Comments for Tony Wagner http://www.tonywagner.com Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:21:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on “Creating Innovators” — as seen through the eyes of a 14-year old Thai student… by Tony’s first keynote on Creating Innovators now available for viewing http://www.tonywagner.com/news/creating-innovators-as-seen-through-the-eyes-of-a-14-year-old-thai-student#comment-18173 Tony’s first keynote on Creating Innovators now available for viewing Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:21:51 +0000 http://www.tonywagner.com/?p=917#comment-18173 [...] minute mark. You can also read the blog of a 14 year old Thai student who attended his presentation here. [...] [...] minute mark. You can also read the blog of a 14 year old Thai student who attended his presentation here. [...]

]]> Comment on Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change The World – available April 17, 2012 by Tony working on a new book about parenting, teaching, and mentoring young innovators to be published next April http://www.tonywagner.com/resources/creating-innovators#comment-9943 Tony working on a new book about parenting, teaching, and mentoring young innovators to be published next April Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:10:19 +0000 http://www.tonywagner.com/?p=807#comment-9943 [...] A major new book by Tony, Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change The World will be published next spring by Scribner/Simon & Schuster. More information here [...] [...] A major new book by Tony, Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change The World will be published next spring by Scribner/Simon & Schuster. More information here [...]

]]> Comment on Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change The World – available April 17, 2012 by Tony Wagner on his next book, Creating Innovators: Notes from an Edleader21 webinar « 21k12 http://www.tonywagner.com/resources/creating-innovators#comment-74 Tony Wagner on his next book, Creating Innovators: Notes from an Edleader21 webinar « 21k12 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 02:50:34 +0000 http://www.tonywagner.com/?p=807#comment-74 [...] be no surprise that I am greatly enthusiastic about Dr. Wagner’s forthcoming book, (April, 2012),Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World. I think every 21st century educator who seeks to strengthen our national and global future by [...] [...] be no surprise that I am greatly enthusiastic about Dr. Wagner’s forthcoming book, (April, 2012),Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World. I think every 21st century educator who seeks to strengthen our national and global future by [...]

]]> Comment on Creating Innovators – sneak preview of new book themes by Tony’s latest blog post previews new book themes http://www.tonywagner.com/blogposts/creating-innovators-sneak-preview#comment-67 Tony’s latest blog post previews new book themes Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:45:03 +0000 http://www.tonywagner.com/?p=833#comment-67 [...] http://www.tonywagner.com/?p=833 [...] [...] http://www.tonywagner.com/?p=833 [...]

]]> Comment on Review of The Finland Phenomenon appears in The Forbes blog by Tony Wagner http://www.tonywagner.com/news/review-of-the-finland-phenomenon-appears-in-the-forbes-blog#comment-7 Tony Wagner Fri, 13 May 2011 12:25:33 +0000 http://www.tonywagner.com/?p=767#comment-7 Thanks for your helpful additions, Lorna! Thanks for your helpful additions, Lorna!

]]> Comment on Review of The Finland Phenomenon appears in The Forbes blog by Lorna http://www.tonywagner.com/news/review-of-the-finland-phenomenon-appears-in-the-forbes-blog#comment-6 Lorna Fri, 13 May 2011 10:42:17 +0000 http://www.tonywagner.com/?p=767#comment-6 Fully 40% of Finnish students forego the academic track to learn a skill in their high school years. in part because it is pretty hard to get into highschool (though the good/popular vocational programmes are really oversubscribed too -so very competetive!) and in part because without some kind of further education you cannot get a job in Finland later on ... Fully 40% of Finnish students forego the academic track to learn a skill in their high school years.

in part because it is pretty hard to get into highschool (though the good/popular vocational programmes are really oversubscribed too -so very competetive!)

and in part because without some kind of further education you cannot get a job in Finland later on …

]]> Comment on Review of The Finland Phenomenon appears in The Forbes blog by Lorna http://www.tonywagner.com/news/review-of-the-finland-phenomenon-appears-in-the-forbes-blog#comment-5 Lorna Fri, 13 May 2011 10:39:55 +0000 http://www.tonywagner.com/?p=767#comment-5 "All students have free transportation" False! Childen living within a 3km/5km radius are expected to walk to school! (it is free for grades 1-2 and over) if the distance is more than that. In the non-snow months many children cycle rather than taking the bus. One thing that contributes to the trust thing is that Finns are trust-worthy and Finnish teacher put in an awful lot of time and effort (for relatively small salaries) irrespective of the school they are working in. There's not much snobbery involved. “All students have free transportation”

False!

Childen living within a 3km/5km radius are expected to walk to school! (it is free for grades 1-2 and over) if the distance is more than that.

In the non-snow months many children cycle rather than taking the bus.

One thing that contributes to the trust thing is that Finns are trust-worthy and Finnish teacher put in an awful lot of time and effort (for relatively small salaries) irrespective of the school they are working in. There’s not much snobbery involved.

]]> Comment on Review of The Finland Phenomenon appears in The Forbes blog by CoffeeAddict http://www.tonywagner.com/news/review-of-the-finland-phenomenon-appears-in-the-forbes-blog#comment-4 CoffeeAddict Thu, 12 May 2011 08:38:57 +0000 http://www.tonywagner.com/?p=767#comment-4 Hi, There is very little difference between the education systems (none of the points you mentioned are any different and neither is the culture, economy or really anything ...) in the four Scandinavian countries Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland, yet Finland scores MUCH higher than the others on these tests. Therefore I think you have to look elsewhere for an explanation. Hint: Finnish (the language) :-)Karin Hi,

There is very little difference between the education systems (none of the points you mentioned are any different and neither is the culture, economy or really anything …) in the four Scandinavian countries Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland, yet Finland scores MUCH higher than the others on these tests. Therefore I think you have to look elsewhere for an explanation. Hint: Finnish (the language)
:-)Karin

]]> Comment on Review of The Finland Phenomenon appears in The Forbes blog by Tony Wagner http://www.tonywagner.com/news/review-of-the-finland-phenomenon-appears-in-the-forbes-blog#comment-3 Tony Wagner Wed, 11 May 2011 12:11:48 +0000 http://www.tonywagner.com/?p=767#comment-3 Hi Joel, Unfortunately, the video cannot be viewed online, but you can see the trailer and several excerpts from the film and order the film here: www.2mminutes.com<a href="http://www.2mminutes.com" rel="nofollow"> Hi Joel,
Unfortunately, the video cannot be viewed online, but you can see the trailer and several excerpts from the film and order the film here: http://www.2mminutes.com

]]> Comment on Review of The Finland Phenomenon appears in The Forbes blog by Joel http://www.tonywagner.com/news/review-of-the-finland-phenomenon-appears-in-the-forbes-blog#comment-2 Joel Wed, 11 May 2011 06:27:59 +0000 http://www.tonywagner.com/?p=767#comment-2 Is it possible to share a link to the film so educators outside of the USA can see it? Joel Is it possible to share a link to the film so educators outside of the USA can see it?

Joel

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