[net-gold] Finnishing Touches
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- Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 06:35:05 -0400 (EDT)
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Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:28:54 -0700
From: Richard Hake <rrhake@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [Net-Gold] Finnishing Touches
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ABSTRACT: There have been several recent posts regarding the
evidently exemplary Finnish educational system on the discussion
lists Physoc at <http://bit.ly/JjCbfH> and Math-Teach at
<http://bit.ly/IJwwwf>. These threads were stimulated by,
respectively, Al Bartlett's Physoc post "Education in Finland" at
<http://bit.ly/HXVVAS> and Jerry Becker's Math-Teach post "What it
takes to cross the Finnish line" at <http://bit.ly/IegubS>.
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Is this just Yogi Berra's "deja vu all over again"? - see e.g., "Could
the U.S. Put Finnishing Touches on K-12?" by Hake (2005b) at
<http://bit.ly/IJiNW4 >. Probably not, because material by evidently
well-informed Finnish writers is cited by Becker: "Finnish Lessons: What
Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland? by educator Pasi
Sahlberg (2011), and "What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School
Success" by journalist Anu Partanen (2011).
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As of today 22 April 2012 10:48-0700:
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a. Albert Bartlett's (2012) post "Education in Finland" of 16 Apr
2012 with its link to "What it takes to cross the Finnish line' [NCTO
(2012)] had initiated a 7-post thread on Physoc at
<http://bit.ly/JjCbfH>,
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(b) Jerry Becker's (2012a) post "What it takes to cross the Finnish
line" of 20 April to Math-Teach had initiated a 14-post thread on
Math-Teach at <http://bit.ly/IJwwwf>.
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(c) Jerry Becker's (2012b) post "What Americans Keep Ignoring About
Finland's School Success" of 10 January to Math-Teach had received
zero replies.
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Is all this just Yogi Berra's "deja vu all over again"- see e.g.
"Everything I Really Need To Know I Learned In Helsinki"[Hake
(2005a)], and "Could the U.S. Put Finnishing Touches on K-12?" [Hake
(2005b)].
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Possibly not because in:
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(1) "What it takes to cross the Finnish line," Becker (2012a)
references what appears to be a well informed book by Finnish
educator Pasi Sahlberg (2011) <http://bit.ly/I683jx>,
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(2) "What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School Success,"
Becker (2012b) references what appears to be a well informed article
by Finnish journalist Anu Partanen <http://bit.ly/HYctsu>.
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Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
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REFERENCES [All URL's shortened by <http://bit.ly/> and accessed on
22 April 2012.]
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Bartlett, A. 2012. "Education in Finland" online on the CLOSED!
Physoc archives at <http://bit.ly/HXVVAS>. Bartlett cites "26
Amazing Facts About Finland's Unorthodox Education System" [Taylor
(2011)]. Post of 16 Apr 2012 17:31:53-0600 to Physoc. [To access the
archives of PHYSOC one needs to subscribe :-(, but that takes only a
few minutes by clicking on <http://bit.ly/dVm2AM> and then clicking
on "Subscribe or Unsubscribe" in the right-hand column. If you're
busy, then subscribe using the "NOMAIL" option under "Miscellaneous."
Then, as a subscriber, you may access the archives and/or post
messages at any time, while receiving NO MAIL from the list!]
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Becker, J. 2012a. "What it takes to cross the Finnish line," online
on the OPEN! Math-Teach archives at <http://bit.ly/I1VE1U> Post of
20 April 3:30 PM to Math-Teach. Becker cites 'What it takes to cross
the Finnish line: it takes more than we've been led to believe" [NCTQ
(2012)] and copies that entire report into the Math-Teach archives.
NCTQ (2012), in turn, cites "Finnish Lessons: What Can the World
Learn from Educational Change in Finland" [Sahlberg (2011)].
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Becker, J. 2012b. "What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's
School Success;" online on the OPEN! Math-Teach archives at
<http://bit.ly/I5RsMW>. Post of 10 Jan 10 6:59 PM to Math-Teach.
Becker cites Partanen (2011a) and copies her entire report into the
Math-Teach archives.
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Partanen, A. 2011a. "What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's
School Success: The Scandinavian country is an education superpower
because it values equality more than excellence." The Atlantic, 29
December; online at <http://bit.ly/JZpKB2>. See also Partanen
(2011b).
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Partanen, A. 2011b. "A True Finnish Spring," New York Times, 13 May,
online at <http://nyti.ms/JkqvJN>.
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Hake, R.R. 2005a. "Everything I Really Need To Know I Learned In
Helsinki," online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at
<http://bit.ly/JjXcqx>. Post of 11 Jun 2005 15:19:16-0700 to AERA-L
and various other discussion lists.
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Hake, R.R. 2005b. "Could the U.S. Put Finnishing Touches on K-12?"
online on the OPEN AERA-L archives at <http://bit.ly/IJiNW4 >. Post
of 20 Jun 2005 21:26:37-0700 to AERA-L and various other discussion
lists. See also Hake (2005a).
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NCTQ. 2012. "What it takes to cross the Finnish line: it takes more
than we've been led to believe" National Council on Teacher Quality,
30 March; online at <http://bit.ly/I5o6hu>.
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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://www.finnishlessons.com/>. Amazon.com information at
<http://amzn.to/IfQIba>. See also "What it takes to cross the Finnish
line: it takes more than we've been led to believe" {NCTQ (2012). At
<http://bit.ly/Jjsa2a> Linda Darling-Hammond
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Darling-Hammond> is quoted as
follows: "The story of Finland's extraordinary educational reforms is
one that should inform policymakers and educators around the world."
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Taylor, A. 2011. "26 Amazing Facts About Finland's Unorthodox
Education System," Business Insider International, 14 Dec.; online at
<http://read.bi/JD4Ecn>.
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