One reason for Finland’s success is the high degree of personal responsibility conferred on both teachers and students. In the 1970s and 1980s, management of Finland’s school system was decentralized and traditional academic structures in upper secondary schools were replaced by flexible modular structures, giving pupils more choice in what they study. Teachers were given freedom to design their curriculum and choose textbooks. -
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Ice ages, famine and war: the recipe for Pisa success?
Paper claims that deadly events boosted Finns’ average IQ
The paper, written by two psychologists and an English anthropologist based in Finland, highlights a strong correlation between a country’s performance in Pisa – which tests 15-year-olds’ applied knowledge in reading, maths and science – and its average IQ. It argues that reasons for Finland’s high average IQ can be traced back to events that took place centuries ago and have little to do with modern schooling.
It also claims that the wealthy were “likely to have had the highest intelligence” and points to “the Finnish famine of 1696-97, in which it is estimated that 30 per cent of the population perished, with the least well-off the most devastated”.
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news | Published in TES magazine on 7 November, 2014 | By: William Stewart
The paper, written by two psychologists and an English anthropologist based in Finland, highlights a strong correlation between a country’s performance in Pisa – which tests 15-year-olds’ applied knowledge in reading, maths and science – and its average IQ. It argues that reasons for Finland’s high average IQ can be traced back to events that took place centuries ago and have little to do with modern schooling.
It also claims that the wealthy were “likely to have had the highest intelligence” and points to “the Finnish famine of 1696-97, in which it is estimated that 30 per cent of the population perished, with the least well-off the most devastated”.
Read more in TES>>>>>
news | Published in TES magazine on 7 November, 2014 | By: William Stewart
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