Schools in Finland will no longer teach 'subjects' | EDUcation CHANGE | Teaching by Topic

For years, Finland has been the by-word for a successful education system, perched at the top of international league tables for literacy and numeracy.

Pasi Silander, the city’s development manager, explained: “What we need now is a different kind of education to prepare people for working life.

“Young people use quite advanced computers. In the past the banks had lots of  bank clerks totting up figures but now that has totally changed.

“We therefore have to make the changes in education that are necessary for industry and modern society.”

How to spot autism in school children

There is no genetic or blood test for ASD; diagnosis is based on behaviour. But, we look specifically for three things, when deciding whether someone has an Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Pupils with special educational needs (SEN) are being failed by mainstream schools

 Μainstream schools fail to help children with special educational needs (SEN) reach their full potential, is what their parents  believe, according to a report published today, 14th dec. 2014, by The Independent.co.uk. 

A survey of 1,000 parents by the charity Mencap (the UK's leading learning disability charity, working with people with a learning disability and their families and carers), found mainstream schools are failing children with learning disabilities – with 81% of parents saying they are not confident their child's school is helping them do their best.

FingerReader device reads aloud to the blind in real time

MIT's developing FingerReader device helps people with vision impairment by reading  with the swipe of a finger

Published July 08, 2014

Associated Press

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  In this Thursday, June 26, 2014 photos, a model wears a FingerReader ring at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab in Cambridge, Mass. Researchers designed and developed the instrument, which enables people with visual disabilities to read text printed on paper or electronic devices. (AP Photo Stephan Savoia) (The Associated Press)