculation examination. Upper secondary school takes 2-4 years, depending on the student. After finishing, students are eligible to apply to universities, universities of applied sciences or upper secondary school based vocational education.

Most upper secondary schools provide education in Finnish or Swedish language. Larger cities have some upper secondary schools that provide tuition in other languages, such as English or French.

Adults may take upper secondary school studies in upper secondary schools for adults. There, it is possible to either take separate courses or complete the entire upper secondary school syllabus and take the matriculation examination. Tuition may include contact teaching, distance education, online education and independent studies.

Read more about upper secondary school studies on the Infopankki page Upper secondary school.

Preparatory education for upper secondary school

Good language skills are necessary in upper secondary school. If the student's native language is some other than Finnish or Swedish and his or her language skills are not yet at the level required for upper secondary school studies, he or she can apply to preparatory education for upper secondary school (LUVA). Read more on the Infopankki page Preparatory education for upper secondary school.

Vocational education

Vocational education is more practice-oriented than upper secondary school education. Completing a vocational qualification takes about three years. After this, students can continue their studies to complete a further vocational qualification or a specialised vocational degree. On-the-job learning is an essential part of the qualification. It takes at least six months. If students so choose, they can progress from vocational education to higher education.

Further vocational qualification or a specialised vocational degree can also be completed as competence-based qualifications if the student has already acquired the skills required for the qualification.

Vocational qualification can also be obtained through apprenticeship training. In this case, students work in jobs within their own field, receive a salary that is at least equal to training salary and complete their studies at the same time.

Read more on the Infopankki page Vocational education and training.

Preparatory vocational education

If your language or study skills are not adequate for vocational education, you can apply for preparatory vocational education (VALMA). Read more on the Infopankki page Preparatory vocational education.

Higher education

After finishing your upper secondary studies, you can progress to higher education. In Finland, higher education is provided by universities and universities of applied sciences.

Studying in an institute of higher education may be free or subject to a charge. You will be charged tuition fees if you are not an EU or EEA citizen or a family member of an EU or EEA citizen and are studying towards a Bachelor's or Master's degree in an English-language degree programme.

More information is available on the Infopankki page Foreign students in Finland.

Universities of applied sciences

The education provided by universities of applied sciences is more practice-oriented than that offered by universities. Tuition also includes on-the-job learning. Completing a Bachelor's degree in a university of applied sciences takes 3.5-4.5 years. If you also want to complete a Master's degree, you must first acquire three years of work experience from the same field. Read more on the Infopankki page Universities of applied sciences.

Universities

University tuition is based on scientific research. Completing a Bachelor's degree in a university takes about three years and Master's degree about two more years. Universities organise English language tuition in some of their degree programmes. However, the teaching language of most degree programmes is either Finnish or Swedish.

Once you have completed a Master's degree, you can apply for a right to complete further studies and earn a Licentiate's or Doctoral degree.

Read more on the Infopankki page Universities.

Applying for education and training

Infopankki page Applying for education and training includes information on applying to upper secondary and higher education in Finland. If you are planning to study in Finland, more information is also available on the Infopankki pages Foreign students in Finland and Student.

Language training

If you would like to study Finnish or Swedish, read more on the Infopankki page Finnish and Swedish language.

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Suomalainen koulutusjärjestelmä Finnish education is of high quality. Differences in the learning results of different schools are small and nearly all students complete comprehensive school within target time. Preschool education, comprehensive education and upper secondary education is free of charge and also higher education is for the most part free of charge.