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Readers of this post might enjoy this: http://www.openeducation.net/2008/03/10/several-lessons-to-be-learned-from-the-finnish-school-system/ http://www.openeduc

• lutorm 18y ago
  Nice article. I liked this quote: While “the U.S. holds teachers accountable for teaching” in Finland “they hold the students accountable for learning.” Just one of the many examples of how government policy goes in the opposite direction of science and empirical results.
  • j2d2 18y ago
    Agreed. I generally sum this idea up as victim-based policies vs. enabling policies. This is subtle in the language people use too. Some people say, "we need to control this" implying they want to rule out everything and allow some things. I prefer "we need to influence this" because, to me, this says we want to allow everything and disallow some things. It fosters a more open and creative environment where people are free to try new things, since new things are allowed.