On 23 and 24 March, I visited koulu school for some hours, the neighborhood school of LAAJAVUOREN that Martinlaakson lukio . This is an upper secondary school, the max. includes three years and leads to the Abitur. I was able to gain some impressions of both German and English lessons and a deeper insight into the Finnish school structure.
First, some observations of teaching: The Finnish students who are already 17 and 18 years old were, so here is still as basic as the students. They looked at me not and had no questions.
The requirement level was very high. Most of it went to foreign-language texts to the listening and reading comprehension (true / false, translations synonyms / recovery / paraphrasing of sentences, vocabulary, grammar). It was hardly talked about texts, discussing the substantive issue and it offered little creative tasks. The communication of students with each other and share their speech during these hours were rather low compared to the high proportion of the speech teacher.
was also striking that the class began with a comparison of school work, and in such a way that the teacher hung up the results of document camera, projector and screen and left it to the students themselves, whether these are compared and if necessary improved or not. After some time the document was taken away and the class began by the teacher presented the course of the lesson. Particularly amazing for me was the fast pace of lessons, especially in English class. Since a minute was left unused. In this respect, was very much material to be treated in a relatively short time. The students were very disciplined and there was no classroom disruptions (the only one who could see what I had, some girls, their hands against each other anmalten or embellished their notebooks and work sheets :-) ... but the classes were completely undisturbed and by half past one to two forty-five). While the young people in nursing work or partner work solved problems, the teacher was wearing the missing students in the online platform, "Wilma", which for all teachers, pupils and parents is always visible. In this sense, the classrooms are also (in addition to normal equipment with document camera, projector, screen and microphone system often) and equipped with a laptop online at any time. Thus, web pages are being used more directly in the classroom.
Other features: •
the subjects (courses) are assigned to the classrooms and teachers and not the other way.
• An hour consists of 75 minutes.
• It is not ringing. • The teachers usually teach
: languages or natural sciences or minors. Otherwise, the employment opportunities are very limited.
• The Baccalaureate exams are written entirely unspectacular. In the adjacent rooms will be held normal lessons.
Now something to build the secondary school:
The ninth class (16/17 years, there is no sitting and standing), leaving all students, the nine-year comprehensive school and then decide which path to take: high schools, vocational school or work. 50-60% of all students attend high schools. 40-50% attend a vocational school. The
Upper secondary school covers school years 10 to 12, and concludes with the graduation exams that are written twice a year: in spring and autumn. It is still a classless rate system, ie that the subjects are taught in courses. A course consists of 38 hours. The students choose a course in 6-8 (30-40 hours per week) per epoch. A school year consists of 5 periods. At the end of an era, there is a week of testing (duration: 1.5 weeks), in which each course with a written or an oral test is completed. That is, in part, the students eight tests in 1.5 weeks, depending on how many have them in courses they have dialed in.. If they pass all (There is no sitting and standing, a course may be repeated) and maintain this pace, they can already after two or two and a half years to make graduation. But the fact is that the upper secondary schools offer special study and discussion to help students in having a healthy amount of courses. (Furthermore, there is the special education students as well as the health and care available to students.) Students are advised to max. prove to 7 courses per period. Each course has a subject that is covered in about 6 weeks. This is followed by the test week. Up through high school learners need min. 75 courses. In Finland a central high school will be written that will also be corrected centrally, not by the teacher. That is, there is a relatively real (!) Comparability across the country before (although I'm not convinced by the Central School). In this respect, the pressure on students and teachers is very high, to handle the required material and ahead from and it is understandable why the pace so high and the instruction form of frontal teaching is (in my opinion, the system is however very doubtful - as the final examination in the 9th and 10th grade in Germany, as is being pushed a "learning to the test"). On 1st
Year of secondary school (Year 10) pupils generally choose the compulsory courses: a certain number of ...
- Finnish and Swedish courses
- Math courses
- physics courses
- Music and art classes
- Foreign language courses (mostly English)
(This is not entirely Unfortunately I can not get more first-hand information..)
All other and further courses are optional.
The notes of a course set for the most part composed of the grade of the written or oral exam at the end of the course. The teacher can go a note higher or lower, for example, if a presentation was held and the efforts made in the course were particularly good or particularly low. These notes are in also with the high school. Here again, unfortunately I know nothing definite.
the course and also Baccalaureate exams in foreign languages, in my knowledge our final exams (from construction, not of the content!) Similar: listening comprehension, reading comprehension, grammar and writing.
Now once again something to Dominguez Finnish schools in the summary of Rainer, director of the Finnish National Board of Education. In addition, a copy of the construction of the Finnish school system on the example of three schools in Vantaa, which lie in two minutes from one another and build each other.
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