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Culture shock: the upside-down world of white families navigating Hong Kong’s local school system

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  1. #41

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    Quote Originally Posted by MerMer:
    Finland. The country with the world's best education system.
    Whoopteedoo, you found one, now shall we start listing the countries that allow for choices and run private schools? Why isn't everyone copying Finland? If no one is copying them, why should HK (a massively conservative place that abhors change) copy them?

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    Quote Originally Posted by civil_servant:
    Sorry to burst your bubble.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/business-32302374

    Even Canada kills Finland.
    "Andreas Schleicher, the OECD's director of education and the creator of the Pisa tests, rejects this analysis.

    "In the 1960s, Finland was an average performer at best and that was when it had a very traditional education system," says Mr Schleicher.

    "Finland changed its system only in the late 1970s and 1980s and that's when we saw the results rise. The most recent decline is quite modest," he said."

    Canada kills Finland in what?
    By the way, do you know what these tests are, how they are made, their strengths and drawbacks, or are you just looking at numbers? Do you really think that somewhere like Hong Kong would have a superior education system if their results were higher than countries like Finland? Is passing a flawed exam the sole measure of a successful education system?
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