To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change. ~Charles Horton Cooley

To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change. ~Charles Horton Cooley

 

Day 18 January 11

 

So we've been in a Finland for two days now. We've visited two very different schools in those two days. Visiting schools and looking at the school system was the draw are for visiting Finland. There's been lots in the media about the school system and how well Finland performs in international testing. Read lots on twitter about it as well.

Really interesting seeing a completely different school system, and developing an understanding both on a systemic level and at the grassroots classroom level.

I will leave the in depth comparisons for our professional school blog.

However I will say that the experience has only reinforced the fact that we are creating some pretty exciting learning back in New Zealand and at TKAS.

While I am enjoying the break away, I am really looking forward to the plans we have for developing our learning environment in 2014. I've known the learning environment we try to create and the learning opportunities we try to provide are different but I am starting to realise how special what we are doing really is on a world wide scene.

( The view from outside the hotel we are staying at, it's on a bit of an island! There's lots of little islands in Finland. )

 

Off to explore some of the Finland countryside today.

 

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