Inside Finland’s incredible education system | The Listening Post

Social media has shown its importance, once again, during Israel’s war on Gaza but online platforms can also be hotspots for fake news.
One country that stresses the importance of training young people to distinguish fact from fiction is Finland. Its educational drive around media literacy offers a model for educators, broadcasters and countries around the world.
The Finnish government has woven courses on media literacy into its school curriculums to equip Finns with the tools to assess the accuracy of the information they see.
Teachers are on the frontlines of this fight for truth and the national broadcaster also has its part to play.
Flo Phillips reports, from Finland, on the society-wide educational drive that offers a model for educators, broadcasters and countries around the world.
Featuring:
Leo Pekkala - Deputy director, National Audiovisual Institute
Mari Vesanummi - Media education producer, YLE
Valtteri Kela - Finnish language teacher, Helsinki’s French Finnish School
Valentina Uitto - History teacher, Helsinki’s French Finnish School
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[@marin1567]

All schools in Finland are public funded including private ones, and private schools are not allowed to charge any fee.

[@BicycleFunk]

Good to know!! The US should take up that model.

[@lindiwengwevela524]

How is a school private if it's publicly funded and doesn't charge fees? Are you talking specifically about religious schools or schools for kids with special needs or something like that?

[@williamwatitwa3534]

Contruct a school to the states standards, then provide education and the gvnt pays the fees

[@GuruNemo]

All schools in USSR was public funded, and was not allowed to charge any fee

[@juriscervenaks8953]

@@williamwatitwa3534 I don't see where private school name come from. In other EU countries government make bid for what school they want, and private contractors build it. And then teachers teach what government want. That is not private, that is state school. In other words in Finland there is no private schools. Private means that owners of school can teach whatever they want, and parents decide if they want their kids to learn there.

[@batosato]

This is how you create great future leaders. The world should learn from Finland. Bravo Finland!

[@munirakin723]

Where are those great leaders? When will they show up?

[@annapoorni1]

Exactly. While heaping praise on Finland's education system - the way it is being touted as the next best thing to discovery of bread - you would expect all leaders of companies and countries would be Finnish. Hardly so. One should limit hype. I agree it is pretty good.

[@user-gz2qh2fm1m]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@user-gz2qh2fm1m]

After seeing the CEO'S of various multinational companies I think indian education system is the best😂

[@annapoorni1]

​@user-gz2qh2fm1m Given that the CEOs of Microsoft, Google etc. are Indians you may well be right. But Indians don't make a song and dance about it. How many CEOs of top companies in the world are from Finland?

[@spectacularglasses4418]

To my fellow US citizens. Imagine living in a functioning society like Finland

[@headishome8452]

It won't happen, one thing Corporations are people.

[@mudshovel289]

Would be nice.

[@fahvm4362]

US is land of freedom. Land of entertainment. To be success, sometimes freedom have limit. Study is not freedom am I right? Because you need to be in school. School is like a prison. But Good Prison.

[@tamto6328]

I'm currently an American living in Finland for the past 10 years. I love America but the discourse and divisiveness in politics needs to improve before I move back.

[@aishajalilansari]

Well US government don’t care about education (or health) they only care about wars ( theirs and others 🙄🙄

[@DaisyHollowBooks]

I am an educator in the US. I wish we had this curriculum.

[@donbabilio8298]

This system can only work in a homogenous country where all kids have similar abilities ,unlike the diversity in US where different racial groups have different abilities to learn . It won't work in US

[@princess39730]

​@@donbabilio8298...wat??

[@princess39730]

@@donbabilio8298 I need you to explain further on wat you mean by tht 🤔

[@princess39730]

@@donbabilio8298 do u think that has more to do with race, or just the fact that some governments don't prioritize education as much as they should? Bcs while Hong Kong is ranked #1 of having the highest iq in the world, you also have the us which is ranked 31, but also Poland and other European countries under it are ranked lower. So wat do u think?

[@headishome8452]

What you are saying is simply not true. In the USA the government would rather spend money on military than education. I live here, i know. And it is getting worse here with states not allowing teachers to teach the truth. Misinformation is pushed on adults and children alike. The best education i have received is from being self-taught, rather than public education and some college. Plus, there are other factors. ​@@donbabilio8298

[@luongvuong3312]

This is exactly the education system that I’ve always dreamt of. It’s just incredible!

[@JaphetPaypa]

Me too. In our country, the education system is a failure. The leaders and our own people who select these incompetent government officials are failing us and the succeeding generations.

[@Helfirehydra]

Finland keeps on top of their education because their government doesn’t cut education funding first when it comes to government budget cuts but here in Canada first things to go with education, and then healthcare

[@arcticpolyglots]

That's exactly what they have done here. They cut 2 billion from education between 2012-2019 (source oaj.fi). My friends who are teachers here said like 5-6 years ago already how the results will get worse because of the cuts. Check out the PISA statistics then you will see that Finland was in top 3 around 10 years starting from 2000, but the last decade has been a decline in the rankings. Estonia has the best education results in Europe in the last few PISA tests conducted worldwide. I went to school here when the education was at its peak in Finland.

[@diarrhea2_pseudo_moralist]

True that! In our country, roughly 2% of the total GDP is allocated to education, thus contributing to the horrendous illiteracy and corruption rate here.

[@mizulightblue]

ffs. Finland cuts so much in education that they currently don't have the money in education. Same with health care. both of these two go down so badly currently.

[@kaustubhraizada]

It's not about the money , it's about culture and teaching curriculum

[@rogorix4991]

Great and all until they produce less researchers, lese engineers, less doctors than average countries so is it really that good?

[@marie2511]

ADULTS in America need this curriculum

[@jaking2]

Amen!

[@CarolineIce]

Trust me, if Finland starts to open its country to migrants from africa, the level will drop drastically too.. its not about education system, because in Vietnam its very poor, but they scores Higher on PISA than France or the US because its a Homogenous country.

[@Chris-fn4df]

That's because we didn't have a functioning school system as children. We are soldiers and retail workers.

[@ronniew3028]

Congratulations to Finland for being so forward thinking!!!!

[@CarolineIce]

Trust me, if Finland starts to open its country to migrants from africa, the level will drop drastically too.. its not about education system, because in Vietnam its very poor, but they scores Higher on PISA than France or the US because its a Homogenous country

[@estherbaptist9086]

Fake news says Aljazeera hahaha the irony

[@Tousisakunt]

​@@estherbaptist9086Where in the world are you living?

[@estherbaptist9086]

@@Tousisakunt Crossroads of humanity and knowledge

[@BlackCameleer]

The core goal of Western education was not to fuel intrinsic curiosity but to craft compliant minds. In contrast, Finland's educational success lies in its unique approach that nurtures, rather than stifles, this inherent curiosity in children.

[@mimiii1788]

Finland is not a western country?

[@user-dq9if2os6v]

Complying in a way that people think they are practising their freedom while in fact they are complying, thats whats truly evil about this

[@BlackCameleer]

@@mimiii1788 Forgive me if my earlier comment inadvertently sowed the seeds of a misconception. I fear your query interprets my juxtaposition of the normative Western Prussian-cast public schooling model and Finnish pedagogy as implying that Finland is not part of the western world. It was never my intention to insinuate such a notion.

[@Randomsadi]

Bro using AI to auto produce comments.

[@Randomsadi]

@@regulus7181 I'm from Bangladesh and studied in a Bangla medium school. So, I'm 100% sure that's not how a normal person who learned English from books speaks. I said he used AI cause I have a strong intuition about AI language as I constantly use AI to search for information. As I usually use Bard and Chatgpt for many things, I know how AI generally uses complex sentences and uncommon words such as- tapestry, realm or juxtaposition etc.

[@ThePapawhisky]

I want to live in a functioning society.

[@CarolineIce]

Trust me, if Finland starts to open its country to migrants from africa, the level will drop drastically too.. its not about education system, because in Vietnam its very poor, but they scores Higher on PISA than France or the US because its a Homogenous country

[@cottoncandykawaii2673]

@@CarolineIce yep this, diversity is what ruins high trust societies

[@bullerfnis1961]

As Scandinavian, I think the schools are similar in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland, and when you go through the hallway, the appearance of the school are a lot of the same things. But I would say the Finland is probably the best of the Scandinavian at the moment, so 👍 up for Finland

[@gcingia]

Why is it the best..? (understand it is your own perspective... it's an honest question).

[@tamto6328]

Finland is not Scandinavian, it's Nordic.

[@diamondsarenotforever8542]

@@tamto6328 Partly Finland is located on Scandinavian peninsula. There is not much difference.

[@diamondsarenotforever8542]

@@gcingia You can google about it. Believe it or not Finland is a developed and good country.

[@jessicaandersson4313]

​@@diamondsarenotforever8542If you want to include Finland then you're talking about the Fennoscandian Peninsula, not Scandinavia.

[@lizikkolyadko]

I nearly cried... It was so unbelievable for me to hear that such an educational program exists. I wish we had that in Belarus.

[@dutchschultz3076]

What I noticed right away is the lack of posters or anything on the walls of the school. None in the rooms or hallways. No propaganda or advertising!

[@tornadoman1054]

Any school-system is made for the ideological construction, otherwise there's no point in doing this for the government. Unfortunately, parents are not allowed to raise their kids as they see fit, only as the government sees it.

[@marcoprolo1488]

You did not spot the gay propaganda in the first seconds of the first cartoon?

[@TedEhioghae]

​@@marcoprolo1488The rainbow is GOD's creation, not "gay propaganda".

[@marcoprolo1488]

@@TedEhioghae I did not mention a rainbow but you did yourself the connection which proves my point.

[@delsisabarc5790]

Never heard of media literacy before. This is wonderful!

[@jabusenyondo8130]

And the troll factor character impersonating

[@paulroberts7767]

Media literacy, critical reasoning. Brilliant.

[@roc7880]

been there and I loved it. the idea is simple, teachers get paid well, you hire candidates, fund schools for everyone, parents defer to teachers, students respect them, and in the end the better ones come on top. no identity politics just meritocracy.

[@notthesamagain]

Meritocracy that only exists due to equality and same opportunities for all.

[@justanothermortal1373]

I wish I was born in Scandinavia. The people there seem so free, happy and forward-thinking. People's lives really start with luck, don't they?

[@trashAndNoStar]

​@@justanothermortal1373exactly.. the privilege of being born in a place where you can thrive well

[@Alexandros.Mograine]

@@justanothermortal1373 Thats why big countries suck. Cant make everyone happy, like when texans and californians think the exact opposite way but still vote in the same elections. The difference is too big the more you travel.

[@drjordan5706]

@@notthesamagain Yeh this guy tried to sneak in right-wing propaganda with "identity politics" ignoring the fact that other countries such as the US do not have nearly the same system as Finland

[@jrm371]

One thing I noticed is that the students actually appear to WANT to learn. No talking back to the teacher or making a scene. No fights or cursing or students running around the classrooms or hallways.

[@brenofig]

This video is so important! I'm from Brazil and I'd like to add subtitles in Portuguese so this video can reach Brazilian people. Unfortunately, it seems not possible to do so. If anyone from Al Jazeera English reads this comment, please get in touch, I really would like to write these subtitles, no charge.

[@jazzyeric21]

I'm American living in Brazil and agree!

[@Bineiztech]

Long click the cc icon on the top of video you can find autotranslate when you click on that you can see Portuguese

[@Bineiztech]

Long click the cc icon on the top of video you can find autotranslate when you click on that you can see Portuguese

[@Bineiztech]

Long click the cc icon on the top of video you can find autotranslate when you click on that you can see Portuguese

[@Jesuslovesyou0316]

God loves you! John 3:16✝️

[@lincolndasema6694]

Wow I should've went to school in Finland. This is true education!

[@TheAureliac]

Maybe you would have learned the basics of grammar there.

[@Alexandros.Mograine]

@@TheAureliac Not everyone is a native english speaker. Expecting everyone to have perfect english grammar even in Finland is extremely cringe... you might not realize it but english isnt the only language in the world.

[@sp123]

It's very difficult to immigrate to Finland

[@rebelblade7159]

While doing an ELT course in College, the professor in charge of that course spoke highly about the Finnish education system and recommended the book "The Finnish Lesson" for us to read if we want to ever understand how a capable education system is built.

[@diabetes1.564]

Thank You for the recommendation

[@rebelblade7159]

@@diabetes1.564 you're welcome.

[@claug3370]

and did you read it?

[@aleermathiang7124]

Will probably look up the book. Thanks 😊

[@Whatshah]

Always fall in love the way they innovate pedagogy. ❤

[@rinotilde2699]

Everyone needs this

[@carolinaabravo]

Critical pedagogy at its best 🙌🏽 what an amazing example of what education should look like!

[@chauanhpham5786]

Such a dream place to get proper education system. This is where future great leaders are born. Bravo Finland, such a role model for every other nations.

[@lumbanipete]

This is amazing! My fellow Malawi citizens, look, we have a lot of catching up to do.

[@Rentaplace]

Our politicians would rather steal funds in the education budget and ship their kids to overseas pvt schools

[@user-wk9wh2ng6e]

wow watching this short docu make me Wish to be a Part of this education society

[@Cawnnak]

Finland focus on direct practical with open ended but guide you with lots of amazing resources. That is why I'm taking their University of Helsinki CS courses seriously for free and I love that they focus on core critical knowledge instead of spoonn feeding you but reward your effort.

[@johoch40]

Excellent report! Thank you , Al Jazeera, for your seriousness and high standards of journalism.

[@writer1986]

I was a US teacher for 8 years. At one school, we taught media literacy but didn’t have the technology to do it justice, at another we had great technology but no such curriculum and the students just wanted to play online games all day. We have to be very intentional about technology in the classroom, and Finland is doing great.

[@pequodexpress]

Al Jazeera ought to have a look at the Finland International school in Qatar to see how difficult it is to try to transplant educational ideas from one society with all its ancillary services and social and economic structures into another society without the same structures in place.

[@Alexandros.Mograine]

Obviously, the biggest factor is the people and the culture. The biggest factor here is trust, there is a reason why rich kids go to small public schools.

[@filza18pk]

Another difference is that everything is taught in finish whereas in Asian countries it's in English, it affects critical thinking due to language barrier

[@growtocycle6992]

It's the parents

[@cottoncandykawaii2673]

different races produce different IQ averages, Arabs are not Nords

[@tamimsalem6471]

There is no Finnish school in Qatar !!!

[@skiphoffenflaven8004]

Incredible, and good for the future. Preparation is always key.

[@rajfc]

I’ve been to Finland a couple of times and was extremely impressed with the people’s ability to discern and also their civil mindedness. You need a well educated mass for this

[@twanaR57]

How I wish these concepts of teaching are mandatory in my country sighhhhh 😔

[@manfredneilmann4305]

What is your country?

[@TheAureliac]

were

[@tocino4]

I find it beautiful seeing dark and light skinned children, clean and orderly, sitting side by side receiving an excellent education in well appointed classrooms and libraries. I hardly see this in America these days.

[@aberba]

It's staged. And it's pretty obvious as well. Hypocrisy for the camera

[@agnusdeiquitollispecatamundi]

​@@aberbatypical American comment

[@lifejourney93]

​@@aberba😂😂😂

[@MarkusKiili]

@@aberba Nope, it's not staged. It's totally normal. Even so normal, that I was amazed that someone point it out. Fo me as a Finn, everything on this video looked like an average school. In Finland schools are mostly public and even if they are not run by municipality, they are free for students. It means that there are no schools for rich people or different color kids. All schools are for everyone.

[@bemilie2841]

@aberta it’s not staged. It was the same in France and still is even though it’s becoming more of an issue with racist and extreme political party trying to divide us. But it was just like that when I was at school 20 years ago. We didn’t even questioned it as it was normal for us. We didn’t see any issues as we were all humans. When I lived a year in Chicago just after high school. I was shocked to see how divided American communities were. I went to a college that was in the middle of different communities living areas. The first semester I did the last level of ESL program. So I made friend with a girl from Poland, another one from Mexico. We decided the next semester to take our courses together so we asked the administration to make it possible for us. They were surprised to see how we were so close friends coming from different « backgrounds » and happy for us to spread « diversity ». Even though it came from good intentions I didn’t like the feeling it gave me and having to face that reality there. Outside of school, people were showing us that we were « weird » and not « welcome » in each other neighborhood. It made me so sad and I honestly didn’t understand why and how it was a thing. All those ideas about race and that we can’t live together because we have culture differences sounds so wrong to me. We’re the same in the end in many ways. And we also learn, experience each other cultures. It’s so interesting to see that not everyone see the world the same way. It’s true when it comes to cultures but even inside the same culture. I’m sad that my country is taking the wrong path and is influenced by those ideas « Our cultures, habits are different so we can’t live together, aside each other, you’re a threat to me and my culture”… All this is bullshit happens when you close your mind and begin to fear what you don’t know, what is unfamiliar, what you don’t understand (even though you don’t even try to get to know or understand).

[@estefaniazila]

That's an awesome skill to have and I applaud Finland for educating the kids at such a young age. kudos!

[@tigerrx7]

America would never do this. 1. American leaders and decision makers don’t view all groups the same, so wholesome education for everyone is not a priority (Finland homogeneity is a plus here) 2. Education is big business in America (too many people would lose their high paying salaries in this publicly funded model) 3. American leaders just don’t think a large part of their responsibility is to educate and empower future generations for the greater good of the country.

[@Xiosoranox]

4. The American populace views school as free daycare. I've seen this type of curriculum done here, but the catch is it's always wealthy private schools or high-achieving magnet/scholar ones like my high school. A curriculum like this would make no difference in 98% of public schools when you're having to spend 60% of class time redirecting students and calling parents who blame you instead of their kids.

[@jbiliHacker]

Wow! i'm actually impressed!!!

[@tofytisa6576]

Spotting western hypocrisy too is something our kids are learning now

[@anonimagonzalez9701]

word

[@pointofinterest5981]

Where? Which country?

[@benravenhill484]

exposing mooselimbs propaganda, cruelty, double standard and victim playing are some of other things our kinds should learn nowadays

[@CarolineIce]

Trust me, if Finland starts to open its country to migrants from africa, the level will drop drastically too.. its not about education system, because in Vietnam its very poor, but they scores Higher on PISA than France or the US because its a Homogenous country

[@albertoginelsalvador2172]

I've work as a teacher in 3 countries, media toxicity is one last problems there, we are told to get higher grades or leave.

[@isabellemos3333]

Media is a broad term, and encompasses many different forms. Media is any communication outlet used to distribute information, entertainment and data. Essentially, media is the method by which messages are distributed to an audience. Information and media literacy (IML) enables people to show and make informed judgments as users of information and media, as well as to become skillful creators and producers of information and media messages. Question: What are the impacts of media literacy has on our children? Very pleased to see this content on media literacy! There is nothing - nothing beyond our capabilities to do anything if we do it together. May God Bless All!

[@ayamohammed7753]

Wow this is what school should be like. Truly preparing you for the current world ma sha Allah

[@moonlightinthedarksky]

Isn't it what all muslim countries lack yet based on islam?

[@ayamohammed7753]

@@moonlightinthedarksky what do you mean?

[@Jesuslovesyou0316]

God loves you! John 3:16✝️

[@nftsasha]

I'm more and more impressed by Finland every time I see anything about the country

[@ariellarahimi8233]

Our son's school is going to implement a curriculum like this. Thanks for this! Excellent for children and adults!

[@reachfrandia]

Every country should adopt this. Thank you, Finland. 😀

[@CarolineIce]

Trust me, if Finland starts to open its country to migrants from africa, the level will drop drastically too.. its not about education system, because in Vietnam its very poor, but they scores Higher on PISA than France or the US because its a Homogenous country

[@somalimukherjee7449]

Brilliant! ♥

[@emmahardesty4330]

In my next life, I want to be born in Finland.

[@gloriouse4458]

FABULOUS INFO. ✅

[@omyogagal]

Fins take their compulsive education very seriously and are constantly making improvements. That's why they have the highest quality education system in the world! In the US we spent much more money on public education, one would think it should be able to produce high quality education as well. But no amount of money can substitute for the culture of devaluing teachers and knowledge in the US.

[@DrScarface74]

The highest based on what? I cant see any finnish winners or medalists of international olys 😂

[@warcrafthumanlord]

The real question is whether these children are being thought to be objective or subjective when defining certain things as "Fake news". I am not saying it is a bad thing to be technically literate, but that everything and I do mean EVERYTHING should be taken with a grain of salt (sometimes a bucket). The problem that arises here is that it would be easy enough for a government/institution to teach kids to notice certain "fakeness" in news, but it could also be a way to induce certain Pavlovian dog principles. Teaching kids that certain news always = bad/harmful. Etc. The education system in every country has been used as a method of propaganda since time immemorial. And interpreting news, information and acting upon them, either directly or indirectly, has been vital to protect national interests whatever they might be at that point in time. Unfortunately, this is sometimes even done on a subconscious level, where we only notice it when it becomes blatantly obvious to people around. Obvious example: USA public negative association with socialism/communism (this is not to say that governments associated with those systems did not do bad things, but that everything as a concept is evil if it has those political undertones, which is not true), even if those people can't really explain why they think it is bad or provide examples when asked on a specific subject.

[@dragoonzen]

Lol, all the while USA is banning books and rolling back education 😅😂

[@ddnick]

U mean books which focuses on sexual explicit content for minors ??? 🤔

[@piusmwilson]

Great initiative.

[@henaimtiyaz4189]

No wonder Finland is the happiest country in the world.

[@Medicknowhow]

Oh come on with 70 days of Sunlight....and rest of the days living in Artic climate!!

[@Enforcedcraft]

Thing is even I who come from a country that is notorious to spread lies(I'll just tell It's European continent) and spreading propaganda this would be absolutely better at teaching people what is fake and what is real.

[@BicycleFunk]

@@Medicknowhow I think you are mistaking days without a sunset as days of sunlight.

[@justanothermortal1373]

​@@MedicknowhowI think the amazing functionality of their society beats how much sunlight they get per year lol.

[@marcoprolo1488]

Finland is 27th out of 183 countries when it comes to suicide rate. Do you seriously think people are very happy there?

[@danieladetayo3711]

Wow. I'm extremely impressed by the thought process behind all of these.

[@gnukkignukk7536]

One thing is fake information. Another issue that should be educated about equally as much is biased information. One good example would be political activists and fanatics presenting themselves as journalists or historians, yet working with an extreme bias to promote their ideology where they even might present facts, but only the facts that supports their own ideology.

[@__Man__]

But, in Finland, it seems most of teachers and journalists have a bias by leaning to left ideas, the students and people are also OK with it. Maybe in this modern world, the centre does shift toward the left.

[@gnukkignukk7536]

Being a bit to the left politically myself, I really have no problem with a little bias leaning that way. The issue is that a historian or a journalist that is biased in their publications, is neither of those but a political activist which spreads propaganda. This is something that used to be the first thing they taught at the educations for both historians and journalists. Their job is to present the relevant facts so the observer can make up their own mind, not tell them what to think. I see that even on KZbin, there are plenty of channels that present themselves as historians and journalists, that lean both to the far right and the far left. They tend to be extremely biased with the goal to either spread a political ideology or just pure hatred, and the problem is that it seems to be working, because people are not educated enough on how to be critical against biased sources like that, but just misinformation like fake news. @@__Man__

[@__Man__]

@@gnukkignukk7536 that's why we are taught to be able to distinguish between an actual news and a product of a propagandist.

[@gnukkignukk7536]

The problem which I have already stated two times already, is that apparently some people are not properly educated about this. Both educations and media in general should have a bigger focus on the issue. This video only mentions that they're focusing only on fake information, and not biased information which is a huge problem. Biased "journalism" and "history" keep showing up and people keep falling for it, especially on KZbin.@@__Man__

[@__Man__]

@@gnukkignukk7536 don't you think some Russian medias are biased? Apparently, they are checking about it. I don't know how you see it from your own perspective.

[@MansaKimani]

Way to go Finland!

[@pilouuuu]

Who else was expecting for the kid in the thumbnail to give a thumbs up to the camera?

[@drowsy4312]

I met 2 Fin teachers last week, and thy expressed concern about the education system degrading. Teachers are facing financial difficulties, with many not receiving their pay on time and finding themselves at the bottom of the salary hierarchy.

[@yomajo]

in Lithuania we don't have anti-propaganda curriculum per se, but I feel we, ant likely other eastern European nations are more resilient than western counterparts primarily due to soviet history and familiarity with their double-speak.

[@Pictoru2]

Fantastic video report

[@pinkpotatoes9849]

As an experienced teacher, I pose that school attendance and home attitudes towards schooling has as much influence on the outcomes as the education system.

[@samyadeepsengupta460]

Even the scholarships during skill training is noteworthy

[@RobertWGreaves]

The notion seems highly commendable, but there is enough information, even in this video to indicate strong biases. It is not as if news is either fake or legitimate. It is often a mix of the two. And it’s highly important that we listen to sources that disagree with each other rather than attempt to find sources we can trust. We need to trust a process not a source.

[@somaghosh2960]

Wow, positive and nice documentary. Thank you Al Jazeera.

[@ingridgricak9238]

Brainstorming teaching methods and it is truly significantly important to have social media education. I am sure that those kids who learn who learn how to treat social media with appropriate accuracy will have bright future. Amazing job.

[@jediTempleGuard]

Congratulations to finland. Lets also not forget the fact that education system of a country with 5.5 million population and say 80m, 200M or 1B can not be same. Problems will be different, ability to create opportunities to students, cost etc. will all be different.

[@waleedkhalid7486]

This video would have been better if they addressed how they achieved the results that they did. They mentioned starting kids young. Isn’t that a good place to start for a mandatory free preschool education in the US. Shouldn’t it galvanize legislation to increase teacher pay to make the field more competitive and more skilled? Let’s also examine how the teacher was teaching. A part of the video showed the teacher behind a podium talking to his students. In the US that is considered ineffective, but it seems to be fine for the Fins who are way ahead of us in education.

[@ashaqhussain6902]

Formal schooling begins at the age of 7 in Finland. Teachers are highly trained and well payed and every teacher needs to have at least a masters degree.

[@iris_nazarena_4882]

There's a developmentally appropriate way to talk about pretty much anything. These "tough" topics should be introduced when children are young and their brains are still malleable. That's what Finland gets right.

[@physicianbd]

This is fabulous

[@eksbocks9438]

I wish more countries were like this. The people in Finland are very lucky to be in this kind of society. In my country, nobody wants to share or cooperate. It doesn't matter how nice you are. Or how hard you work. In the end we still get bullied, isolated, and forced into poverty. Because we're "Losers" or "Communist."

[@dharaniadithya5760]

here on 6:38 mark zuck was a lizard 😂😂. The best news i ever seen

[@heloisez5235]

Who knows. He might be or not be. Let time reveal it 😂

[@muhammadfayiz3243]

Great to see how the government take the concerned about this, and makes they people get quality

[@songpeng6461]

Such a great project! I would like to ask if Finland provides or can consider providing similar online courses for older people or adults that foreigners can learn?

[@ZarakKhanNiazi]

Thank you journalist and team who communicate this high quality videos on KZbin among all the useless KZbin shorts and mrbeast videos making children pyschopaths

[@hmq9052]

Finland is basically me parenting

[@kasondaleigh]

These are critical thinking skills. All schools are SUPPOSED to be teaching this. It is the very definition of intelligence.

[@LastDoppelganger]

The Finnish education system never ceases to amaze me. I watched an interview where students that went abroad to the US ended up hating on their education systems. How a 14 year old could be so articulate in his comments got me really impressed

[@TickleMeElmo55]

Were these students exchange students in the US?

[@LastDoppelganger]

@@TickleMeElmo55 Yes. They were Finnish students in the US. They were interviewed after they returned home

[@lonesomefencesitter3186]

WTH, they teach children to think ? How extreme !

[@moderngames2085]

With a tiny homogeneus society, it is easier.

[@janekata1432]

Excellent!

[@SnowYukiYap]

Malaysia need to learn this from Finland education system, using edutainment technique to teach students using fake news, hoax and social issues to implement into syllabus This is how schools should teach students, flexible yet stay up-to-date to current news

[@infini.tesimo]

At least they are not teaching kids to be indoctrinated into a set system meant to create more "good little workers" but instead validate the sources of information.

[@bullymaguire008]

Even if other countries become capable of adopting these Educational Techniques, they won't do it. Because it will make their citizens more rational, and governments don't want it. They wants to run their Agendas and Progandas and wants people to keep engaging in those baits. Finland is just blessed to have such people who frames and implement this type of Education System.

[@sudeepmitra]

Nice

[@mudshovel289]

@@rayh.9130How do you know that if it hasn’t been attempted?

[@tornadoman1054]

Any school-system is made for the ideological construction, otherwise there's no point in doing this for the government. Unfortunately, parents are not allowed to raise their kids as they see fit, only as the government sees it.

[@user-uy8sf2ke5g]

Nice case study for my answer thank u ❤

[@noorazam2287]

It was very useful video, kindly make some more videoa like how finland tops corruption index, happy index etc. It will give us a better understanding of successful policies

[@homewall744]

The trick isn't malinformation, per se, but how to see the big picture, the WHOLE truth, not just a fact that may be true, but the take-away from that fact is trickery, propaganda, disinformation, advertising.

[@EA-js1me]

Meanwhile, in the U.S.: *IDIOCRACY BEGINS!*

[@headishome8452]

Unfortunately, it's been here for awhile.

[@JennaHasm]

The educational system is driven also by taxpayers and parents. Parents do not value, and reward adequatly, good professors. Taxpayers do not value, and pay for, good school administrative systems and good professors. Sometimes, you reap what you sow. Directly or indirectly.

[@ylemrebane]

I am proud that the Estonian education system is very much the same as in Finland. After the soviet union collapsed we closely worked with our oversea finno-ugric brothers and learned and adapted their best practices. :) In Estonia there is no difference in the quality of education from the countryside school or the big city school. Also, this equal opportunity has helped a lot to establish social mobility, including high standards in scientific and critical thinking. We compete in PISA tests with Finns all the time who are the top ones :D

[@NerdZooooone]

The one system educated,on the other hand it supported personal creativity…

[@sevdalink6676]

I am curious what Finland after that has to offer? A lot is talked about their amazing schooling sistem, but I don't hear from them being any impressive part of world science, politics, health and similar. I would be thankful if somebody could offer some interesting statistics that show the results of this great schooling sistem? My question is not offensive? I would just like to learn more about the concept.

[@ellav5387]

You cant expect a country of 5 million to have the same impact as a country of say 50 million. But to answer your question a lot of things you take for granted are in fact invented by Finns including Linux, the web browser and tons of technologies in telecommunication.

[@sevdalink6676]

@@ellav5387 you have Israel and Switzerland as examples of smaller countries. That is what led me to ask why a bit smaller country with a superb education system is not popular in the world for things other than that educational system.

[@ellav5387]

@@sevdalink6676 I don't exactly know what you mean by "popular" when you bring up the most controversial country on earth. Finland has historically been a very isolated place in Europe for its location and language. Today however Finland is the only EU country where homelessness is decreasing, has low corruption, low crime and clean water and air. It's not as rich and fancy as Switzerland or even the other Nordic countries but the poorest live better lives here than in most places in the world.

[@mikrokupu]

You have repeated the similar message over and over again here, everything ok ? :)

[@DrScarface74]

​​@@ellav5387 we can expect at least finnish medalists on international olympist but there is no one. Of cause if this video wouldnt be a blatant propaganda. Hungary with comparable population has a lot of international medalists. When finnish kids go to study in Karelia or Petersburg they left a year back usually with their "top education" like americans and brits

[@plr2473]

I'm a high school teacher who tries to teach media literacy and critical thinking in the US. My students could care less sadly

[@sonyaberry9805]

I have an 8 year old & 4 year old. My parents are conservative & my husband is liberal. My kids get to see both view points & navigate how they see the world. The majority of families are either liberal or conservative. I think that creates kids who only think one way. I believe that is part of the problem. There is no neutrality like in Finland

[@JackSmith-qi7dr]

They could “care less?” How much less Mr. or Ms. Teacher?

[@Kotifilosofi]

I live in Finland and I never thought about how media literacy (medialukutaito) exists in every subject at school regardless the grade, it was just taken for granted that you'd question the validity and reliability of the source before accepting it and using at your work. I thought that's the standard at every/most schools around the world... like it's the base of all education? :D

[@lonzo61]

The more I learn about Finland, the more impressed I become with this country.

[@Tousisakunt]

If you have a bucket list, Finland 🇫🇮 should be on there. Tervetuloa.

[@lonzo61]

@@Tousisakunt The reason I came upon this video is because I have watched many videos about Finland. I was born in the USA and have lived here my whole life. But I have come to dislike my country intensely for many reasons. Because of that, I have thought about emigrating to another country, and Finland is at the top of my list. To actually move to another country at age 61 would be difficult! Maybe I will visit Finland this summer and stay for a few weeks. Finland is a very interesting place!

[@Tousisakunt]

@@lonzo61 You'd be very welcomed if you stopped by. I was originally born in Yorkshire, England and moved to Finland in 2007. Never regretted that decision. So much sense of freedom. I won't be going back to the madness that is now England. Not even for a holiday.

[@lonzo61]

@@Tousisakunt Indeed. I have been following the news and culture in UK, so I am aware of the effects of Brexit, immigration, WOKE, etc, on the culture and politics. I've listened to a multitude of personalities such as Pat Condell, John Cleese, Douglas Murray, Andrew Doyle, Lionel Shriver, and many others whose commentary on England is not complimentary. Of course, we here in the US exported WOKE to....everywhere. For the record, I'm a moderate liberal who sees, on full display, extremism here in the US in the form of WOKE on the left and MAGA on the right. And with another Trump presidency....er.....dictatorship on the horizon, I'm not optimistic. And I have not even touched on my other gripes with the US. If I decide to travel to Finland in the coming months, I may take you up on your offer. I'd be VERY interested in talking to expats from the US and other countries who have emigrated to Finland. In fact, some of the vids I've watched about Finland have been produced by emigres from other nations such as the African continent, the US, the UK, Spain, etc, etc. And some of the vids have been produced by Finns, which have been very informative. By the way, I have no delusions that Finland is some Shangri La; but from what I have learned about it, it has more appeal than other countries I have considered--even with all that dark and cold in the winter.

[@krox477]

Their teachers get paid well

[@Medicknowhow]

The Finnish model here in India(Pune) seems very feasible with a small pool of students...Generalising d model to a bigger class is not thinkable

[@davidcox8945]

‘It takes a village to raise a child’….🖖🏻

[@Medicknowhow]

@@davidcox8945 ..but what if the class is as big as a 🏙️ City?

[@davidcox8945]

@@Medicknowhow all big cities I have ever visited are just a whole bunch of villages all clustered together

[@ximuoidethuong]

Thanks a lot

[@OttawaRocks]

"It's very important that we don't teach just the subject matter but also the analytical skills..."

[@MM-ty6cu]

Seems like Northern European countries are often, on top of it all.

[@swapnilh4298]

nothing a little international enrichment won't fix..

[@SovereignEntity-63]

What an incredible Role Model... Although speaking of Mis & Dis-Information , I would warn and challenge Finland to resist joining UN & NATO and lose their SOVEREIGNTY and way of life.

[@darraghwalsh8534]

Lmao they decided to join. Wtf are you on about.

[@SovereignEntity-63]

Oh Well , guess they will have to follow THE AGENDA after all.. By the way , you sound abit upset and uptight. Get a grip..! 😁

[@user-li9zn4ms6o]

Troll

[@wipworkinprogress1344]

Brilliant

[@toucheguy]

Fantastic!