Before a country’s workforce experiences any improvement, that country must come up with a large number of educated citizens. The postwar governments of Finland and South Korea understood this and made it a goal to focus their population’s attention onto education in order to improve the standards of living. The amount of dedicated teachers and parents that got involved in their students’ educational life increased remarkably. Federal and local governments got involved and made it possible for every child to attend a public school as close to home as possible. Improvements in both countries’ educational systems arose in every family’s household. A strong educational system requires value, availability to all, and specific goals set by the curriculum.
Primary school teachers, active in the most sought out career, carry a large amount of prestige from the people of both the South Korean and Finnish societies (Dalporto). About a quarter of all Finnish students seek education as a career pathway (Pellissier). Students that train to begin careers as educators are not in it for the money, but for the honor to lavish the next generation with the knowledge of previous and present generations. The students can use the information that people of the past found for them and incorporate it into the field of work they choose to enter. Parents and other adult figures help students realize the importance of education attendance at an early age. This way, the students’ dropout rate stays fairly low and more of them seek further education past high school, such as college or trade schools.
Finnish college students seeking to enter any type of teacher preparation programs must develop a predilection for instruction as well as attain scholarly succ...
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Botstein begins his essay by listing examples to assert that the American high school is obsolete. He describes high school as if to someone who knows nothing about it, so as to better expose the failings of the institution. Current or former high-schoolers remember the team sport culture, but might not realize its harm without Botstein’s detached and somewhat analytical description.
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This assignment has discussed two examples of curricula and it has been concluded that the Finnish curriculum is more suited to preparing individuals to life in the modern society. It has been stated that Finnish schools are ‘the schools of civilisation in an information society’ (Sarajala, 2001b) and therefore, they arguably educate and prepare young adults more sufficiently than the schools of England, who simply provide basic foundations for future development after education.
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In this paper, it will be looking at the culture and education practices of Finland, Canada, and China. Education varies from country to country as well as does one's culture, lifestyle of the people who live there. In doing so will review their culture and the role of their education policies that are used to motivate schools and teachers to improve student learning along with how their culture plays into learning. Furthermore, children should be taught with respect to their culture. However, we can also learn from one another. In addition, we have similar and different educational practices from one another. Such as when it comes to the Finnish, Canadians, to the Chinese as, we all learn in different environments because of our culture. Furthermore, and most importantly, thus educational practices vary from culture to culture. For instance, these counties are considered some of the best when it comes to education, Finland, Canada, China and it is because of their educational practices along with their culture government.
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In great detail, Stewart (2012) and Ripley (2013) explained the characteristics of the education systems in Finland, Poland, South Korea, Singapore and Canada that made them the leaders in education. One characteristic that was interesting is the value placed on equal education. The education superpowers believe all children should receive the same quality of education. These countries have one set of rigorous standards that all schools use and require all teachers to have the same credentials. Equality in all sectors of education give all children the same opportunities and learning experiences. Another characteristic is the connection between education and their society (Stewart, 2012; Ripley (2013). For example, in South Korea, their greatest resource is their citizens, so they invested in their human capital by assuring all children had access to a quality education (Stewart, 2012). Ripley (2013) explained that in Finland their education system functions as a collaborate effort. All stakeholders work together to make major decisions in their education system. This allows for all voices to be heard and have the opportunity to contribute their ideas. These examples provided by Stewart (2012) and Ripley (2013) show how important equal education is to countries that are leaders in
The significance of improved education has been critical for the development strategies of most countries, and the research data (Vinod, 2007) shows significant progress in improving school attainment across the developing world will boost economic growth in recent decades. Developing countries have made a significant amount of progress in improving their literacy and college level education. A country such as Korea has increased their educational spending since the mid-1960s as a developing country, by the beginning of 21st century, Korea has reached the income standards of high-income countries. Thus, human capital seems to have an effect on
Teachers are committed to challenging all students to succeed, whatever their abilities, interests, social and cultural background, gender, prior attainment or aspirations. As future teachers, we need to know the aspects of society, so that we can ensure that each one of our students is successful and achieves his or her potential through the education provided. In this paper, I will be using the articles
In a society where kids must go to school up to the collegiate level, teaching is an impactful career choice. Teachers help contour the minds of future leaders of the world. Furthermore, teachers play a crucial role in guiding students to the knowledge, skills, and abilities they need to succeed in life, and teachers lead students to make informed decisions on any topic the meet in the future. As a teacher, a person must relinquish their knowledge onto students. Finally, they must prepare their students for all the obstacles they will face later in life.
According to the Organization of Economic Co-operation Development, OECD, the United States is slipping into the middle of the pack in education and schooling, while European countries are gliding into the top countries for education. Even Finland, whose students use to trail far behind the U.S., has passed the U.S. and is now one of the top countries in the world in education. The OECD report on how far behind the U.S. is has influenced them to find out where they are going wrong, and why their students as a whole are not doing as well as European students are doing. Studies have now finally pinpointed the problems that have caused the U.S. to be pushed in the middle of the thirty-one participating OECD countries and far behind European countries. European students are doing better in school due to the fact that the education system in Europe is of higher quality and tests students better than the education system of the United States.
Most people would say that if you obtained your education in the United States of America, then you got the best education of all. This is a fascinating idea but I absolutely disagree on this. I believe that education is still based upon an individual’s character and insight in life. It is dependent on how one values education. Even if one has attained the highest education in the United States, he can still be considered uneducated if he doesn’t apply what he has learned in school. The education in the Philippines is better in some ways. Due to difficulty of life in the country and the strong desire of the Filipinos to strive hard, the education becomes the top priority. There are three aspects to compare the education between the Philippines and the United States and these include the cost of education, the type of training, and the style of education.