Finland Category Domestic n nnr n nr TEACHING children to write is transitioning to a computer eraas traditional cursive writing and calligraphy wil ID: 117071
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DetailsParent Category: Finland Category: Domestic \n \n\n\r \n \n\r TEACHING children to write is transitioning to a computer era,as traditional cursive writing and calligraphy will not be taught atFinnish schools after the autumn 2016 and will be replaced withthe study of typing skills, reported Savon Sanomat on 18November."Fluent typing skills are an important national competence,"explained Minna Harmanen from the National Board ofEducation which is currently finalising the guidelines for the newstudy of writing.Harmanen acknowledged that waiving handwriting will be amajor cultural transformation, but added that schools will stillhave room for altering their studies: when the teachers want,they can still teach longhand. Typing should be also easier toconnect to teaching everyday life skills than handwriting.Apart from the curriculum, the schools have different means forteaching children computer skills. There are schools withhundreds of tablets to teach and learn with, but also schoolswith only one computer class, such as Kasurila primary schoolin Siilinjärvi.The principal of the school, Marja Rytivaara said that they will get their first tablets next year, but believes that the childrenare learning many of the new computer skills outside of school, so the changes in the studies might not have a lot ofinfluence for example on children of unequal position....MERLE MUSTHelsinki TimesLEHTIKUVA / MIKKO STIG \n \n\r\n \n \n \n \r \n \n\r \n \r \n \r \r \r \r \r \r \r \n \r \r \n\r \n \n \n ! ""##"$! \n\r \n\r \r \n ! \r \n\r \n\n \r \n\n \r\n \n\n \n \r \r\r \r \n % \n\r% % \r 66 people like this. Sign Up to see whatyour friends like. Like Like Share Share There are many schools in Finland wherecomputer skills are already on an important placein the curricula, but after the autumn 2016 they willbecome even more relevant in teaching children towrite.Schools will start teaching typing instead of longhandhttp://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/12767-scho...1 of 226/11/2014 3:42 PM Tweet Schools will start teaching typing instead of longhandhttp://www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/12767-scho...2 of 226/11/2014 3:42 PM