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Final Stop Finland (part 2: educational visits)
Library visit: Oodi Helsinki Main Library 100,000 books 64 employees 9 living trees 2 cafes Topic of discussion: The building blocks of a...
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FINLAND + SWEDEN AND THE BALTICS
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10 reasons why Finland’s education system is the best in the world – in a nutshell
No standardized testing Accountability for teachers (not required) Cooperation not competition Make the basics a priority Starting school...
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Final Stop: Finland (part 1: cultural visits)
Löyly Sauna I absolutely loved this place! It was incredibly relaxing. There are 5 different saunas. Once you “sauna” and feel like you...
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Exploring Estonia (part 2: educational visits)
I really enjoyed visiting two schools in Tallinn, Estonia! It was wonderful to discuss different topics within the field of education in...
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Finnish Emotions
The director of my program in Finland shared this with us and I thought it was super interesting! "My patriotic ramblings: Finland is the...
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Exploring Estonia (part 1: cultural visits)
The city of Tallinn is charming, beautiful, and full of fascinating history. Below are some of the places I explored during my time in...
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Not a square, but a heart
As much as I loved exploring the city of Stockholm, I really enjoyed connecting with other educators about their personal experiences...
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Stockholm Adventures!
Ohhhh myyyy! It’s been a busy two days. I landed in Stockholm yesterday and hit the ground running. First I met up with my group from...
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Baltic Culture and History
After Sweden, I'm planning to travel to Estonia and Latvia before going to Finland. I thought I'd share a few resources about Baltic...
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Scandinavian Culture and History
Sweden will be the first stop on my journey this summer. I wanted to gain a deeper sense of the culture and history before my travels...
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Finnish Schools
Let's learn a bit more about schools in Finland before taking flight in July. Here you will find a few helpful and popular articles...
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I will be traveling to Finland, Sweden, and the Baltics. My focus will be on connecting with educators on an international level to help me better understand their education systems and adopt innovative strategies that ensure a child-centered focus for my kindergarten classroom. Finland’s education system is internationally renowned for having a high level of trust in both teachers and students that truly take charge of their educational trajectory. Due to Finland’s highly successful education system, surrounding areas have adopted some of their practices. Thus, it will be beneficial to see and experience how Sweden integrates some of Finland’s approaches to education for me to be able to do the same in my classroom. I’m curious to better understand how Finland has mastered shorter school days while maintaining high success rates in preparing students at a young age to truly love learning by always being an active participant.
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