What are the key things the Finnish education system can teach the world, and Australian education systems in particular? Pasi: Finland has become one of the most investigated school systems in the world. At the same time, however, there are many myths about Finnish schools around the world. A rather common mistake is to think that Finland’s education system can be exported to other countries, or that copying elements of it…
read moreInterview in the DELPHI for the Great Conference of Ideas, 1 February 2018, Vilnius “What can Lithuania learn from Finland’s education system?” What, in your opinion, contributes the most to the quality of the primary, secondary and higher education? Pasi: It depends what do you mean by ‘quality’ of education. In daily conversations about the quality of education we often mix ‘the quality of a school or a university’…
read moreThe World Development report 2018 (WDR2018) is right about the global learning crisis: many children not in school, educational inequity, and low quality of learning outcomes. But it often misses the point when trying to use available evidence to realize education’s promise. The problem is that there are so many ‘facts’ now available about how to fix education, that anyone – including the Bank – can easily gravitate…
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