EDCT 5888 - Book Study: In Teachers We Trust-Teach Like Finland

Delivery Options Distance Learning

Course Description

How does Finnish education—with short school days, light homework loads, and little standardized testing—produce students who match the PISA scores of other nations with more traditional “work ethic” standards? This course reveals why teachers in Finland hold high status within the nation, and shows what the country’s trust-based school system looks like in action. The course suggests seven key principles for building a culture of trust in schools, from offering clinical training for future teachers to encouraging student agency to fostering a collaborative professionalism among educators.

Learner Outcomes

By the end of the course participants will be able to:

Identify and create specific strategies that support joyful K–12 classroom.
Integrate Finland’s standards and integrate with U.S. educational standards.
Create and foster a collaborative professionalism among educators.
Encourage and create student agency

Notes

A link to the Armchair Ed course assignments and exams will be included in the registration confirmation and receipt email that will be automatically sent to students immediately upon completion of the registration process. Any required textbooks must be purchased separately.

The link can also be accessed after enrollment by logging into the Student Portal and clicking the link listed under View Online Resources.

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Book Study: In Teachers We Trust-Teach Like Finland

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Tuition credit (5 units)

$425.00

ArmchairEd $20 Discount

5 Quarter Credits

Reading List / Textbook

Must be Purchased Separately:

Sahlberg, P., & Walker, T. D. (2021). In teachers we trust: The Finnish way to world-class schools. W.W. Norton & Company, Independent Publishers Since 1923.
Walker, T. D., & Sahlberg, P. (2023). Teach like Finland: 33 simple strategies for joyful classrooms. W. W. Norton & Company.

Section Notes

This course is offered in collaboration with ArmchairEd.

Course is self-paced. Completion time: up to one year from date of enrollment.

Refund Policy: Withdrawals submitted online through SPU within 7 days of enrollment will receive a 95% refund. Withdrawals received after that point will not receive a refund and no withdrawals will be accepted after the completion deadline for the course. Instructions on how to withdraw are located on our website under Students/Withdrawal and Refund Policies.