Thanks Aravind sir for your comments (so wonderful to see you back in the STF...)
I agree with your view about local language and local culture. learning has to begin from ones context (otherwise it is simply not possible) and this means LPS must begin from and focus on local language and local culture. I agree we must believe in ourselves and work with our own cultural resources But I will be careful before making generalisations about our past systems being ideal. Ancient Indian education was open only to people of certain backgrounds and many sections in society were kept away from education... so that they could serve the privileged groups. One of the biggest achievements in last couple of decades is the universalisation of education in India, that has of course caused many challenges to schools and teachers. but education is no longer a elite pursuit in India. My view is that we should take the good from the past (which is in plenty) and avoid the bad/ugly (which also is in plenty)... and not either ape the west or completely swear by our past .... as Gandhi said ... “I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any.” warm regards Guru IT for Change, Bengaluru www.ITforChange.net On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 9:28 PM, aravind navalli <[email protected]> wrote: > I do accept that finland has best education method. But I strongly believe > that primary education should compulsory be in their mother tounge. and > also feel that the curriculum should always reflect that society that the > children come from. but our nursey rhymes are all from western. children > only learn that rhyme never feel it. we lost best education system we had > in our ancient times and trying to find it somewhere in foreign countries. > I still believe that we have it all and not ready believe in our selves. > > > On Monday, 21 March 2016 10:21:49 UTC+5:30, itfc.stfkoer wrote: >> >> Dear teachers >> >> article worth reading and thinking about and discussing.... comments >> welcome.... >> >> regards >> Guru >> >> The Harvard education professor Howard Gardner once advised Americans, >> “Learn from Finland, which has the most effective schools and which does >> just about the opposite of what we are doing in the United States.” >> >> I enrolled my 7-year-old son in a primary school in Joensuu, Finland. >> For five months, my wife, my son and I experienced a stunningly >> stress-free, and stunningly good, school system. Finland has a history of >> producing the highest global test scores in the Western world, as well as a >> trophy case full of other recent No. 1 global rankings, including most >> literate nation. >> >> In Finland, children don't receive formal academic training until the age >> of 7. Until then, many are in day care and learn through play, songs, games >> and conversation. Most children walk or bike to school, even the youngest. >> School hours are short and homework is generally light. >> >> Unlike in the United States, where many schools are slashing recess, >> schoolchildren in Finland have a mandatory 15-minute outdoor free-play >> break every hour of every day. Fresh air, nature and regular physical >> activity breaks are considered engines of learning. According to one >> Finnish maxim, “There is no bad weather. Only inadequate clothing.” >> >> One evening, I asked my son what he did for gym that day. “They sent us >> into the woods with a map and compass and we had to find our way out,” he >> said. >> >> Finland doesn't waste time or money on low-quality mass standardized >> testing. Instead, children are assessed every day, through direct >> observation, check-ins and quizzes by the highest-quality “personalized >> learning device” ever created — flesh-and-blood teachers. >> >> In class, children are allowed to have fun, giggle and daydream from time >> to time. Finns put into practice the cultural mantras I heard over and >> over: “Let children be children,” “The work of a child is to play,” and >> “Children learn best through play.” >> The emotional climate of the typical classroom is warm, safe, respectful >> and highly supportive. >> >> The emotional climate of the typical classroom is warm, safe, respectful >> and highly supportive. There are no scripted lessons and no quasi-martial >> requirements to walk in straight lines or sit up straight. As one Chinese >> student-teacher studying in Finland marveled to me, “In Chinese schools, >> you feel like you're in the military. Here, you feel like you're part of a >> really nice family.” She is trying to figure out how she can stay in >> Finland permanently. >> >> In the United States, teachers are routinely degraded by politicians, and >> thousands of teacher slots are filled by temps with six or seven weeks of >> summer training. In Finland teachers are the most trusted and admired >> professionals next to doctors, in part because they are required to have >> master's degrees in education with specialization in research and classroom >> practice. >> >> “Our mission as adults is to protect our children from politicians,” one >> Finnish childhood education professor told me. “We also have an ethical and >> moral responsibility to tell businesspeople to stay out of our building.” >> In fact, any Finnish citizen is free to visit any school whenever they >> like, but her message was clear: Educators are the ultimate authorities on >> education, not bureaucrats, and not technology vendors. >> >> Skeptics might claim that the Finnish model would never work in America's >> inner-city schools, which instead need boot-camp drilling and discipline, >> Stakhanovite workloads, relentless standardized test prep and >> screen-delivered testing. >> >> But what if the opposite is true? >> >> What if high-poverty students are the children most urgently in need of >> the benefits that, for example, American parents of means obtain for their >> children in private schools, things that Finland delivers on a national >> public scale — highly qualified, highly respected and highly >> professionalized teachers who conduct personalized one-on-one instruction; >> manageable class sizes; a rich, developmentally correct curriculum; regular >> physical activity; little or no low-quality standardized tests and the >> toxic stress and wasted time and energy that accompanies them; daily >> assessments by teachers; and a classroom atmosphere of safety, >> collaboration, warmth and respect for children as cherished individuals? >> >> Why should high-poverty students deserve anything less? >> >> One day last November, when the first snow came to my part of Finland, I >> heard a commotion outside my university faculty office window, which is >> close to the teacher training school's outdoor play area. I walked over to >> investigate. >> >> The field was filled with children savoring the first taste of winter >> amid the pine trees. My son was out there somewhere, but the children were >> so buried in winter clothes and moving so fast that I couldn't spot him. >> The noise of children laughing, shouting and singing as they tumbled in the >> fresh snow was close to deafening. >> >> “Do you hear that?” asked the recess monitor, a special education teacher >> wearing a yellow safety smock. >> >> “That,” she said proudly, “is the voice of happiness.” >> >> William Doyle is a 2015-2016 Fulbright scholar and a lecturer on media >> and education at the University of Eastern Finland. His latest book is “PT >> 109: An American Epic of War, Survival and the Destiny of John F. Kennedy.” >> >> source- Why Finland has the best schools >> <http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0318-doyle-finnish-schools-20160318-story.html> >> >> regards, >> Guru >> IT for Change, Bengaluru >> www.ITforChange.net >> > -- > 1. Webpage for this HindiSTF is : > https://groups.google.com/d/forum/hindistf > Hindi KOER web portal is available on > http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Portal:Hindi > > 2. For Ubuntu 14.04 installation, visit > http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Kalpavriksha (It has > Hindi interface also) > > 3. For doubts on Ubuntu and other public software, visit > http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions > > 4. If a teacher wants to join STF, visit > http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Become_a_STF_groups_member > > 5. Are you using pirated software? 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