oda Developing an agenda for research and education in Wales (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 13 Apr 2017 12:08:00 GMT Wales is implementing a wave of reforms designed to improve delivery of teacher education. There is a new curriculum; new teacher and leadership standards for teachers; and new accreditation standards for providers of initial teacher education. Full Article
oda Country Roads: Education and Rural Life (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 12:00:00 GMT Some rural regions benefit today from their proximity to social and economic urban centres to attract people and enhance their economic competitiveness. Full Article
oda Learning in school as a social activity (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 11:00:00 GMT Happy schools are places where children feel challenged but competent, where they work hard but enjoy it, where social relationships are rewarding and respectful, and where academic achievement is the product but not the sole objective. Full Article
oda Working together to build the culture of learning in the Netherlands (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 18:14:00 GMT The Netherlands’ economy and society are being transformed by technological change, increased economic integration, population ageing, increased migration and other pressures. Full Article
oda How to surf the new wave of globalisation (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 04 May 2017 11:56:00 GMT Globalisation is connecting people, cities, countries and continents, bringing together a majority of the world’s population in ways that vastly increase our individual and collective potential, and creating an integrated market in products and services. Full Article
oda Do new teachers feel prepared for teaching? (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 09 May 2017 11:28:00 GMT One of the greatest challenge for new teachers, does not come from not knowing what to teach, but from not knowing how to teach what they know and how to manage a classroom in all its strange and exciting complexity. Full Article
oda Who benefits when international students pay higher tuition fees? (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.com Published On :: Mon, 15 May 2017 11:53:00 GMT In 2014, over 3 million students in OECD countries – more than double the amount in 2000 – were studying outside their country of citizenship. Full Article
oda Knowing and actively debating why, the heart of every policy (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Wed, 17 May 2017 14:01:00 GMT What makes some of the largest companies in the world successful? According to consultant Simon Sinek in a very popular TedTalk it is because they start with the ‘why’. Full Article
oda Dollars and sense? Financial literacy among 15-year-olds (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Wed, 24 May 2017 11:00:00 GMT Two in three 15-year-old students earn money from work activity, and more than one in two hold a bank account. Full Article
oda Is more choice always a good thing? (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 25 May 2017 11:00:00 GMT Many education systems around the world are looking for ways to give parents more choice over where they send their children to school. Full Article
oda Why are immigrants less proficient in literacy than native-born adults? (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Wed, 31 May 2017 11:29:00 GMT Why is it that even highly educated migrants to OECD countries are less likely to be employed than native-born adults who are similarly educated, even if the migrants have lived in their host country for several years? Full Article
oda Risky Business (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 13 Jun 2017 10:50:00 GMT As our world becomes increasingly interconnected, so do the risks we face. A disease breaking out in a village in Africa, a bank crashing on Wall Street or a protest in a distant country can all potentially “snowball” and influence the world financial, health or security order. Full Article
oda Who makes it into PISA? (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 17:12:00 GMT Unlike earlier PISA reports, the 2015 PISA report (Volume I and Volume II) highlights differences in sample coverage – how many students were eligible to participate in PISA – between countries. Full Article
oda Studying more may not make you a top-performer (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 13:35:00 GMT As this month’s PISA in Focus reveals, students spend considerably more time learning in some countries than in others, but this does not necessarily translate into better learning outcomes. Full Article
oda Priming up for primary school (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.com Published On :: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 13:48:00 GMT Quality transitions that are well-prepared and child centred, managed by highly educated staff who are collaborating professionally, and guided by appropriate and aligned curricula, can go a long way to ensure that the positive impacts of early learning and care will last through primary school and beyond. Full Article
oda Rethinking the learning environment (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 11:17:00 GMT What do innovative learning environments around the world look like? How might they be led and evaluated? What policy strategies stimulate and support them? For the past decade the OECD’s Centre for Education Research and Innovation (CERI) has addressed these and similar questions in an international study called Innovative Learning Environments. Full Article
oda Investigating the complexities of school funding (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:21:00 GMT Back in 2013, when we launched the OECD's first international review of school resource policies, we may not have been fully prepared for the detective-type work we were getting into. The OECD Review of School Resources covers 18 school systems and aims to shed light on a part of education policy that has been surprisingly left in the dark. Full Article
oda Realising Slovenia’s bold vision for skills (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:31:00 GMT Small in size but not in its ambitions, Slovenia has a bold vision for a society in which people learn for and through life, are innovative, trust one another, enjoy a high quality of life and embrace their unique identity and culture. Full Article
oda Are countries ready to invest in early childhood education? (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 14:58:00 GMT There is now a widespread consensus that high-quality early childhood education is critically important for children. Research continues to find that early childhood education can compensate for a lack of learning opportunities at home, and can help children begin to develop the social and emotional skills needed for success later in life. Full Article
oda Do countries pay their teachers enough? (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Fri, 07 Jul 2017 13:47:00 GMT Teachers enter the profession for a variety of reasons. Intrinsic motivations that have to do with the nature of the job and the intangible rewards associated with being an effective teacher play an important role. Full Article
oda Can bullying be stopped? (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 18 Jul 2017 12:03:00 GMT The latest PISA in Focus tells some basic facts about bullying. First, bullying is widespread. Second, all types of students – boys and girls, rich and poor – face some risk of being bullied. Full Article
oda People on the move: growing mobility, increasing diversity (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 14:20:00 GMT In August 2015, a newspaper published a story about Sam Cookney’s commute to work. Pretty boring, one would think, as long commutes are nothing new for most of us. However, Sam’s story is not so common. He works in London and commutes, several times per month, from Barcelona! Full Article
oda “Digital literacy will probably be the only kind of literacy there is” (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 27 Jul 2017 13:42:00 GMT Interview with Matthew D’Ancona, political columnist for the Guardian and the New York Times Full Article
oda How education can spur progress towards inclusive growth (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 03 Aug 2017 17:36:00 GMT Costa Rica is recognised across Latin America as a leader in education. The country was among the first in the region to enrol all children in primary school and combat adult illiteracy. Full Article
oda Improving education outcomes for Indigenous students (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Wed, 09 Aug 2017 11:46:00 GMT Indigenous peoples are the first inhabitants of their lands, but are often poorly served by the education systems in their countries. Why? Is it necessary to wait until issues such as poverty or appropriate legal recognition for Indigenous peoples are resolved? Full Article
oda Youth are not the future; they are the present” (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 16:53:00 GMT The challenge that youth are facing, first and foremost, is skills for employability. It is a fundamental issue. What we have realised in education is that going to school has not necessarily translated into quality learning. Full Article
oda Do countries have to choose between more educated or better-educated children? (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 13:48:00 GMT Increasing the educational attainment of young adults has been the focus of much effort over recent decades. But we all know that having children spend more time in school does not guarantee that every student will learn. Full Article
oda What happens with your skills when you leave school? (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 19:20:00 GMT Moving from the world of school to the world of work is one of the most dramatic changes in the lives of young people. And for many youngsters this transition does not go smoothly. Full Article
oda Awarding – and imagining – teaching excellence (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Mon, 04 Sep 2017 12:40:00 GMT Tertiary qualifications have become the entrance ticket for modern societies. Never before have those with advanced qualifications had the life chances they enjoy today, and never before have those who struggled to acquire a good education paid the price they pay today. Full Article
oda Which careers do students go for? (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 12 Sep 2017 19:00:00 GMT Career decisions are wrought in complexities. Many students start by looking at their interests, selecting a career in line with their personal affinities or aspirations. Full Article
oda Entering the “black box”: Teachers’ and students’ views on classroom practices (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 12:08:00 GMT What happened in school today?” is a question that many parents across the world ask their children when they get home. Many parents also attend school meetings in order to understand how their child’s learning is developing. Full Article
oda Schools at the crossroads of innovation (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 13:32:00 GMT Innovative schools challenge the boundaries – in time, space, and also in curricula and learning processes – that tradition seems to impose on schools today. They often have different approaches to the learning process and especially how its pedagogical core is organised. Full Article
oda Advocating for equality among schools? Resources matter (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 11:58:00 GMT Disadvantaged students don’t have as many resources at home as their advantaged peers so ideally schools would need to compensate by providing more support. However, often schools reinforce social disparities rather than moderate them. Full Article
oda Education reform in Wales: A national mission (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 12:23:00 GMT It’s an exciting time for education in Wales. This was noted by the OECD earlier this year, when it recognised that government and sector are working closely together with a commitment to improvements that are “visible at all levels of the education system”. Full Article
oda Why it matters if you can't read this (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 13:21:00 GMT Adults who lack basic skills – literacy and numeracy – are penalised both in professional and private life. They are more likely to be unemployed or in precarious jobs, earn lower wages, have more health issues, trust others less, and engage less often in community life and democratic processes. Full Article
oda Why innovation becomes imperative in education (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Wed, 04 Oct 2017 13:58:00 GMT Since Harvard economists Goldin & Katz published their ground-breaking book The Race between Technology and Education (2008), education has come face-to-face with the challenges of a world continuously altered by technological innovation. Education is generally perceived to be a laggard social system, better equipped to transmit the heritage of the past than to prepare for the future. Full Article
oda Why teaching matters more than ever before (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 05 Oct 2017 19:05:00 GMT Teaching and learning lie at the heart of what it means to be human. While animals teach and learn from each other through direct demonstration, observation and experience, humans are unique in their ability to convey vast quantities of information and impart skills across time and space. Full Article
oda Different, not disabled: Neurodiversity in education (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 12:10:00 GMT Diversity in the classroom includes differences in the way students brains learn, or neurodiversity. Diagnoses of neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) have risen dramatically in the last two decades. Full Article
oda Teachers for tomorrow (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 18:33:00 GMT Anyone flying into Abu Dhabi or Dubai is amazed how the United Arab Emirates has been able to transform its oil and gas into shiny buildings and a bustling economy. But more recently, the country is discovering that far greater wealth than all the oil and gas together lies hidden among its people. Full Article
oda How can we tell if artificial intelligence threatens work? (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 13:01:00 GMT New technologies tend to shift jobs and skills. New technologies bring new products, which shift jobs across occupations: with the arrival of cars, the economy needed more assembly line workers and fewer blacksmiths. Full Article
oda The fork in the road towards gender equality (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Oct 2017 14:42:00 GMT Gender biases can be persistent. Too persistent. A simple exercise to illustrate the point: Picture a doctor or a professor. You will most likely think of a man. Now think of nurses and teachers and you are likely to imagine a woman. This unconscious gender bias is rooted in years of associating male and female attributes to specific roles in society. Inevitably, it also influences students’ career choices. Full Article
oda How PISA measures students’ ability to collaborate (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 18:44:00 GMT Late next month (21 November, to be exact) we’ll be releasing the results PISA’s first-ever assessment of students’ ability to solve problems collaboratively. Why has PISA focused on this particular set of skills? Because in today’s increasingly interconnected world, people are often required to collaborate in order to achieve their objectives, both in the workplace and in their personal lives. Full Article
oda What matters for managing classrooms? (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 09 Nov 2017 11:45:00 GMT Teaching is a demanding profession. Teachers are responsible for developing the skills and knowledge of their students, helping them overcome social and emotional hurdles and maintaining equitable, cohesive and productive classroom environments. On top of their teaching responsibilities, they are also expected to engage in continued professional development activities throughout their careers. Full Article
oda Is free higher education fair? (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 15:12:00 GMT Skills have become the currency of 21st century economies and, despite the significant increase the UK has seen in university graduation over the last decade, the earnings of workers with a Master’s degree remain over 80% higher than those of workers with just five good GCSEs or an equivalent vocational qualification. Full Article
oda Is the growth of international student mobility coming to a halt? (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 11:50:00 GMT Higher education is one of the most globally integrated systems of the modern world. There still are important barriers to the international recognition of degrees or the transfer of credits, but some of the basic features of higher education enjoy global convergence and collaboration. Full Article
oda How much will the literacy level of working-age people change from now to 2022? (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.com Published On :: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 11:23:00 GMT Taken as a whole, the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) present a mixed picture for Korea and Singapore. As their economies have grown, these two countries’ education systems have seen fast and impressive improvements; both now rank among PISA’s top performers. Full Article
oda Are school systems ready to develop students’ social skills? (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 11:57:00 GMT Successes and failures in the classroom will increasingly shape the fortunes of countries. And yet, more of the same education will only produce more of the same strengths and weaknesses. Full Article
oda Who really bears the cost of education? (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Mon, 04 Dec 2017 13:28:00 GMT It can be difficult to get your head around education finance. Who actually pays for it, where does the money come from, and how is it spent are all crucial questions to ask if you want to understand how the money flows in education. Full Article
oda How can countries close the equity gap in education? (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.fr Published On :: Wed, 06 Dec 2017 14:25:00 GMT Education plays a dual role when it comes to social inequality and social mobility. It is the main way for societies to foster equality of opportunity and support upward social mobility for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. But the evidence is overwhelming that education often reproduces social divides in societies, through the impact that parents’ economic, social and cultural status has on children’s learning outcomes. Full Article
oda Educating our youth to care about each other and the world (OECD Education Today Blog) By oecdeducationtoday.blogspot.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 15:31:00 GMT In 2015, 193 countries committed to achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations, a shared vision of humanity that provides the missing piece of the globalisation puzzle. The extent to which that vision becomes a reality will in no small way depend on what is happening in today’s classrooms. Indeed, it is educators who hold the key to ensuring that the SDGs become a real social contract with citizens. Full Article