Finland

Finland Worldwide education of our children is very important to all. Looking at the country of Finland in comparison with the process used in the United States we can get a better idea of approaches taken by their country which has catapulted them from one of the lower ranked educational countries to the top of the list. The school systems of Finland and the United States vary in many ways. It it is no secret that the United States academics fall well behind internationally when compared not only to that of Finland but most other countries as well. Interestingly however, the US schooling system is often used when conducting studies regarding changes to current educational processes in other countries. For years Finland was considered…

Nestled tightly right in between Sweden and Russia is the beautiful country of Finland. Most of this country is of low elevation due to giant glaciers in the Ice Age. Granitic rocks eroded out of the ground dot most of Finland, besides giant rocks the glaciers gave Finland another phenomenal feature. Lakes, rivers, and valleys have all been carved out by these glaciers. Thick forests and its contradicing flat lands are also very common. Even though Northern Finland is in the Arctic circle the…

Despite the failure of the business in Germany, PPV now is considering relocating the Vogelhaus brand to Finland; the main purpose of this report is to undertake some research on Finland in terms of national culture, HRM style in terms of recruitment, training and performance measurement awards to make some recommendations for PPV for managing future international assignees. Finland locates in Northern Europe, which is the seventh largest country in Europe with least populated in the EU. The…

Finland There are several reasons why people decide to migrate to other countries. Whether, it is for education or monetary reason there are immigrants from other countries living in Finland. Individuals generated different opinions regarding immigration because of distinctive reasons. To examine individuals’ attitude towards immigrants is importance to identify the factors that influences such opinions. I would like to investigate how does economic circumstances can influence attitude towards…

United States is not top on the list, but rather Finland (976). As a result, the United States invited the director of the Finnish Ministry of Education’s Center of International Mobility, Pasi Sahlberg to come and speak at Dwight School in New York City. Partanen uses the talk to draw comparisons and distinctions between Finn and American teaching philosophies. Partanen feels that most people missed many points in Sahlberg’s Dwight talk, one being the fact that Finland has no private schools…

The Finnish Model will work well on reforming the U. S. because it provides equal education and opportunity to everybody. In the country of Finland, “there were no high-tech, interactive whiteboards in her [Kim’s] classroom…no police officer in the hallway” (p. 83). This suggests that these students do not need fancy equipment or armed protection to be the smartest kids in the world. In addition, the Finnish want for everyone to be successful despite their circumstances at home, and one way they…

Does attitude vary depending on ethnicity or income status? There could have been more detail provided in that section. In addition, the “Inglehart–Welzel Cultural Map of the World” was limited in that only certain countries were listed. Finland was able to be analyzed based off of this graphic, but Greece was not featured at all. Although I could have assumed where Greece fell on the image based off of prior research, more countries should have been listed. Finally, the independent and…

attribute of a culture. Some of Sweden’s cultural traits are First of May parades, Christmas feasts and wooden horses. Once known for their land, Sweden now is known for their fast growing economy and infrastructures due to all the people who moved their. “Less than a tenth of the land is devoted to agriculture, mostly in the form of family farms. Forested land is held largely by individuals and corporations; the state owns less than 5 percent”(Culture of Sweden 4). The official language…

Edith Irene Södergran is undisputedly a pioneer of modernist poetry and feminist thought in Finland-Swedish literature, with the introduction of central European styles and techniques being introduced into Scandinavian literature being accredited almost entirely to her. Her emphasis on duality between the body and the mind, the unapologetic feminist motives and ability to incorporate modernist techniques into her poetry have influenced many writes in both the Swedish speaking community of…

The key to a successful country is its ability to continually progress forward. Yet the United States always seems to be behind other countries. For instance, women in the United States received the right to vote in 1920 but women in New Zealand started voting in 1893. Denmark was the first country to legalize same sex unions in 1989 but it wasn’t until 2015 that the United States legalized same sex marriage. If the United States wants to continue being a country who boasts “rights” and “world…