Finland

Norway has one of the world’s most humane prisons; there is no use of the death penalty; consequently, they have an exceptionally low crime rate. The almost hotel-like conditions in the prisons are something American inmates could only dream about. According to Lindh, Norway’s maximum security prison – Halden prison – gives the inmates a cell with a bedroom, a bathroom, and a window. They have common social rooms where the inmates can meet, socialize with each other and with the guards by…

therefore better learning and teaching. (11 Ways Finland’s Education System shows us that “Less is more”.) b. Finland is the country with the least standardized tests. So with less tests, students get less pressure and end up learning because they want too and not because of their final grade. (11 Ways Finland’s Education System shows us that “Less is more”.) c. According to the OECD, Finland is the country with the least amount of homework. This gives students more free time, less stress, more…

Giants’ Churches in Finland By Anthony Bangert AST 105 Professor Stephen Schimmrich Giants’ Churches in Finland Introduction: Somewhere in the Ostrobothnia region, located in Western Finland, are Neolithic stone structures known as “Giants’ Churches.” These structures can be dated as far back as 2500 B.C. to a time known as the Neolithic period, or the “technological…

where the country Finland sits (Europe, 2017, April 07). However, unlike the rest of the…

The republic of Finland is the most eastern of the West-European countries. More than 70 percent of the country is covered with woods, 8 percent is put to agricultural use and 10 percent consists of water. Finland has more than 60,000 lakes and there are more than 20,000 small islands along its coast. A third of the country lies north of the arctic circle. The landscape in Finland slowly changes from the flat (sometimes a bit sloping) and lake rich south (of which one doesn't see much from the…

It is ranked by Newsweek as number twenty six (qtd. in The Finland Phenomenon). Why is Finland school system ranked as number one, according to many different sources? Throughout the centuries school systems have changed drastically. In today’s time the world’s school systems are very competitive. Global competitiveness has encouraged the United States to change the way the education system works to become smarter as a country. Finland has taken a similar stance on improving their school systems…

The Finland Phenomenon After watching the Finland Phenomenon documentary I thought it would be ideal to have a similar system in the United States. A System where the main purpose is learning, not benchmarks, levels or standards. Where only highly educated teachers are qualified to teach. Where the idea of less is more. Fewer classes during the day, so students have more time to put into practice what they had learned and apply concepts. Everyone is involved in the education of…

Hei! Finland is a great country and although it has many differences from Florida, it has many similarities also. Our country and state of Florida in general is very different and we don’t have the same everyday life as Finnish people. There are more similarities than you would think, like in the types of agriculture we have, what we celebrate, and how our families are similar. First of all, the two areas have very different types of landscape. In Finland, the landscape consists of lots of hills…

of 626,305 and a population of about 1.4 million in Helsinki region making it the biggest and most densely populated area in Finland. Put in another…

Finland and the U.S are a lot alike but they also have different laws and rights and military decisions. Like how in Finland you can have small quantities of drugs. And in the U.S you can’t, Or how the U.S military has been around so long that some have not even been recorded. And maybe even how Finland was the first place to let women vote and run for president. But for us never allowed that till way later. In Finland following laws is very important. Like illegal drinking laws, In Finland,…