Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Sir Ken Robinson, standardised testing and your element!



I found this video on Ben Witheford's blog (http://www.tothefutureandbeyond.net/) who had found it on Derek Wenmoth's blog!  Well worth a look.

The Finnish education system

A BBC news item:

Finland's schools score consistently at the top of world rankings, yet the pupils have the fewest number of class hours in the developed world.  How?!?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/world_news_america/8601207.stm

Paste the above link into your browser and take 5 minutes or so to see something a little different to our current education and political system.  You certainly wouldn't see a scene too often like this below!  What about in New Zealand?