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<div><font face="Times" size="+1" color="#000000">Some subscribers to
RUME might be interested in a recent discussion-list post
"Finnishing Touches" [Hake (2012)].<br>
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The abstract reads:<br>
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<div><font face="Times" size="+1" color="#000000">ABSTRACT:
There have been several recent posts regarding the evidently exemplary
Finnish educational system on the discussion lists Physoc
at</font><font face="Times" size="+1" color="#002A55">
<http://bit.ly/JjCbfH></font><font face="Times" size="+1"
color="#000000"> and Math-Teach at <http://bit.ly/IJwwwf>. These
threads were stimulated by, respectively, Al Bartlett's Physoc
post</font><font face="Times" size="+1" color="#002A55">
"Education in Finland" at <http://bit.ly/HXVVAS> and
Jerry Becker's Math-Teach post</font><font face="Times" size="+1"
color="#000000"> "What it takes to cross the Finnish
line"</font><font face="Times" size="+1" color="#002A55">
at</font><font face="Times" size="+1" color="#000000">
<http://bit.ly/IegubS>.</font><br>
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<div><font face="Times" size="+1" color="#000000">Is this just Yogi
Berra's "deja vu all over again"? - see e.g., "Could
the U.S. Put Finnishing Touches on K-12?" by Hake (2005b) at
<http://bit.ly/IJiNW4 >. </font><br>
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<div><font face="Times" size="+1" color="#000000">Probably not,
because material by evidently well-informed Finnish writers is cited
by Becker: "Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn from
Educational Change in Finland? by educator Pasi Sahlberg (2011) - see
<http://www.finnishlessons.com/> , and "What Americans Keep
Ignoring About Finland's School Success" by journalist Anu
Partanen (2011) at <http://bit.ly/JZpKB2>.<br>
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<div><font face="Times" size="+1" color="#000000">To access the
complete 10 kB post please click on <http://bit.ly/Ixkqa7>.<br>
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Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University<br>
<rrhake@earthlink.net><br>
Links to Articles: <http://bit.ly/a6M5y0><br>
Links to SDI Labs: <http://bit.ly/9nGd3M><br>
Blog: <http://bit.ly/9yGsXh><br>
Academia: <http://iub.academia.edu/RichardHake></font></div>
<div><font face="Times" size="+1" color="#000000">Twitter
<https://twitter.com/#!/rrhake></font><br>
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<div><font face="Times" size="+1" color="#000000"><br></font></div>
<div><font face="Times" size="+1" color="#000000">"The story of
Finland's extraordinary educational reforms is one that should inform
policymakers and educators around the world."</font></div>
<div><font face="Times" size="+1"
color="#000000"> Linda
Darling-Hammond, quoted at <http://bit.ly/Jjsa2a><br>
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"A terrific synthesis by a native Finn, a teacher, a researcher,
and a policy analyst all rolled up into one excellent writer. Pasi
Sahlberg teaches us a great deal about what we need to know before
engaging in national educational reforms."</font></div>
<div><font face="Times" size="+1"
color="#000000"> David
Berliner, quoted at <http://bit.ly/Jjsa2a><br>
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REFERENCES [All URL's shortened by <http://bit.ly/> and accessed
on 22 April 2012.]</font><br>
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<div><font face="Times" size="+1" color="#000000">Hake, R.R. 2012.
"Finnishing Touches" online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at
<http://bit.ly/Ixkqa7>. Post of 22 Apr 2012 11:28:54-0700 to
AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are
also being transmitted to several discussion lists and are on my blog
"Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/IJW3FA> with a
provision for comments.</font></div>
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