Finland schools: Subjects scrapped and replaced with 'topics' as country reforms its education system

Source: SBS

For years, Finland has been the by-word for a successful education system, perched at the top of international league tables for literacy and numeracy.

Which makes it all the more remarkable that Finland is about to embark on one of the most radical education reform programmes ever undertaken by a nation state – scrapping traditional “teaching by subject” in favour of “teaching by topic”.

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/finland-schools-subjects-are-out-and-topics-are-in-as-country-reforms-its-education-system-10123911.html