The first week at HAMK

I am on a business trip at HAMK University, Finland. This is a developed country in terms of quality of life; income as well as education leading the world. I learned about their education in the 4.0 revolution. What will change in education 4.0

         

I have been introduced by the teachers about 9 success factors of education in Finland. The factors are Student in the center means trust; Equality in education system; Less is more; The concept of learning; Active students; Pedagogical well-being; Collaboration / interaction; Competence- based education; Authentic - real world learning. The way of raising issues and discussing are similar to what is available in Vietnam but there is another thing about the comfortable style of dress for the teachers here. As i known Finland was a poor country, people were enough food. But now it has the world's leading economy and educational development.

I  worked at a leading software corporation in Vietnam, worked with Western teachers, so I was not surprised by their working style. But it is a bit confusing and curious about why some of the methods have been applied at Vietnam, even if they were applied more than a decade ago but still not really effective, bringing a great breakthrough to Vietnamese education.

I have learned a lot about teaching and learning methods, tools to support education and how to raise children from the moment they are born. Finnish education has really good elements and has greatly helped the development of education and economy.

The Finnish have changed and synchronized the methods of education, in addition to other factors such as family and society.

The other key factor is the contribution of society to help young children learn to be independent from an early age.

I have learned some methods of raising children from a young age, how they can be more independent in life. This will help students be more active in learning as well as in their life. Teaching methods (focusing on students, competency-based learning, etc.) will help students acquire knowledge in an active and moderate manner, learned vividly without being boring. To achieve the above, the consent of the school, family, society and the government to be synchronized with the education system.

After this trip, I will improve my known teaching methods.

Applying new learning methods to make the lesson come alive, students will actively acquire and practice knowledge.