Becoming a Finnish Teacher

Howard Gardner argues that intelligence is a multi-dimensional concept. Humans have a variety of specialized and partly independent intelligence. According to Gardner, intelligence is a biopsychological information processing ability, which is also influenced by culturally learned practices and values. The types of intelligence are: linguistic (comprehension and self-expression), mathematical-logical (problem-solving and coherent reasoning), musical, physical, spatial and visual (perceive spaces, directional, easily understand essential features of objects), intrapsychic (ability to understand own weaknesses and strengths) and interpsychic (the ability to get along with others and understand them). Gardner's listing has been criticized because those kinds of intelligence are mainly based on intuition. It has been argued that intelligence could be regrouped and named in so many different ways and that Gardner’s list is lacking potential intelligence such as philosophical and abstra...

The educational plan stresses the importance of equal opportunities for all. It pays attention to the equality of minor language groups such as Swedish/Same speaking kids, people living in different areas and immigrants.  The main idea is that education and civilization is the best guarantee for young people to find their place in society and integrate. This is a base for innovations and visions and balanced development of the society.   The aim is that all the young people get second-degree schooling and 50% get a University degree by 2030. In practice, this means that Universities need to have more students. This seems like a pretty ambitious plan. Even though the educational level of Finns gets better each year, there is still a long way to go. The figure below illustrates how the educational level of Finns is developing.  Since most university funding comes from the state the way the funding is divided guides how the Universities organize their ...