Reflection Task 2a (Education)

EDUCATION

Education is a highly debated subject. What is its purpose, how it should be and who applies it well are the major questions of this argue. Thus, I want to talk about some education perspectives from some parts of the world. My paragraph focuses on Finland's education system in comparison with the USA's and Turkey's.

Insight into Finnish Education

Finnish Eucation System has been praised in recent years because Finnish students are getting some of the highest scores in the world acording to a test. This test is called the PISA Survey which is conducted every three years by OECD and examines the math, reading and science skills of 15 year-old children. People wonder why they are good while our countries are in such a bad condition. There are of course some reasons. First, Finland works for the equality. I thinks it is very important because as long as there is a gap we cannot educate our children well. For Example,there are few private school in Finland. In Turkey, on the other hand, private schooling and courses have been becoming more common, which makes the gap between the poor and the rich bigger. Second, many national exams (LYS, SAT etc.) take place in many countries every year. In Finland, the public school system’s teachers are trained to assess children in classrooms using independent tests they create themselves. Third, there are no lists of best schools in Finland.The main education policy is not competition between schools, but cooperation. However, other countries including Turkey always try to compare schools. Why is there a comparison between ODTU and Boğaziçi. These comparisons make our education worse and worse. Instead, we should focus on ourselves in my opinion. In brief, Finland is a superpower for me in terms of education since it values equality more than excellence. I wish our education were like this.