Australian College of Educators, Upcoming Event, Monday 28 October 2019. Speaker: Prof Pasi Sahlberg, Finnish author and educator, UNSW Professor of Educational Policy, and Deputy Director, Gonski Institute for Education. Book online.
Prof Angel Urbina-Garcia,The Conversation, 2 Sept 2019. Children are experiencing more mental health problems and behavioural disorders (such as depression, anxiety, ADHD, autism). Education systems could tackle this – if they set out to do so. By promoting learning over league tables, Nordic countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland) appear in the top ten happiest countries. Read the article here
Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post, 30 Aug 2019. The Finnish education system is one of the best in the world. It is a whole-child-centred, research-and-evidence based school system. Education is not managed like a business with measurement-based accountability and competition, and the system is not judged by literacy and numeracy test scores alone. Read the article here
ABC News, 26 Aug 2019. Aaustralia’s young high achievers are turning their backs on teaching. It’s not just a cultural problem – governments can and should do more to make teaching attractive. Read the article here
Pasi Sahlberg, ABC News, 14 Aug 2019. Finnish educator and scholar, Prof Pasi Sahlberg, has advised education policymakers around the world. He knows we need to fix current inequalities in schools before educational excellence can truly be achieved. Read the article here
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