Bernstein’s Review of Sahlberg’s "Finnish Lessons" #2

Some blog followers might be interested in a recent discussion-list post “Bernstein’s Review of Sahlberg’s Finnish Lessons #2 ” [Hake (2012)]. The abstract reads:

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ABSTRACT: In response to my post “Finnishing Touches” at http://bit.ly/Ixkqa7, education guru Kenneth Bernstein http://huff.to/gAtYnU (aka “teacherken”) pointed out in an EDDRA2 post that he had reviewed Sahlberg’s Finnish Lessons http://bit.ly/JpU9fD in a Daily Kos article at http://bit.ly/IqrByq. Bernstein ends his knowledgeable review by quoting Sahlberg:

“As a countervailing force against the global educational reform movement driving school systems around the world, the Finnish Way reveals that creative curricula, autonomous teachers, courageous leadership, and high performance go together. The Finnish Way furthermore makes plain that collaboration, not conflict, with teachers unions leads to better results. The evidence is clear and so should be the road ahead.”
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Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
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“This book is a wake-up call for the United States. Finland went from mediocre academic results to one of the top performers in the world. And they did it with unions, minimal testing, national collaboration, and elevating teaching to a high-status calling. This is the antidote to the NCLB paralysis.”
Henry M. Levin http://bit.ly/IjS71K, Teachers College, Columbia University


REFERENCES [All URL's shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 26 April 2012.]
Hake, R.R. 2012. “Bernstein’s Review of Sahlberg’s Finnish Lessons #2,” online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at http://bit.ly/JsVsbe. Post of 26 Apr 2012 09:53:00-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are also being transmitted to several discussion lists.

Finnishing Touches

Some blog followers might be interested in a recent discussion-list post “Finnishing Touches” [Hake (2012)].

The abstract reads:

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ABSTRACT: There have been several recent posts regarding the evidently exemplary Finnish educational system on the discussion lists Physoc at http://bit.ly/JjCbfH and Math-Teach at http://bit.ly/IJwwwf. These threads were stimulated by, respectively, Al Bartlett’s Physoc post “Education in Finland” at http://bit.ly/HXVVAS and Jerry Becker’s Math-Teach post “What it takes to cross the Finnish line” at http://bit.ly/IegubS.

Is this just Yogi Berra’s “deja vu all over again”? - see e.g., “Could the U.S. Put Finnishing Touches on K-12?” by Hake (2005b) at http://bit.ly/IJiNW4 .

Probably not, because material by evidently well-informed Finnish writers is cited by Becker: Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland? by educator Pasi Sahlberg (2011) - see http://www.finnishlessons.com/ , and “What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland’s School Success” by journalist Anu Partanen (2011) at http://bit.ly/JZpKB2.
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Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
rrhake@earthlink.net
Links to Articles: http://bit.ly/a6M5y0
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Blog: http://bit.ly/9yGsXh
Academia: http://iub.academia.edu/RichardHake
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/rrhake

“The story of Finland's extraordinary educational reforms is one that should inform policymakers and educators around the world.”
Linda Darling-Hammond, quoted at http://bit.ly/Jjsa2a

“A terrific synthesis by a native Finn, a teacher, a researcher, and a policy analyst all rolled up into one excellent writer. Pasi Sahlberg teaches us a great deal about what we need to know before engaging in national educational reforms.”
David Berliner, quoted at http://bit.ly/Jjsa2a


REFERENCES [URL shortened by http://bit.ly/ and accessed on 22 April 2012.]

Hake, R.R. 2012. “Finnishing Touches” online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at http://bit.ly/Ixkqa7. Post of 22 Apr 2012 11:28:54-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are also being transmitted to several discussion lists.