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lessons learned from finland’s world class educational system lessons learned from finland’s world class educational system dolores davison foothill college & asccc executive committee phil smith american river college & asccc executive committee finland’s education system prior to 1960s/1970s finland had a somewhat mediocre educational system: low levels of educational attainment deep inequality and elitist educational system modest student achievement teachers without proper education big performance gap in comparison with other organization for economic co-operation and development (oecd) countries source: key drivers of educational performance in finland, pasi sahlberg, 2010. today… finland has: high graduation and low drop-out rates (99% complete compulsory basic education) high rates of higher education (three out of five young finns enroll in and 50% complete state-funded higher education after upper secondary school) consistently high performance (often the top scorer) in international assessments of student achievement with other oecd countries moderate educational spending equitable outcomes and …

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ties: los angeles (pop. 3,792,621) san diego (1,307,402) san jose (945,942) geographic size of california: 163,700 square miles 5 finland, california: really? comparable at all? how did the finns achieve these remarkable results? greater standardization? increased focus on core subjects like mathematics, reading, and composition? determine desired educational outcomes in advance; then focus teaching on achieving those outcomes? employ innovations from the business world? greater, high stakes test-based accountability for schools and teachers? all of the above? er, well, … greater standardization? increased focus on core subjects like mathematics, reading, and composition? determine desired educational outcomes in advance; then focus teaching on achieving those outcomes? employ innovations from the business world? greater, high stakes test-based accountability for schools and teachers? all of the above? instead of more standardization… greater personalization < instead of exclusive focus on literacy and numeracy… deep and broad learning < instead of “teaching to the test” …

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individual student progress equal opportunities a big motivator in finnish society was to provide equally for underserved rural students and to move away from “elitist” schools that provided high quality education for some but not all. an intriguing hypothesis emerges from their efforts: perhaps educational excellence is an effect of educational equity rather than something that can be strived for an end in and of itself. are cccs doing all that we can to ensure equity of opportunity? as open-access institutions, we haven’t and don’t refuse anyone; however, have we provided equal opportunity to educational services and programs to all californians? are some regions of the state being underserved? are california’s different populations getting the educational services that they need from our colleges? what would california community college equal opportunity look like? 20 promoting equity intention to provide equal educational resources (e.g., urban-rural, rich-poor, gifted-special needs) wrap-around support in mainstream …

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it, and educate those with the highest teaching aptitude and talent. only 1 in 10 applicants is accepted into finland’s university teacher education programs. why go to the trouble of selecting, training, and hiring the best and most talented and then micromanage their work? while it is true that some faculty positions at our colleges are highly competitive with hundreds of applicants for a single position, is that the norm across the entire california community college system? are there steps that we as community college faculty can take to hire the most talented? what would those processes and institutions look like? 22 societal trust in educators trust between educators and citizens developed over time highly selective profession incremental improvements rather than reform questions or insights? bibliography anderson, j. (2011, december 12). from finland, an intriguing school-reform model. the new york times. retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/education/from-finland-an-intriguing-school-reform-model.html partanen, a. (2011, december 29). what …

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lessons learned from finland’s world class educational system lessons learned from finland’s world class educational system dolores davison foothill college & asccc executive committee phil smith american river college & asccc executive committee finland’s education system prior to 1960s/1970s finland had a somewhat mediocre educational system: low levels of educational attainment deep inequality and elitist educational system modest student achievement teachers without proper education big performance gap in comparison with other organization for economic co-operation and development (oecd) countries source: key drivers of educational performance in finland, pasi sahlberg, 2010. today… finland has: high graduation and low drop-out rates (99% complete compulsory basic education) high rates...

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