The Comparison of Basic Education Between China and Finland: Education Structure, Teacher Education and After-School Education

Abstract

Through the ages, education is a heated discussion topic for any age group all over the world. For example, Confucius and Socrates are two representative educators in the East and the West in history. In recent years, many parents are still concerned about the quality of their children's basic education. There are two key reasons why Finland is chosen as the comparison country of China. Firstly, they performed very well in previous PISA tests. In addition, the time of educational reform in these two countries are similar. These are why we choose Finland as a compared country with China. In previous study, few papers have systematic review on basic education between China and Finland. Therefore, this article will mainly discuss the following three aspects: (1) the comparison of structural differences, (2) the comparison of teacher education, and (3) the comparison of after-school activities of basic education.