Finnish Education - Why is sinkapore not learning from them?

[blackmondy]

The Chinese are learning from the Finnish. Sinkapore still hangs on to its system which puts political control as the more important hidden goal.

http://www.businessinsider.com/finland-education-school-2011-12?op=1

That's because Sinkapore is adopting India's caste system in reality. It needs to have perpetual practice of an elite class to rule and subjugate the have-nots.

 

[syed putra]

I only know Nokia swallowed by a company founded by a US college drop out.

 

[jw5]

bro,
these kind of values are caught from their parents!

I don't think the parents-grandparents-maids tripartite are getting the job done..................... :(

 

[peppertail]

this stood out for me: Teachers are selected from the top 10% of graduates.

here, the top 10% become wankers, i mean bankers.

There is no money in teaching, it's a calling.

 

[bryanlim1972]

There is no money in teaching, it's a calling.

just like politics

 

[peppertail]

just like politics

Nah, politics pay well in Singapore, teachers get peanuts.

 

[winnipegjets]

just like politics

Until the recent gain by opposition politicians, becoming a PAP candidate was like winning Toto. Sure win one. Now, there is abit of insecurity but some will still take the PAP invite. PAP provide everything and if you fail, they will give you a NTUC or PAP job while you prepare for the next election. Where in the private sector got such good kungtoa?

 

[zhihau]

I don't think the parents-grandparents-maids tripartite are getting the job done..................... :(

spare the rod and you spoil the child... today's youths and kids... tsk tsk tsk... jin jialut...

 

[zhihau]

There is no money in teaching, it's a calling.

agree, pity the teachers these days. schools should stop treating children like customers. it's not a business. it's a duty to teach the kids how to think critically and with empathy, punish the wayward and set the mentality right.

 

[winnipegjets]

agree, pity the teachers these days. schools should stop treating children like customers. it's not a business. it's a duty to teach the kids how to think critically and with empathy, punish the wayward and set the mentality right.

It is a business. The teachers provide a service and the ministry pays them. If the service is not up to par, they are being terminated.
Teachers are there to teach, not to discipline. The latter is the role of the parents.

 

[zhihau]

It is a business. The teachers provide a service and the ministry pays them. If the service is not up to par, they are being terminated.
Teachers are there to teach, not to discipline. The latter is the role of the parents.

am starting to where the cracks began... treating the teachers as service providers... little wonder folks quit their jobs as teachers :p:p:p

 

[winnipegjets]

am starting to where the cracks began... treating the teachers as service providers... little wonder folks quit their jobs as teachers :p:p:p

Parents have outsourced parenting to the teachers and the teachers realized that they are not compensated or given the authority to perform that role. Quit lah.

 

[rushifa666]

because singapore can only copy. and always copy fail. learning is for people with brains

 

[laksaboy]

Everything is backwards; everything is upside down. Doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the major media destroy information, and religions destroy spirituality.

 

[singveld]

if finnish education is so great.

why apple iphone kick nokia ass.

 

[winnipegjets]

if finnish education is so great.

why apple iphone kick nokia ass.

Alamak, do you know what you are comparing? If US education is so good, why are there so many failures in business there? If Sinkapore ministers are so great, why do they just produce average results at best?

I suggest before you ask such stupid question ...please read up first ...lots of articles out there to inform you on this.

 

[winnipegjets]

if finnish education is so great.

why apple iphone kick nokia ass.

By the way Samsung is doing much better than Apple on smart phone. So, you think South Korean education is better than the American?????

 

[Thick Face Black Heart]

agree, pity the teachers these days. schools should stop treating children like customers. it's not a business. it's a duty to teach the kids how to think critically and with empathy, punish the wayward and set the mentality right.

That's because school teachers are subject to KPIs, appraisals, and other quantitative benchmarks which place an overly heavy emphasis on public feedback. If your promotion depends on making the kid and the parents happy rather than doing the right thing, why do the right thing? That's why school teacher behave more and more like tuition teachers rather than real teachers. Its a shame. Some even moonlight when school's over.

The civil service has basically made the teaching profession in a business, with shareholders as parents and school rankings taking the place of tough love. Of course teachers will behave more like business people rather than educators. That's why our educational system is fucked and needs be unfucked.

 

[zhihau]

spare the rod and you spoil the child... today's youths and kids... tsk tsk tsk... jin jialut...

Steffychun, how on earth did this post warrant an infraction from you? off topic?

 

[zhihau]

Quit lah.

me remember my primary school teacher fondly, she had the permission from my old woman to whack my ass
don't think teachers these days are allowed to mete out corporal punishment :o