Interview with Päivi Paakkanen and Tero Tatterback Meilahden ala-aste, Helsinki How are organized elementary and middle schools in Finland? You can find the answer to this question in website. There are categorize for Education Policy, Education system, General Education etc. Please take a look at there. Do the teachers had to be specialized or they only had to be Graduates? Do they had to study to be teachers or professors? Qualified class room teachers have University degree. We have also teachers specialized to some certain subject e.g. english and they have in addition to their own subject studies in Education, too.
Do your students really study time tables singing? But we have Music and music theory as a subject for the pupils, and in those lessons they really sing. And maybe also in other lessons if it’s suitable for the subject. Learn history acting it, study science in the middle of a forest. We italian students dream all these things. How did you make them possible? In Finland we use many different kind of methods for teaching and for learning, but of course the lessons are always goal orientated, so no games, singing, wandering just for fun. Do you have in your school students from other countries? How do you deal with them? We have specialized teacher for improving pupils Finnish language, and Helsinki Education Department offers also additional pupils own language teaching two hours per week. So, e.g. a child from Somalia has normal subjects in the school, but also special Finnish language lessons as well as Somalian lessons. Do you give space to games during the lessons? How much time? Same answer to this question as above: in Finland we use many different kind of methods for teaching and for learning.... And at the using of a computer? We have a Computer Class Room where teachers can have lessons in different subjects. Also in all class rooms the teachers have computer as well as laptops are in use.