tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361479924214228355.post7804051071845253619..comments2024-02-24T15:16:46.038-08:00Comments on Finland from a Teacher's Perspective: Eight-Year Old Finnish Children with Power ToolsJanet Englishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00071494930808386221noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361479924214228355.post-61376435072454416762013-12-08T20:46:36.862-08:002013-12-08T20:46:36.862-08:00Great impact for improving child skills and abili...Great impact for improving child skills and ability.Ashley Wellshttp://brainychild.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361479924214228355.post-6935927683204917482013-07-07T07:02:06.627-07:002013-07-07T07:02:06.627-07:00GIGO;
Thank you for your comment. Fortunately, th...GIGO;<br />Thank you for your comment. Fortunately, the Finns do a very thorough job at teaching the basics as well as problem solving. (I was searching for evidence of problem solving so that's what I focused on in my writings.) Janet Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00071494930808386221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361479924214228355.post-42876879854959733192013-07-07T03:19:17.474-07:002013-07-07T03:19:17.474-07:00I'm a little worried that all this focus no pr...I'm a little worried that all this focus no problem solving makes them forget the other goal of schooling: providing basic information.<br />All the problem solving skills in the world won't help you if you don't have foundation of basic knowledge to build on. GIGO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4361479924214228355.post-39431633467028724422013-06-03T20:05:10.524-07:002013-06-03T20:05:10.524-07:00Ronn lead a Cub Scout pocket knife class when the ...Ronn lead a Cub Scout pocket knife class when the boy was eight or nine. The kids did great. The parents were nervous nellies. I still have grey hairs. They carved little boats out of soap. The only casualty was Ronn who managed to cut himself. Then we worked on first aid. :-) <br /><br />I'm sorry kids here don't have this kind of opportunity. Not just power tools, we don't even have craft classes. Thetoymakershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405265800595978197noreply@blogger.com