today Education Indicators in Focus No. 34 - What are the advantages today of having an upper secondary qualification? By dx.doi.org Published On :: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 12:02:00 GMT In most OECD countries, the large majority of adults had at least an upper secondary qualification in 2013, making the completion of upper secondary education the minimum threshold for successful labour market entry and continued employability or the pursuit of further education. Full Article
today Denmark: Still worth getting to (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 11:35:00 GMT An open, liberal economy combined with redistribution and social welfare: The Danish model has largely weathered the storm of the financial and euro crises. Yet, when looking at education and integration, not all is rosy in the Kingdom of Denmark. Full Article
today (Learning) time is on their side (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 13:59:00 GMT Got a minute? How about 218 of them? That’s the average amount of time students in OECD countries spend in mathematics class each week (although to some, it feels like an eternity). Spare a thought, though, for students in Chile: they spend about twice that amount of time (400 minutes, or 6 hours and 40 minutes) each week in maths class. But who’s counting? Full Article
today Back – and looking ahead – to school (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 08 Sep 2015 13:14:00 GMT It’s that time of year; and as sure as there are new pencil cases on desks, pristine notebooks in backpacks and fresh textbooks with nary a wrinkle up their spines, there’s a new batch of OECD reports ready to inform and challenge your thinking about education. Full Article
today Students, computers and learning: Where’s the connection? (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 11:51:00 GMT Totally wired. That’s our image of most 15-year-olds and the world they inhabit. But a new, ground-breaking report on students’ digital skills and the learning environments designed to develop those skills, paints a very different picture. Full Article
today Classroom practices and teachers’ beliefs about teaching (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 17 Sep 2015 18:36:00 GMT Every September, classrooms in the Northern hemisphere reopen to students and teachers for a new school year. Full Article
today Spain’s future prosperity depends on skills (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 14:54:00 GMT Spain is emerging from a challenging period. The good news is that the economy has returned to moderate growth and unemployment rates are falling. Yet Spain’s progress along the path to inclusive growth may well falter if steps are not taken today to boost skills outcomes. Full Article
today Are the world’s schools making inequality worse? (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 11:45:00 GMT The answer appears to be yes. Schooling plays a surprisingly large role in short-changing the most economically disadvantaged students of critical math skills, according to a study published today in Educational Researcher, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association. Full Article
today Does social background thwart aspirations for higher education? (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Wed, 07 Oct 2015 14:11:00 GMT Since the mid-1900s, the expansion of higher education systems has opened up opportunities for many students other than those from the elites. Higher education became the main route towards upward social mobility. Full Article
today It’s a matter of self-confidence (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 18:32:00 GMT A sense of self-efficacy is essential if students are to fulfil their potential. Yet too many students, particularly disadvantaged students, do not have confidence in their ability to tackle mathematics tasks. Full Article
today The innovation imperative and the design of learning systems (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.com Published On :: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 11:31:00 GMT Education has become increasingly important worldwide, including politically. Probably the key driver for this is economic – the fundamental role of knowledge and skills in underpinning and maintaining prosperity. Full Article
today Knowledge is power: ensuring quality early childhood education and care provision (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 11:45:00 GMT The latest report in the OECD’s Starting Strong series reviews the monitoring systems of 24 jurisdictions and reveals that monitoring does not merely encompass regulatory compliance but is moving towards better understanding what is happening inside an ECEC setting and how a child develops in several areas. Full Article
today Korea’s future prosperity depends on skills (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 05 Nov 2015 10:56:00 GMT The Korean economy has seen significant growth in the past decades. However, much of the economic growth has been supported by intensive labour resource utilisation. Korean workers work the second longest hours among OECD countries. This is not sustainable in the long-term because Korea’s working age population is projected to decline from 2017 onwards. Full Article
today Now more than ever (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 14:04:00 GMT It is difficult for us here in Paris to think about much else beside the innocents who lost their lives last week during the senseless, brutal attack that shook our city. Our thoughts are with their families and loved ones; our spirit remains firmly fixed on the values we cherish: liberté, égalité, fraternité. Full Article
today How can we compare education systems that are so different? (OECD Education&Skills Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 13:23:00 GMT Education systems are not static; they change. There have been some important changes at both ends of the education ladder recently: in early childhood or “pre-primary” education, at one end, and in tertiary or higher education at the other. Full Article
today The challenges of widening participation in PISA (OECD Education&Skills Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 12:46:00 GMT Since 2000, the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) has been measuring the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students in over 70 countries. Full Article
today Opening up to Open Educational Resources (OECD Education&Skills Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 01 Dec 2015 18:42:00 GMT Technology has indeed entered the classroom; but it has not yet changed the ways we teach and learn to the same extent that it has transformed our way of communicating in the outside world. Full Article
today What students don’t want to be when they grow up (OECD Education&Skills Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.com Published On :: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 10:35:00 GMT Who wants to be a teacher? As this month’s PISA in Focus shows, in many countries the teaching profession is having a hard time making itself an attractive career choice – particularly among boys and among the highest-performing students. Full Article
today Backpacks and belonging: What school can mean to immigrant students (OECD Education&Skills Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 11:42:00 GMT How school systems respond to immigration has an enormous impact on the economic and social well-being of all members of the communities they serve, whether they have an immigrant background or not. Full Article
today The trends shaping the future of education (OECD Education&Skills Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Wed, 06 Jan 2016 18:00:00 GMT The OECD's work on Trends Shaping Education looks at major social, demographic, economic and technological trends affecting the future of education. The newest edition of the publication will be released on 18 January. Full Article
today Is the gender gap in higher education widening? (OECD Education&Skills Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 14:09:00 GMT One of the most remarkable consequences of the expansion of education in OECD countries over the past decades is the reversal of the gender gap in education. From outright exclusion and discrimination in educational institutions less than a century ago, girls and young women have conquered schools and colleges. Full Article
today Can students be overconnected? (OECD Education&Skills Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 12 Jan 2016 11:47:00 GMT Most 15-year-olds in OECD countries spend at least some time each day wandering through cyberspace as part of their media diet. Full Article
today 21st Century Children (OECD Education&Skills Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 10:51:00 GMT What is the nature of modern childhood? Released today, the book Trends Shaping Education 2016 looks at major social, demographic, economic and technological trends affecting the future of education Full Article
today Joining the battle against extremism (OECD Education&Skills Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 11:51:00 GMT Whoever has a hammer sees every problem as a nail. Those in the security business tend to see the answer to radicalism and terrorism in military might, and those in the financial business in cutting flows of money. Full Article
today Why do we bother with qualifications? (OECD Education&Skills Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.com Published On :: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 14:25:00 GMT Qualifications are useful because they make skills visible. It is confidently assumed that the holder of a school-leaving certificate can read and understand instructions, and make calculations, and that those with university degrees can do much more. Full Article
today On target for 21st-century learning? The answers (and questions) are now on line. (OECD Education&Skills Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Mon, 08 Feb 2016 19:09:00 GMT School leaders are calling the PISA-based Test for Schools one of the better indicators out there of how well students are prepared for 21st century learning. Full Article
today Are we failing our failing students? (OECD Education&Skills Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 10:08:00 GMT A new PISA report, Low-Performing Students: Why They Fall Behind and How to Help Them Succeed, offers an in-depth analysis of low performance at school and recommends ways to tackle the problem. Full Article
today Why teacher professionalism matters (OECD Education&Skills Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 12:44:00 GMT Teacher professionalism is about a teacher’s knowledge, their autonomy and their membership of peer networks. These are the key elements that lead to more effective teaching. Full Article
today How much time is spent on maths and science in primary education? (OECD Education&Skills Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 11:47:00 GMT Primary school is a fundamental stage in children’s education. Yet it is often neglected in education research and policy debates, somehow squeezed between the seemingly more important stages of early childhood education and secondary education. Full Article
today Long-term wellbeing of European societies is at stake (OECD Education&Skills Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 13:30:00 GMT Children and young people are among the biggest losers in the European economic and debt crisis. Full Article
today We can do better on educational reform (OECD Education&Skills Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 03 Mar 2016 10:27:00 GMT A generation ago, teachers could expect that what they taught would equip their students with the skills needed for the rest of their lives. Full Article
today Is international academic migration stimulating scientific research and innovation? (OECD Education&Skills Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Wed, 09 Mar 2016 13:58:00 GMT Today, around 5 million students study and do research in a country other than their own, attracted by the quality of overseas universities and willing to complement their education portfolio with international experience. Full Article
today Learning by heart may not be best for your mind (OECD Education&Skills Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:46:00 GMT Students who avoid making an effort to understand mathematics concepts may succeed in some school environments; but a lack of deep, critical and creative thinking may seriously penalise these students later in life when confronted with real, complex problems. Full Article
today How far from the tree does the leaf fall? (OECD Education&Skills Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 05 Apr 2016 15:16:00 GMT Equality of opportunity is a lofty ideal, but some societies get closer to achieving it than others. Full Article
today Making literacy everybody’s business (OECD Education&Skills Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 14:11:00 GMT Ensuring that all people have solid foundation skills has become one of the central aims of the post-2015 development agenda. Full Article
today Colombia’s moment of truth (OECD Education&Skills Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 07:59:00 GMT Over the past 15 years, Colombia’s education system has undergone an extraordinary transformation. Full Article
today How well are teachers doing in solving problems using ICT? (OECD Education&Skills Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 15:11:00 GMT If one were to ask ministers of education what they consider to be the most important factor determining the quality of their education systems, the odds are high that they would refer to the quality of the teaching work force. Full Article
today Going grey, staying skilled (OECD Education&Skills Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 12:21:00 GMT Increased life expectancy represents one of the great achievements of modern societies: living longer and better has been a dream of past generations. At the same time, it implies changes to many aspects of life. Full Article
today Who pays for universities: taxpayers or students? (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 17 May 2016 16:30:00 GMT There are few issues in education that raise as much political and ideological controversy as tuition fees for higher education. Full Article
today Career education that works (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Wed, 18 May 2016 11:20:00 GMT The benefits of employers engaging with education has long been reported and promoted within policy circles. Full Article
today Latvia is determined to build on its progress in education (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 19 May 2016 11:20:00 GMT In the 2012 PISA test, urban students in Latvia outperformed rural students by the equivalent of more than a year of schooling – half a year more than the average performance difference between these two groups of students across OECD countries. Full Article
today Time, working and learning (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Fri, 20 May 2016 11:36:00 GMT At the beginning of work-based learning programmes employers make an investment. This pays off later on when, after receiving high quality training, skilled trainees achieve higher productivity and contribute to production. Full Article
today Going beyond education policies – how can PISA help turn policy into practice? (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 24 May 2016 12:46:00 GMT How are policy makers in the United States using data to help districts maximise their impact? And, what tools do districts need to work together in order to build stronger communities? Full Article
today No gain without (some) pain (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Wed, 25 May 2016 11:08:00 GMT Across OECD countries, 32% of low-performing students reported that they give up easily when confronted with a difficult mathematics problem compared to only 13% of top performers. Full Article
today Towards better tools to measure social and emotional skills (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 31 May 2016 19:22:00 GMT Common sense and hard evidence point to the significant impact of socio-emotional skills such as perseverance and responsibility on children's lifetime success. Full Article
today Why should we improve learning opportunities for young kids (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 16 Jun 2016 11:17:00 GMT More than hundred years ago, nations that are now members of the OECD introduced legislation to set the age compulsory education. Full Article
today Making all students count (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Mon, 20 Jun 2016 12:14:00 GMT Many students who participated in PISA 2012 reported that they have hardly been exposed to fundamental concepts in mathematics, like arithmetic means or linear equations, which form the basis of the numeracy skills that they will need to thrive as adults. Full Article
today Closing the gap between education and employment (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 12:31:00 GMT Employer engagement in education and training has become a hot topic for policy makers and practitioners around the world. Full Article
today Why skills matter (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 16:18:00 GMT It’s the time of year when young people in the northern hemisphere are finishing their formal studies for the year – or for the foreseeable future. Full Article
today How to transform schools into learning organisations? (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Jul 2016 18:04:00 GMT Schools nowadays are required to learn faster than ever before in order to deal effectively with the growing pressures of a rapidly changing environment. Full Article