INDIVIDUALIZED
LEARNING
By Carolina
Rodrigues
On October, 27th, our class was with Mr. Simon Uunioka. We had the
opportunity to learn more about the Finland education system and how they work
with Individualized Learning. At the beggining there was a
discussion about the concept of NEET which is young person who is not in
education, employment, or training. After that we made small groups to prepare
questions about it and Individualized Learning.
In Finland, every citizen has to go to school at the age of 6, and
finish at least elementary school. After that they are not obligated
to study anymore. However, if someone wants to go back to school, it is
possible whenever he/she wanted. It is called lifelong education. There
is no dead-ends in Finland education system.
Other interesting point in Finnish
education is that they have individual education plans for each student in all
levels. Every school has at least one counselor and they meet with students
once a week or more. At this time they set the goals and identify specially
designed instructions and accomodations to help students be successful. The
individual plan must contain:
- details of the qualification to be
completed;
- the scope of the qualification;
- the decision of special education;
- the student´s individual curriculum
- grounds for providing special
education and training;
- the description of student´s learning abilities and strenghts
- pedagogical support
- special educational and student
welfare services required for studying
- plan for working life
After making the Individual
Educational Plan (IEP) and defining the need for special support, teacher and
student start a cooperative work. This plan helps students to schedule their
studies, set and achive their goals.
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