Article Analysis: What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School Success
Partanen, Anu. "What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School Success." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 29 Dec. 2011. Web. 16 Mar. 2017.
In this essay, Partanen discusses how successful schools have been in Finland. The schools assign little to no homework and emphasize outdoor play, which has led to consistently high test scores. While education has drastically changed in Finland, many Americans are not open-minded to the ideas of their: no standardized testing besides one at the end of high school, no tuition fees and no private schools. While most schools in America thrive on competition and excellence, Finland values equality and cooperation. This essay was written by Anu Partanen in December 2011 and was published in The Atlantic. …show more content…
Many factors contribute to the astounding system that Finland has created. For example, teachers are chosen very selectively after going through many programs and exams. Teachers extensively focus their lesson plans around the needs of their students, not what the government wants. Other key components have played a part in Finland’s success such as, intervention programs, health insurance, and child care. This article was written by Hani Morgan in 2014. It was published by the Association for Childhood Education International which is a bimonthly journal that contains articles about education. At the end of the article, Morgan lists a total of seventeen references from where she got her information from. This is a reliable author and article to help write my essay. I plan to use information from this article in my essay to compare the training teachers must go through in Finland versus The United States. It will help me show how much effort goes into becoming a teacher to better student’s …show more content…
She mentions there is only one standardized test during the entire time students are in school, kids have more time to be kids, college is free, and the teaching profession is a job that is always in high demand. This article was written by Abby Jackson on April 3, 2015. It was published on the Business Insider. Jackson graduated from Yale University and has a degree in political science. I am using this article in my essay because it discusses four main points of what Finland does better than the United States. The article is almost two years old but is still fairly recent. I would like to do some fact checking on this article but I believe it would be a trustworthy source to
In this essay, Partanen discusses how successful schools have been in Finland. The schools assign little to no homework and emphasize outdoor play, which has led to consistently high test scores. While education has drastically changed in Finland, many Americans are not open-minded to the ideas of their: no standardized testing besides one at the end of high school, no tuition fees and no private schools. While most schools in America thrive on competition and excellence, Finland values equality and cooperation. This essay was written by Anu Partanen in December 2011 and was published in The Atlantic. …show more content…
Many factors contribute to the astounding system that Finland has created. For example, teachers are chosen very selectively after going through many programs and exams. Teachers extensively focus their lesson plans around the needs of their students, not what the government wants. Other key components have played a part in Finland’s success such as, intervention programs, health insurance, and child care. This article was written by Hani Morgan in 2014. It was published by the Association for Childhood Education International which is a bimonthly journal that contains articles about education. At the end of the article, Morgan lists a total of seventeen references from where she got her information from. This is a reliable author and article to help write my essay. I plan to use information from this article in my essay to compare the training teachers must go through in Finland versus The United States. It will help me show how much effort goes into becoming a teacher to better student’s …show more content…
She mentions there is only one standardized test during the entire time students are in school, kids have more time to be kids, college is free, and the teaching profession is a job that is always in high demand. This article was written by Abby Jackson on April 3, 2015. It was published on the Business Insider. Jackson graduated from Yale University and has a degree in political science. I am using this article in my essay because it discusses four main points of what Finland does better than the United States. The article is almost two years old but is still fairly recent. I would like to do some fact checking on this article but I believe it would be a trustworthy source to