education in Finland..
Hamburger Logo Finland thinks it has designed the perfect school. This is what it looks like Kuvatoimisto Kuvio Oy Finland is removing barriers between subjects, as well as classrooms. Image: Kuvatoimisto Kuvio Oy 24 Oct 2017 Adam Jezard Senior Writer at Formative Content. The walls are coming down in Finland’s schools – but not just the physical barriers between classrooms. Also going are divisions between subjects and age ranges, and students have more of a say over what will be learnt than children in many other countries. According to CityLab, an architecture website, the country is undergoing an ambitious national redesign of its 4,800 schools. Some 57 new schools began construction in 2015 and 44 in 2016. Others are being refurbished using open-plan principles. CityLab reported in August that: “This still leaves most schools with more traditional layouts, but the overall ambition is to steadily replace or adapt these as their facilities come up for renovation.” The schools a...