Teach Like Finland: 33 Simple Strategies for Joyful Classrooms

by Timothy D. Walker

Book Overview

Finland shocked the world when its fifteen-year-olds scored highest on the first Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a set of tests touted for evaluating critical-thinking skills in math, science, and reading. That was in 2001; but even today, this tiny Nordic nation continues to amaze. How does Finnish education--with short school days, light homework loads, and little standardized testing--produce students who match the PISA scores...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1324001259
• ISBN13: 9781324001256
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"