References

26 amazing facts about finland's unorthodox education system . (2011). Retrieved August 1, 2012 from

Atjonen, P., & Cheung Li, S. (2006). Ict in education in finland and hong kong. An overview of the present state

of the educational system at various levels. Informatics in education, 5(2), 183-194. Retrieved from

D’Orio, W. (2012). Finland is #1!: Finland's education success has the rest of the world looking north for answers.

Early childhood education and care policy in finland: Background report prepared for the oecd thematic review

of early childhood education and care policy . (2000). Retrieved August 10, 2012 from

Finnish ambassador’s lecture sparks debate on education reform. (2012). Retrieved July 24, 2012 from

Finnish national board of education. (2012). Retrieved July 20, 2012 from http://www.oph.fi/english/education

Guddemi, M. (2010). Finland's finest: Why we need to take note of finland's approach to early education.

Kärnä -Lin, E., Pihlainen-Bednarik, K., Sutinen, E., & Virnes, M. (2007). Technology in finnish special education –

toward inclusion and harmonized school days. Informatics in education, 6(1), 103-114. Retrieved July 3,

Kupiainan, S., Hautamäki , J., & Karjalainen, T. (2009).The finnish education system and pisa. Retrieved July 25,

Linden, S. (2010). Ubiquitous information society advisory board. Retrieved July 27, 2012 from

National plan for educational use of information and communications technology. (2010). Retrieved July 25, 2012

OECD program for international student assessment (pisa) (n.d.) Retrieved July 22, 2012 from

Ottestad, G. G. (2010). Innovative pedagogical practice with ict in three nordic countries-differences and

similarities. Journal of computer assisted learning, 26(6), 478-491. doi:10.111/j.1365-2729.2010.00376.x.

Retrieved July 18, 2012 from

Tekes. (2011). Learning solutions. Retrieved July 25, 2012 from http://www.tekes.fi/programmes/Oppimisratkaisut/Projects

The finland phenomenon: Inside the world's most surprising school system. (2012). Retrieved July 30, 2012 from

Videos

Pasi sahlberg on the finnish education system. (2011). Retrieved August 2, 2012 from

Q & A with Robert Compton. (2008). Retrieved August 3, 2012 from

Yong zhao: No child left behind and global competitiveness. (2011). Retrieved August 1, 2012 from

Images

Unless otherwise noted, all photos and clip art taken from Google images: