Abstract
In this paper we will descrive the system of teacher education of Finland. It is said
that one of the reasons behind Finnish students' success in the PISA would be a high quality of
school teachers. We Japanese have to know and learn the Finnish teacher education. Then we will
get some suggestions from it. It is expected to have a good reflectoion to the Japanese education
of mathematics and science. We will also descrive the general education system of Finland and
the actual students' teaching practice in the teacher training school of Turku University.
