[net-gold] Bernstein's Review of Sahlberg's "Finnish Lessons"

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Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:43:37 -0400 (EDT)

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Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:05:45 -0700
From: Richard Hake <rrhake@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [Net-Gold] Bernstein's Review of Sahlberg's "Finnish Lessons"

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ABSTRACT: In response to my post "Finnishing Touches" at
<http://bit.ly/Ixkqa7> education guru Kenneth Bernstein
<http://huff.to/gAtYnU> pointed out in an EDDRA2 post that he had
reviewed Sahlberg's "Finnish Lessons"<http://bit.ly/JpU9fD> in a
Daily Kos article at <http://bit.ly/IqrByq>. Burnstein ends his
knowledgeable review by quoting Sahlberg: "As a countervailing force
against the global educational reform movement driving school systems
around the world, the Finnish Way reveals that creative curricula,
autonomous teachers, courageous leadership, and high performance go
together. The Finnish Way furthermore makes plain that
collaboration, not conflict, with teachers unions leads to better
results. The evidence is clear and so should be the road ahead."

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In response to my post "Finnishing Touches" [Hake (2012)], Kenneth
Bernstein <http://huff.to/gAtYnU> (aka Teacherkin) in his EDDRA2 post
"Re: Finnishing Touches" [Bernstein (2012) wrote (paraphrasing):

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"I reviewed 'Finnish Lessons' [Sahlberg (2011)] back in late December
of 2011 in a 'Daily Kos' article 'Finnish Lessons' [Bernstein
(2011)]. I strongly recommend the book."

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Bernstein (2011) ends his knowledgeable review by quoting this
summary passage from pages 144-145 of Sahlberg (2011) [bracketed by
lines "SSSS. . . . . "]:

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. . . .what the world can learn from educational change in Finland is
that accomplishing the dream of a good and equitable education system
for all children is possible. But it takes the right mix of
ingenuity, time, patience, and determination.

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The Finnish Way of educational change should be encouraging to those
who have found the path of competition, choice, test-based
accountability, and performance-based pay to be a dead end. The
future of Finnish education described above can moreover offer an
alternative means to customized learning. For the Finns,
personalization is not about having students work independently at
computer terminals. The Finnish Way is to tailor the needs of each
child with flexible arrangements and different learning paths.
Technology is not a substitute but merely a tool to complement
interaction with teachers and fellow students.

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As a countervailing force against the global educational reform
movement driving school systems around the world, the Finnish Way
reveals that creative curricula, autonomous teachers, courageous
leadership and high performance go together. The Finnish Way
furthermore makes plain that collaboration, not conflict, with
teachers unions leads to to better results. The evidence is clear
and so should be the road ahead.

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Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
<rrhake@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Richard Hake <rrhake@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Indiana University, Emeritus
Links to Articles: <http://bit.ly/a6M5y0>
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Blog: <http://bit.ly/9yGsXh>
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"This book is a wake-up call for the United States. Finland went from
mediocre academic results to one of the top performers in the world.
And they did it with unions, minimal testing, national collaboration,
and elevating teaching to a high-status calling. This is the antidote
to the NCLB paralysis."

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-Henry M. Levin <http://bit.ly/IjS71K>, Teachers College, Columbia
University

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REFERENCES [All URL's shortened by <http://bit.ly/> and accessed on
26 April 2012.]

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Hake, R.R. 2012. "Finnishing Touches" online on the OPEN! AERA-L
archives at <http://bit.ly/Ixkqa7>. Post of 22 Apr 2012
11:28:54-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the
complete post are also being transmitted to several discussion lists
and are on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/IJW3FA> with a
provision for comments.

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Bernstein, K.J. (aka Teacherkin). 2011. "Finnish Lessons," Daily Kos,
29 Dec; online at <http://bit.ly/IqrByq>.

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Bernstein, K.J. 2012. "Re: Finnishing Touches," on the OPEN! EDDRA2
archives at <http://yhoo.it/Ke2Fvl>. Post of 26 April 12:33 am to
EDDRA 2.

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Sahlberg, P. 2011. "Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn from
Educational Change in Finland," Teachers College Press, publisher's
information at <http://bit.ly/Jjsa2a>. Sahlberg's information at
<http://bit.ly/JpU9fD>. Amazon.com information at
<http://amzn.to/IfQIba>, note the searchable "Look Inside" feature.

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