Finnish Lessons 2.0: What can the world learn from educational change in Finland?

Chapter Four

Finland's Rise to Education Prominence

• Globalization
• Educational Reform
• Welfare, Equality, Competition
• Foreign Innovation
• Opposition

Chapter Five

What Sets Finland's Education Apart?

• Being Different
• Educational Reform
• Trusting the Process
• Looking to the Future

Classroom-based Application

Multiple Intelligences

Sahlberg (2015) states "the spirit of the 1970s school reform in Finland included another idea that derives from U.S. universities and scholars: development of the whole child" (p.153).

As a future teacher, this quote means to me that I will strive to go above and beyond to challenge myself to explore the many ways that teaching can be learned by exploring Dr. Howard Gardner's "8 Multiple Intelligences" to ensure that every student has a opportunity to learn.

Sahlberg, P. (2015). Finnish lessons 2.0: What can the world learn from educational change in Finland? (Series on School Reform). Teachers College Press. New Press.