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San Jose Panlumacan Integrated School has been operational for 63 years and emphasizes a shift towards an integrated educational approach. The document discusses Finland's educational practices, highlighting the absence of standardized testing, teacher accountability, cooperation over competition, and starting school at an older age as key elements of their successful system. These practices aim to foster a more equitable learning environment and prioritize genuine learning over mere test performance.

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ComEduc MidTerm Exam Rea Bingcang

San Jose Panlumacan Integrated School has been operational for 63 years and emphasizes a shift towards an integrated educational approach. The document discusses Finland's educational practices, highlighting the absence of standardized testing, teacher accountability, cooperation over competition, and starting school at an older age as key elements of their successful system. These practices aim to foster a more equitable learning environment and prioritize genuine learning over mere test performance.

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SAINT ANTHONY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY 

Mabalacat, Pampanga 
S.Y. 2022-2023 

Name: REA P. BINGCANG Time: 07:00 – 10:00 A.M.

MIDTERM EXAM COMPARATIVE EDUCATION

San Jose Panlumacan Elementary School was established 63 years ago and in the year
2015 the school was proposed to be an integrated school. Now the school already celebrated 3
Moving Up ceremony. San Jose Panlumacan Integrated School (SJPIS) is located at Purok 5 San
Jose, City of San Fernando Pampanga. In total the school consist of 49 teachers, 3 Admin and 3
eco aides.

Findland, focus in education is on learning rather than testing. There are no national tests
for pupils in basic education in Finland. I want to adapt it wherein teachers are responsible for
assessment in their respective subjects on the basis of the objectives included in the curriculum.
Finland a country rich in intellectual and educational reform has initiated over the years a
number of novel and simple changes that have completely revolutionized their educational
system. They outrank the United States and are gaining on Eastern Asian countries.

Five Educational Practices from Finland:

No standardized testing
Filling in little bubbles on a scantron and answering pre-canned questions is somehow
supposed to be a way to determine mastery or at least competence of a subject. What
often happens is that students will learn to cram just to pass a test and teachers will be
teaching with the sole purpose of students passing a test. Learning has been thrown out of
the equation.
Accountability for teachers (not required)
A lot of the blame goes to the teachers and rightfully so sometimes. But in Finland, the
bar is set so high for teachers, that there is often no reason to have a rigorous “grading”
system for teachers. I hope this one will be a good practice in our school so that we can
truly act and make decision without the fear of getting embarrass by the other people
outside the school who really doesn’t really know what is happening.

Cooperation not competition


Ironically, this attitude has put them at the head of the international pack. Finland’s
educational system doesn’t worry about artificial or arbitrary merit-based systems. There
are no lists of top performing schools or teachers. It’s not an environment of competition
– instead, cooperation is the norm.
The program that Finland put together focused on returning back to the basics. It wasn’t
about dominating with excellent marks or upping the ante. Instead, they looked to make
the school environment a more equitable place.
Starting school at an older age
Just from a psychological standpoint, this is a freeing ideal. Although it may anecdotal,
many students really feel like they’re stuck in a prison. Finland alleviates this forced ideal
and instead opts to prepare its children for the real world.

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