1/10/2012


芬蘭的教育制度,有何精彩?

………………李察………………
 
  
  任何人,只要略為聽聞,就必定對這種教育制度,一聽傾心,悠然神往。
 
  第一,芬蘭國內,是沒有任何私立學校的。所有貴族平民,富人窮人,都只能進入相同的國家學校。教育是平等的,這是芬蘭教育的最重要宗旨。芬蘭的學校是完全免費的,不要交學費,連書簿費都不用。而且,每天提供免費午餐。富人窮人,都必須吃相同的食物。不會有人吃魚翅,有人吃腐乳的現象。

  相比之下,世界上所有的甚麼直資橫資、外資的學校制度,各種各式的甚麼「國際學校」,只是不平等。富人可以享受最好的教育資源,升學就業,佔據最佳位置:就算是腦筋不靈,仍可以「補習」,將來仍是照樣的做高官,佔高位。
 
  教育不平等,其實是社會愚蠢的最重要成因。社會要走甚麼路,要怎樣經營,都不能取得最好的腦筋資源。因為,最好的腦筋資源,一早已經被不平等的學校制度篩去了。
 
  平等不是一切,但平等卻是很好的起步點。芬蘭的教育制度,數十年來被人故意忽略。外間世界,聽都未曾聽過。但要等到今天,芬蘭的學生不斷創出佳績,世人才漸漸開始留意了。
  
  可以想像,不同意見亦必定出現。相信會有人認為,芬蘭學校取消了考試制度,才是成功的成因;亦必定有人認為,成功因素在於芬蘭取消了教師的評估機制,跟本沒有甚麼模範教師之類的制度存在。(教師好不好,校長自然是知道的,用不著額外的去製造緊張。)此外,就是芬蘭老師都是高學歷,是百中取一的最佳人才,他們享用最佳待遇,不愁生活。
 
  李察相信,在所有原因之中,「平等」才是最重要的。而更重要的是,決心推動「平等」的最高決策者,有這樣的慧見。(謝謝一位讀者提供寶貴的芬蘭資料。)
(問到底 No. 8291, 2012.1.10)





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  1. Heard some experiences from French friends who had participated in the Scandinavian education system,

    one spent time in a Finnish university. He was shocked by the fact that Finnish university students seem to be extremely lazy - they never respect homework deadlines, and once the day is due but they cannot produce the work, then the professor would delay the deadline, then at the next deadline will be set up. the same will happen until the professor cancels the assignment outright, so the student never has to hand in the homework.

    another one spent time in a swedish high school. she remarks that the class is constantly noisy as only very few students really pay attention to the class. The students would talk on their mobile phone, chat, eat and drink, and leave and enter the class without asking for permission. She says it seems that the swedish system is completely free (in cost) but extremely well equipped, yet the resources are very much abused.

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