Teach Like Finland
33 Simple Strategies for Joyful Classrooms
14 July 2023
Description
Easy-to-implement classroom lessons from the world’s premier educational system
Finland shocked the world when its fifteen-year-olds scored highest on the first Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), a set of tests touted for evaluating critical-thinking skills in maths, science and reading. That was in 2001; but even today, this tiny Nordic nation continues to amaze. How does Finnish education—with short school days, light homework loads and little standardised testing—produce students who match the PISA scores of high-powered, stressed-out kids in Asia?
When Timothy D. Walker started teaching fifth graders at a Helsinki public school, he began a search for the secrets behind the success of Finland’s schools. Walker has already written about several of those discoveries and his Atlantic article on this topic received more than 500,000 shares. Here, he gathers all he has learned and reveals how teachers can implement these simple practices, which integrate seamlessly with educational standards.
Reviews
"Clear, thoughtful, and thought-provoking, this book actually does present 33 strategies that would, in fact, make teaching and learning both more joyful and more productive. My response in reading was never, "Where did that come from?" or "We could never do that!" Rather, I thought over and over, "Of course!" "How is it that so many of us have moved so far afield from what we know to be true?"" — Carol Ann Tomlinson, Ed.D., William Clay Parrish, Jr. Professor & Chair, Educational Leadership, Foundations, and Policy, Curry School of Education, University of Virginia
"More joy in classrooms and less work for teachers as the way to improving student learning? Sounds incredible, but the Finns have figured it out...Teach Like Finland deserves to be widely read and discussed." — Tony Wagner, author of The Global Achievement Gap and Creating Innovators
Also By: Timothy D. Walker 
In Teachers We Trust: The Finnish Way to World-Class Schools
Hardback, 2021
Seven key principles from Finland for building a culture of trust in schools around the world.
In Teachers We Trust: The Finnish Way to World-Class Schools
E Book, 2021
Seven key principles from Finland for building a culture of trust in schools around the world.
Also By: Pasi Sahlberg
In Teachers We Trust: The Finnish Way to World-Class Schools
Hardback, 2021
Seven key principles from Finland for building a culture of trust in schools around the world.In Teachers We Trust: The Finnish Way to World-Class Schools
E Book, 2021
Seven key principles from Finland for building a culture of trust in schools around the world.