Hello Finnish Teachers, answer my questions, please.

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noppanat
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Hello Finnish Teachers, answer my questions, please.

Post by noppanat » Tue Aug 30, 2016 7:10 am

For grade one student, they learn in the morning and play freely in the afternoon.

How many subjects the pupils learn in the morning. How many subjects?



Hello Finnish Teachers, answer my questions, please.

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Re: Hello Finnish Teachers, answer my questions, please.

Post by Upphew » Wed Aug 31, 2016 11:37 am

noppanat wrote:For grade one student, they learn in the morning and play freely in the afternoon.

How many subjects the pupils learn in the morning. How many subjects?
I think Finnish teachers are using all their time with new national core curricula right now. You could try to find relevant information at oph.fi

Dunno if things have changed, but minimum was 19 hours at first grade. Many towns give a bit more teaching, so 20h/week might be better number. So I would guess that you'll have 4 subjects. Maybe three if you do two hours of handcrafts or PE back to back.
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Re: Hello Finnish Teachers, answer my questions, please.

Post by leisl » Wed Aug 31, 2016 11:55 pm

Teaching is no longer always done in such a linear fashion as "maths, then language, then social sciences". For example, kids might learn some maths skills while calculating how much baking soda they need for each cup of flour in a cooking activity while they discuss the country whose food they are creating.

Remember that young students learn a lot from hands-on activities too (loosely called play).

Schools have a fair bit of freedom so your best bet is to chat with your child's teacher.


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