The “Finnish Way” to Optimize Student Learning
The “Finnish Way” to Optimize Student Learning Lessons from a Fulbright Experience by Janet English Dedicated to Curtis Browne and Bobby English “The Finnish Way” to Optimize Student Learning is a valuable resource for those wanting to improve educational policy and practice. Finns have been combining high quality educational research and classroom practice for more than twenty-five […]
The “Finnish Way” to Optimize Student Learning
The “Finnish Way” to Optimize Student Learning Lessons from a Fulbright Experience by Janet English Dedicated to Curtis Browne and Bobby English “The Finnish Way” to Optimize Student Learning is a valuable resource for those wanting to improve educational policy and practice. Finns have been combining high quality educational research and classroom practice for more than twenty-five […]
1. The Frigid North
Chapter 1 The Frigid North My double prop plane touches down in eastern Finland forty-five miles from Russia, it is the dead of winter, the sky is overcast, and the trees and ground are covered with snow. It’s a little past noon and the sun is already low on the horizon. Yesterday I was living in sunny […]