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Working hours in Finland schools
16:00 / 10.03.2024
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"Although I worked full-time in Helsinki, it was only 24 hours. If we subtract the 15-minute breaks from this, there will be a maximum of 18 hours of study load.
American teachers are estimated to have an average of 26.8 hours, the highest among the (OESD) IHTT member countries.
Finland educational institutions are often almost empty at 4:00 p.m. When I was working at a school in Helsinki, one day the school principal came to me and openly asked, "Well, what's wrong, aren't you waiting at home?"
Another time it was half past three. When I was working in the empty teacher's room, the principal came to me again and said, "It's time to go home," writes Timothy Walker, an American teacher who worked at a school in Helsinki.
So, one of the wonders of Finnish education is that employees are rated not by how much time they spend at their desks, but by their productivity.
Also, in Finland, there is a rule that the beginning of the school year should never become stressful for both the student and the teacher. That is, in Finnish schools, teachers come to work only one day before the start of the academic year, not two months, not even a month.
The most interesting thing is that in Finnish schools, the practice of abandoning regular classes on the first day of the new school year is very common. That is, the children who have returned to school will not have lessons from the first day for the lesson process and for them to re-adapt to the school.
Instead of classes, they do various games and physical exercises. All this is done in order to prevent stress in children and teachers.
In fact, there are no great miracles in Finland education. They just brought joy to education. They gave great confidence and freedom to all participants of education.
From the book "The Finland Educational Miracle" by Timothy Walker
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