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Why Finland's schools outperform most others across the developed world | 7.30

ABC News (Australia) · 8,202,209 views · Added 1 month ago

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B1

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5/10

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Subtitles (89 segments)

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LINTON BESSER, EUROPE CORRESPONDENT: It's 8:00am on a cold morning in the suburbs of

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Helsinki and these primary school children are getting ready for class.

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This morning's lesson - ancient history.

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KAIJA-LEENA ALATALO, TEACHER: Well, they are reading with pairs some texts about Egypt

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and ancient life.

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They are reading and then I'm going to ask something what did they find out from the

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book?

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I think we all are ready now.

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LINTON BESSER: This is a school system that for years has been among the world's best.

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KAIJA-LEENA ALATALO: And then what about this gold one?

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(Student answering question)

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LINTON BESSER: And yet these kids will spend half as much time in a classroom as Australian

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children.

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AIJA RINKINEN, MINISTERIAL ADVISER, EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS: When you go to the first grade, when

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you are seven years old, the amount of hours is 20 hours a week. It's the minimum and then

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it gets more hours the older you get.

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But it's still less than in many countries in Europe or in the world.

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LINTON BESSER: In Finland, it's individual teachers who decide how the curriculum is

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