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Date: 2015-10-07; view: 617.

Finland has world's best education system

A new report into world education shows Finland has the ______ ______. The global study is called "The ____________ _______" and is from the British magazine "The Economist". It aims to help governments ____________ a better education to students. The 52-page report looked at the education system in __________. Researchers analysed millions of statistics on _________ ________, literacy rates, __________, and university __________ _______. Asia did well in the report, with South Korea, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore finishing ___________ , third, fourth and fifth. The United States came 17th in the _________, while Mexico, Brazil and Indonesia filled the ________ three positions in the top 50.

The Learning Curve reported on five things that _______ __________should remember. The first is that spending lots of _______ on schools and teachers does not always mean students will __________. Second is that "good teachers are ____________ to __________education". The report said teachers should be "treated as the __________ ____________ they are, not as technicians in a huge, educational machine". Numbers three and four are that a country's culture must have a strong focus on the ___________ of education, and parents have a key part to play. Finally, countries need to "educate for the _______, not just the present." The report said: "Many of today's job ________…simply did not exist 20 years ago."

• Why do you think Finland's education system is so good?
• What do you think of the education system in your country?
• What were (are) you happy and unhappy with about your education?
• How can universities provide a better education to students?
• How different do you think education is in Finland from Asian countries?
• How important is education?
• What does "educate for the future, not just the present" mean?