In the last lecture of the course, Lecturer Risku attempts to summarize the five essential features of the Finnish school system based on the group reports. Lecturer Risku’s summary includes the following features: democracy/autonomy, sound learning environments, the national core curriculum, shared leadership and good teachers. These general findings in the group reports are based on both the theoretical studies and the school visits that the groups made.

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 EDLS310_S9_L5.pdf​

Listen to the lecture and after listening do the assignment below.

Write your learning experiences into your personal Reflective report

Assignment after the lecture: Do the following in your workbook. It is time for self-reflection: How well did your summary match with the summary compiled by Lecturer Risku? If there were major differences, what do you think were the reasons for the differences?