Today in class we watched a movie called The Finland Phenomenon. It was an excellent movie and I am fortunate that we were able to watch it. We were asked to write about three things that are different in Finland then the United States for teacher preparation. The first thing that I noticed was different was that it’s a lot harder to get into the teacher education program in Finland. They only take the top students. The students have to have really good grades and be successful. The next thing that was different was that teachers there had to go to school for five years. Three years were for their bachelor’s degree and two more years for a master’s degree. The last main thing was that student teachers and college professors watch other student teachers teach and provide critical feedback. They are all evaluated multiple times and have multiple sessions doing this. Overall, Finland’s teacher education program sound/looks like it is working and it is a lot different than the programs over here in the United States.
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