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Originally Posted by Niall
I wholeheartedly agree with his message. I always feel like school is nothing more than a never-ending cycle of learning the tricks to pass the next exam, rather than learning the actual subject.
Exams aren't a good way to asses the intelligence of a child anyway. I mean you need only look at the worldwide leaderboards of national education systems to see that. Finland, a country where all students only take one standardised test in the entirety of school, is currently ranked as the top system in the world. That says it all really, doesn't it?
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Agree that too much emphasis is placed on understanding examination techniques...but I do think that exams are decent ways to assess educational ability. Not overall intelligence or anything but it makes sense that students are required to apply their knowledge to a variety of contexts, and not just learn the textbook word-for-word.
Haven't heard a lot about Finland's educational approach and they probably do have a more efficient, sensible approach but how do they work? Are they suited more towards cognitive abilities or specific educational curricula?