The success of Finland in the international PISA assessment has been in the focus of the education community worldwide. In this lecture professor Tjeldvoll gives a new perspective on the success factors behind Finland’s excellent PISA results. We hear about quality of recruits to teacher training, quality of teacher training, the teaching profession high social status, and consensus between political parties and trade unions.

Before any lecture either open or save to your computer the assigned PowerPoint presentations.

Assignment before the lecture: None

Open or save the PowerPoint slides related to this lecture EDLS410_S7_L1.pdf​

Listen to the lecture, and afterwards do the assignment given below.

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Write your learning experiences into your personal Reflective report

Assignment after the lecture: none