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EL Education PresentationDone By: Chan Chin Kiat

Chua Song YangDaryl LimLim Yi Fan

Wang Qi Yu

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Contents

Comparison between Singapore’s education system and the Finnish education system.

Comparison between Singapore’s education in the Past and Present.

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Education Presentation- Comparison of education systems between Singapore and Finland

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Why the Finnish education?

Highly different from the education in Singapore

One of the top ranking countries with a good education› OECD’s Education Study› Higher literacy rates in reading,

mathematics and the sciences› Narrowest gap between highest and lowest

performers

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Attributes of Finnish education

Egalitarian system› in which the education favours equality and provides

equal opportunities for students

Nordic education system› Emphasises on equality and excellence without

tracking or streaming

"We don't divide at an early stage between students who do well and those that don't manage so well in schools," she says, speaking at Finland's education ministry in Helskini.

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Attributes of Finnish education

Interactive learning style› In Finland, educators believe that learning is

not only linked to rankings etc., however, their education system rather emphasizes a lot on cultivating their students’ interest and passion in learning through interactive teaching and materials.

› They believe that having happier attitudes is beneficial to the students’ learning as with an interest in a particular subject, the students will usually do and understand better with an intrinsic motivation to work harder.

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Finnish Early Childhood Education

Emphasizes respect for each child’s individuality and the chance for each child to develop as a unique person

Encourage students to more people-oriented and develop interpersonal and intrapersonal skills

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2nd stage of Finnish education

9-year basic education in comprehensive schools› Randomly allocated or selected, no

streaming occurs

Students at 16 can choose to continue their education in the:› Academic track› Vocation track (prepares trainees for

manual or practical activities)

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Singapore’s education

Hierarchy› Pre-school education› Kindergarten› Primary School (compulsory 6-year

education)› PSLE Examinations› Secondary Education (Normal-Academic, IP)› O’Level Examinations› Polytechnics› Junior Colleges

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Model structure of education system in Singapore:

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Singapore’s education

Meritocratic in nature› Provide more opportunities for students

who perform better Sports Academics Arts

› Streaming occurs PSLE examinations Gifted Education Programme

Selective School system

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Similarities

Both countries place large emphasis on education as they are very small with little natural resources› Human resource› Competition in the education sector

Attracts investments

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Differences

Finnish Education System Singapore’s Education System

9 year comprehensive school 6 year primary and 4/5 secondary education

Egalitarian (equal opportunities) Meritocratic (streaming occurs)

Comprehensive school system Selective school system

Free education Subsidised education

No mandatory tests and exams Frequent tests and yearly exams

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Why is the Finnish education so successful?

Finnish students only start their education when they are 6, formal schooling at 7

Students go to school for only half a day› 4 hours a day

10-week summer break Singapore students may find themselves

spending 6 hours in school, sometimes even longer for CCAs› However, we score still score lower than

Finland in the literacy test by PISA

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Teachers

Finnish teachers are all prepared in academic universities and need a master’s degree to qualify for a permanent job› can have considerable independence in the

classroom to choose their preferred appropriate pedagogical methods;

› are very willing to continuously update their professional skills via post-graduate studies;

› are more willing to work on themselves, are open to new ideas and developed broader perspectives

Full autonomy to plan curricular

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Teachers

In Singapore, teachers undergo a series of test and even training in the NIE

However, most teachers are confined to teaching with conventional methods – textbooks, worksheets

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Family involvement

In Finland, 3 books are given to the family of a newborn child› Cultivate a culture of reading from young› Encourage parents to influence their

children to read In Singapore, there could be a lack of

family involvement as many parents complain of the long working hours› Lack of family interaction and commitment

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Loss of talents

"It's like ice hockey. We let all the girls and boys play, not only the best ones. With this fair play, we can give everyone the same chance to practise their skills - and this also gives us the way to find the best ones." ~ Ms Haatainen, Finnish Minister

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Loss of talents

In Finland, talents would not be lost › Education facilitates talent spotting

Students are in the same school for nine years (7 – 16 years old)

Ample time to explore and find their niche areas

In Singapore, streaming happens at the age of 10 for the GEP and PSLE at the age of 12› Some students may be late developers

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Evaluation The Finland comparison seems the most

constructive: › Both Singapore and Finland place tremendous

emphasis on their education mechanisms, have comprehensive networks in place, and have achieved equal levels of scholastic excellence.

However, it has been asserted that our Finnish counterparts have been able to attain that level of success with significantly lower stress levels, and where actual processes of teaching-learning take precedence over mutual rankings, results or grades.

Therefore, it is vital that Singapore should learn from the successes of the education model in Finland and probably implement its own accordingly to meet the needs of the students, therefore effectively improve the education system.

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Education Presentation- Comparison between education of the Past and Present

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Past and Present

Education in Singapore is mainly shaped by the changing economical needs in the country› E.g. In the 1960s, there is a need to shift

into the manufacturing sector. Implementations such as technical courses were implemented

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Characteristics of Past Education – 1960s

› Different language medium schools

› Late 1960s made bilingualism compulsory, but was not successful

› Technical Education

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Characteristics of Past Education – 1980s

› Streaming at primary level according to linguistic abilities

› Weakest stream took Primary School Proficiency Examination (PSPE) instead of PSLE

› Religious Knowledge classes (deemed inappropriate as Singapore is a secular state)

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Characteristics of Present Education

English-medium schools› No more different language medium

schools Bilingualism

› English (1st lang.); Mother tongue (2nd lang.)

Co-curricular activities› LEAPS

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Characteristics of Present Education

IP Programme› “Through-Train” – Bypasses GCE ‘O’

Level› Project-based› Independent learners

Filters students and places them in niche schools› i.e. SSS, SST, SOTA, NUS High › Allows room for development of talent

Not necessarily academic-based

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Similarities

Both still focus on academics Streaming still occurs

› Though at different levels

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Differences

Past Present

Different language medium schools

English-medium schools

Linguistic streaming – PSPE or PSLE

GEP & PSLE streaming

Technical Education Academic-based

Pri-Sec-Technical-UniversityPri-Sec-JC/Poly-(University)

SSS, SOTA, SST, NUS High

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Useful links

http://www.icponline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=157&Itemid=51

http://bertmaes.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/why-is-education-in-finland-that-good-10-reform-principles-behind-the-success/

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article6754703.ece

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/dec/07/world-education-rankings-maths-science-reading

http://www.siteselection.com/ssinsider/snapshot/sf011210.htm

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