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iGeneration - 21st Century Education (Pedagogy & Digital Innovation)
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Teaching and learning in the 21st Century - meeting the pedagogical challenges of digital learning and innovation for the iGeneration
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Finland is rethinking how it teaches in the digital age - and is seeking to place skills, as much as subjects, at the heart of what it does. 
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In the latest round of the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) exam, given to more than 500,000 15-year-olds in 72 nations, students in the U.S. once again scored in the middle of the pack—and below average in math—raising concerns and sending educators looking for answers.
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Finland has consistently remained at the top of international rankings of schooling systems for the past several years. Here are reasons to why!
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Finland began the reform of its education system some 40 years ago. Today, Finland's school system is top-ranked among developed nations, as measure
Tony Guzman's curator insight,
August 7, 2016 10:32 PM
Excellent article sharing three things to consider from the education system in Finland for implementation here in the US.
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The Harvard education professor Howard Gardner once advised Americans, "Learn from Finland, which has the most effective schools and which does just abou
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Extensive training is the basis for giving teachers the autonomy to work the way they want. The result is a highly prized profession and an education system always near the top in international rankings
RESENTICE's curator insight,
June 22, 2015 3:44 AM
Très expérimentés, respectés et libres : pourquoi les enseignants finlandais sont-ils différents .
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A column in the Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter on Wednesday brought attention to a recently-published book that "challenges conventional wisdom" about the reasons behind Finland’s remarkable education success story. The author's opinions have raised the eyebrows of Finnish educators.
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Finland’s education system, often held up as an exemplary model for the rest of the world, is on the verge of making some major changes.
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Curriculum reforms being introduced in Finland from 2016 will set aside time for 'phenomenon-based' learning across subjects.
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Cursive handwriting will be scrapped from the Finnish education curriculum and replaced by lessons in keyboard typing, it has been announced.
DailyEnglish's curator insight,
February 4, 2015 2:33 PM
quel est votre avis ? est ce que l’éducation français doit se concentrer sur l'utilisation d'un clavier plutôt que l'ecriture ? A débattre ! 
EdTech@FAIS's curator insight,
February 4, 2015 6:38 PM
Is there a brain-memory connection to learning cursive that can't be learned with typing skills? What do you think? 
Sue Gaardboe's curator insight,
February 5, 2015 5:42 AM
So sensible to teach typing, but I find children who can write cursive can read it. It will be a pity to loose the ability to read old text, e.g. a letter from Granny!
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Sonia Verma discovered an educational oasis in the desert with important lessons for Canada
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13 Magazines | 19,640 Articles | 177.2M Followers | 23 Likes | @flipboard | Official Flipboard account
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RESENTICE's curator insight,
September 1, 2016 3:55 AM
Le témoignage d'un enseignant américain sur sa rentrée scolaire dans une école finlandaise...
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Finland has remade its education system to help kids like Lara Osman – born to poor, immigrant parents – grow up to be middle-class success stories. Doug Saunders reports
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October 5 is World Teachers' Day. How about paying some attention to how teachers experience their work? Do teachers in Finland have more autonomy when compared to those in the US?
andrea elisabet abdala's curator insight,
October 8, 2015 4:30 PM
Creo que en nuestro Pais Argentina, por el contrario los docentes Muchas Veces hacemos Cosas Sin Sentido porque nos continuan "normalizando o federalizando" en algunos casos faltan los recursos necesarios, en otros la administración de los mismos es deficiente y empresas privadas como "editoriales" aprovechan la necesidad de innovarl el rol docente se desdibuja en práctica aulica, favoreciendo el control y la subordinacion a las politicas.
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New education rankings from the OECD put Finland in sixth position worldwide—the top European country and the first non-Asian country in the list.
PnCs For Gonski's curator insight,
August 11, 2015 7:59 AM
Finland continues to do well in educating its students.
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Children will look at broader topics and use multi-disciplinary modules, one expert says.
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For years, Finland has been the by-word for a successful education system, perched at the top of international league tables for literacy and numeracy.
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Study reveals increase in chronic fatigue may be caused by energy drinks and long exposure to iPad or smartphone screens
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