Contents (Tentative)
Foreword Howard Gardner
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Where There?s a Will There?s a Way
Northern Exposure
Finland as an Inspiration
Learning From Others
The Plan of This Book
1.?The Finnish Dream: A Good School for All
Postwar Finland
Universal Basic Education
The New School Is Born
Expanding Upper-Secondary Education
Improving Educational Attainment
Four Phases of Educational Change
The Finnish Education System in 2020
The Finnish Dream Challenged
2.?The Finnish Paradox: Less Is More
From Periphery to Limelight
Educational Attainment
Equity of Outcomes
Student Learning
Cost of Education
Finnish Paradoxes of Education
The Perils of PISA
3.?The Finnish Advantage: The Teachers
The Culture of Teaching
Becoming a Teacher
Research-Based Teacher Education
Teachers as Researchers
Professional Development
Teachers Are Leaders
School Leaders Are Teachers
Good Teachers, Great Schools
What If Finland?s Great Teachers Taught in Your Schools?
4.?The Finnish Way: Competitive Welfare State
The Power of Globalization
The Global Educational Reform Movement
An Innovation Economy
Welfare, Equality, and Competitiveness
Foreign Innovation, Finnish Implementation
Myths About The Finnish School
5.?Is the Future Finnish?
Success by Being Different
Successful Educational Reform
The Transfer of Change Knowledge
Stress Test for Finnish Schools
The Future of Finnish Education
Postscript Sir Ken Robinson
Notes
References
Index
About the Author