Finnish Lessons 2.0

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Muokannut Daniela Silva Toda, sunnuntai 26. syyskuu 2021, 19.53

Hi,

I gave up on reading the book about gamification in education and started reading another one, entitled Finnish Lessons 2.0. This book was recommended by Johanna for further understanding about the Finnish Education System, and I need to understand how they were able to change the country by education (yes, I believe this is very possible, but I have always heard that this is a romantic freiriana vision).

So, I am still reading, but it caught my attention of the severe critics that the author does to the Anglo-saxons educational systems, such as the American and British ones. Theses systems are based on  hard competition, exhausting tests, charters and rankings, privatizations, and firing teachers for bad results. All these are the opposite of the Finnish system, as far as I know, but his words made me realize of how close we are to those systems and how far we are from Finland's.

We have to pay attention to the current projects to our education and work to make it a better one to everyone.

Ikilinkki

The Finnish museums

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Muokannut Daniela Silva Toda, keskiviikko 8. syyskuu 2021, 20.47

Hi, guys!

I'm back to talk about the relation among Finns and museums! I've been here for over a month by now and I have already visited 5 museums (in average, one per week). One of them was during a class, as I already told in a post.

So, why am I talking about it again? Well, last weekend I went to Helsinki and was really impressed by the amount of museums. There were some in the Suonmelina Island, and lots of them in the city. But it's not just it! I went to Helsinki City Museum and the entry there  is always free 😄

I had a delightful tour throught the time machine section, the sauna exhibition, the city history floor, the interactive pieces and panels... After that, decided to see the Children's Town that is inside the museum and I was fascinated! This is a part of the museum for the kids where they can interact with the pieces, play, take pictures on the panels and learn about the history! It's a museum for kids! Then I occurred me that as it happens with the libraries the museums are introduced in the kids' lives at a very young age, and, yes, there were lots of families with young kids there!

Here are some of the pictures I took there.


Children's Town - personal archive

A school from 1930s 
Children's Town - personal archive

We have a lot to learn here!

(Texto em português logo abaixo)

Oi, pessoal!

Estou de volta para falar da relação entre finlandeses e museus! Já estou aqui há mais de um mês e já visitei 5 museus (em média, um por semana). Um deles foi durante uma aula, como já contei em um post.

Então, por que estou falando sobre isso de novo? Bem, no fim de semana passado fui a Helsinque e fiquei realmente impressionado com a quantidade de museus. Havia alguns na Ilha Suonmelina, muitos na cidade. Mas não é só isso! Fui ao Museu da Cidade de Helsinque e a entrada lá é sempre gratuita 😄

Fiz um passeio delicioso pela seção da máquina do tempo, a exposição da sauna, o andar de história da cidade, as peças e painéis interativos ... Depois disso, decidimos ver a Cidade das Crianças que fica dentro do museu e fiquei fascinado! É uma parte do museu para as crianças onde podem interagir com as peças, brincar, tirar fotos nos painéis e aprender sobre a história! É um museu para crianças! Então, me ocorreu que da mesma forma que acontece com as bibliotecas, os museus são introduzidos na vida das crianças desde muito cedo e, sim, havia muitas famílias com crianças pequenas lá!

Nós temos muito o que aprender aqui!

(as fotos no texto em inglês são do Children's Town).

Ikilinkki 1 comment (viimeksi kommentoinut Maria Helena Ferrari, maanantai 13. syyskuu 2021, 15.02)

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