thanks guru sir for correcting the error i made while comenting on finland education system (Ancient education system). and coming back to STF I always been with STF, whenever I sit before the system my first priority goes to STF. but I feel comenting on only some posts. I dont know why.
I do agree with u on bulk curriculum. I dont know when these people (Educationist) understand this problem and work on it. On Saturday, 26 March 2016 12:35:47 UTC+5:30, itfc.stfkoer wrote: > > Thanks Aravind sir for your comments (so wonderful to see you back in the > STF...) > > I agree with your view about local language and local culture. learning > has to begin from ones context (otherwise it is simply not possible) and > this means LPS must begin from and focus on local language and local > culture. I agree we must believe in ourselves and work with our own > cultural resources > > But I will be careful before making generalisations about our past systems > being ideal. Ancient Indian education was open only to people of certain > backgrounds and many sections in society were kept away from education... > so that they could serve the privileged groups. > > One of the biggest achievements in last couple of decades is the > universalisation of education in India, that has of course caused many > challenges to schools and teachers. but education is no longer a elite > pursuit in India. > > My view is that we should take the good from the past (which is in plenty) > and avoid the bad/ugly (which also is in plenty)... and not either ape the > west or completely swear by our past .... as Gandhi said ... > “I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be > stuffed. I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as > freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any.” > > warm regards > Guru > > > > IT for Change, Bengaluru > www.ITforChange.net > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 9:28 PM, aravind navalli <aravindnava...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> I do accept that finland has best education method. But I strongly >> believe that primary education should compulsory be in their mother tounge. >> and also feel that the curriculum should always reflect that society that >> the children come from. but our nursey rhymes are all from western. >> children only learn that rhyme never feel it. we lost best education system >> we had in our ancient times and trying to find it somewhere in foreign >> countries. I still believe that we have it all and not ready believe in our >> selves. >> >> >> On Monday, 21 March 2016 10:21:49 UTC+5:30, itfc.stfkoer wrote: >>> >>> Dear teachers >>> >>> article worth reading and thinking about and discussing.... comments >>> welcome.... >>> >>> regards >>> Guru >>> >>> The Harvard education professor Howard Gardner once advised Americans, >>> “Learn from Finland, which has the most effective schools and which does >>> just about the opposite of what we are doing in the United States.” >>> >>> I enrolled my 7-year-old son in a primary school in Joensuu, Finland. >>> For five months, my wife, my son and I experienced a stunningly >>> stress-free, and stunningly good, school system. Finland has a history of >>> producing the highest global test scores in the Western world, as well as a >>> trophy case full of other recent No. 1 global rankings, including most >>> literate nation. >>> >>> In Finland, children don't receive formal academic training until the >>> age of 7. Until then, many are in day care and learn through play, songs, >>> games and conversation. Most children walk or bike to school, even the >>> youngest. School hours are short and homework is generally light. >>> >>> Unlike in the United States, where many schools are slashing recess, >>> schoolchildren in Finland have a mandatory 15-minute outdoor free-play >>> break every hour of every day. Fresh air, nature and regular physical >>> activity breaks are considered engines of learning. According to one >>> Finnish maxim, “There is no bad weather. Only inadequate clothing.” >>> >>> One evening, I asked my son what he did for gym that day. “They sent us >>> into the woods with a map and compass and we had to find our way out,” he >>> said. >>> >>> Finland doesn't waste time or money on low-quality mass standardized >>> testing. Instead, children are assessed every day, through direct >>> observation, check-ins and quizzes by the highest-quality “personalized >>> learning device” ever created — flesh-and-blood teachers. >>> >>> In class, children are allowed to have fun, giggle and daydream from >>> time to time. Finns put into practice the cultural mantras I heard over and >>> over: “Let children be children,” “The work of a child is to play,” and >>> “Children learn best through play.” >>> The emotional climate of the typical classroom is warm, safe, respectful >>> and highly supportive. >>> >>> The emotional climate of the typical classroom is warm, safe, respectful >>> and highly supportive. There are no scripted lessons and no quasi-martial >>> requirements to walk in straight lines or sit up straight. As one Chinese >>> student-teacher studying in Finland marveled to me, “In Chinese schools, >>> you feel like you're in the military. Here, you feel like you're part of a >>> really nice family.” She is trying to figure out how she can stay in >>> Finland permanently. >>> >>> In the United States, teachers are routinely degraded by politicians, >>> and thousands of teacher slots are filled by temps with six or seven weeks >>> of summer training. In Finland teachers are the most trusted and admired >>> professionals next to doctors, in part because they are required to have >>> master's degrees in education with specialization in research and classroom >>> practice. >>> >>> “Our mission as adults is to protect our children from politicians,” one >>> Finnish childhood education professor told me. “We also have an ethical and >>> moral responsibility to tell businesspeople to stay out of our building.” >>> In fact, any Finnish citizen is free to visit any school whenever they >>> like, but her message was clear: Educators are the ultimate authorities on >>> education, not bureaucrats, and not technology vendors. >>> >>> Skeptics might claim that the Finnish model would never work in >>> America's inner-city schools, which instead need boot-camp drilling and >>> discipline, Stakhanovite workloads, relentless standardized test prep and >>> screen-delivered testing. >>> >>> But what if the opposite is true? >>> >>> What if high-poverty students are the children most urgently in need of >>> the benefits that, for example, American parents of means obtain for their >>> children in private schools, things that Finland delivers on a national >>> public scale — highly qualified, highly respected and highly >>> professionalized teachers who conduct personalized one-on-one instruction; >>> manageable class sizes; a rich, developmentally correct curriculum; regular >>> physical activity; little or no low-quality standardized tests and the >>> toxic stress and wasted time and energy that accompanies them; daily >>> assessments by teachers; and a classroom atmosphere of safety, >>> collaboration, warmth and respect for children as cherished individuals? >>> >>> Why should high-poverty students deserve anything less? >>> >>> One day last November, when the first snow came to my part of Finland, I >>> heard a commotion outside my university faculty office window, which is >>> close to the teacher training school's outdoor play area. I walked over to >>> investigate. >>> >>> The field was filled with children savoring the first taste of winter >>> amid the pine trees. My son was out there somewhere, but the children were >>> so buried in winter clothes and moving so fast that I couldn't spot him. >>> The noise of children laughing, shouting and singing as they tumbled in the >>> fresh snow was close to deafening. >>> >>> “Do you hear that?” asked the recess monitor, a special education >>> teacher wearing a yellow safety smock. >>> >>> “That,” she said proudly, “is the voice of happiness.” >>> >>> William Doyle is a 2015-2016 Fulbright scholar and a lecturer on media >>> and education at the University of Eastern Finland. His latest book is “PT >>> 109: An American Epic of War, Survival and the Destiny of John F. Kennedy.” >>> >>> source- Why Finland has the best schools >>> <http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0318-doyle-finnish-schools-20160318-story.html> >>> >>> regards, >>> Guru >>> IT for Change, Bengaluru >>> www.ITforChange.net >>> >> -- >> 1. Webpage for this HindiSTF is : >> https://groups.google.com/d/forum/hindistf >> Hindi KOER web portal is available on >> http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Portal:Hindi >> >> 2. For Ubuntu 14.04 installation, visit >> http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Kalpavriksha (It has >> Hindi interface also) >> >> 3. For doubts on Ubuntu and other public software, visit >> http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions >> >> 4. If a teacher wants to join STF, visit >> http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Become_a_STF_groups_member >> >> 5. Are you using pirated software? 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