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In teachers we trust – opinion

While many Australian schools have spent the last few decades admiring the old school tie, tightening standardisation and rubrics while chasing NAPLAN and ATAR scores, Finnish educators have been told to study best practices, and then try and improve on these.
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As a senior educator, it is exciting to learn about the Finnish education system as I have watched a deterioration of self motivated students, of many disengaged students and students leaving school prematurely because of our system.
“The teacher will appear when the student is ready.”
It is time to teach the child, not the curriculum!
I agree 100%