The impact of OECD-PISA results on Japanese educational policy

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noritomo Tasaki
Keyword(s):  
Educational Policy ◽  
Oecd Pisa ◽  
The Impact

A Two-Edged Sword

2009 ◽  
Vol 82 ◽  
pp. 9-19
Author(s):  
Tim McNamara
Keyword(s):  
Educational Policy ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Reading Skills ◽  
Austrian Society ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
The Common ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Oecd Pisa ◽  
Use Of Assessment ◽  
The Impact

The last two decades have seen the growing use of assessment in the shaping of educational policy in relation to languages. The clearest examples of this in Europe and beyond are the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR: Council of Europe, 2001) and the OECD PISA program for testing reading skills of 15 year olds in OECD member countries. What are the positive and negative impacts of such developments? What social, political and cultural values do such assessments embody? The paper examines these issues by considering the impact of PISA testing in Austria, and demonstrates how its results are interpreted within prevailing discourses on immigration and education within Austrian society. It further compares the values implicit in the PISA assessments with those implicit in the CEFR, and argues that both assessment schemes are directed at the furthering of the process of globalization.

Is E-Learning a Pro-Active Response to, or Reaction to, Changes in Educational Policy and Patterns of Educational Demand?

2014 ◽  
pp. 253-267
Author(s):  
Allan M. Lawrence ◽  
Peter J. Short ◽  
Deborah Millar
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Quality Factors ◽  
Student Work ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Educational Demand ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Impact

This chapter reviews and investigates the models and acceptability of E-Learning to the emerging students markets for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) from the More Developed Countries (MDCs) and seeks to evaluate the differing models of delivery from a practical and a socio-economic perspective. The research also investigates the impact of the shifts in population growth and the subsequent impact upon the levels of demand from students in Less Developed Countries (LDCs) for higher education. In addition, the logistical and quality factors affecting E-Learning are evaluated, looking at the aspects of academic rigour, plagiarism, and the methods of managing the originality and authenticity of student work. Similarly, the research looks at the viability of situations where the education provider may never physically meet the students through the exclusive use of VLEs, and the possible credibility issues that this may present to institutional and awarding body reputations.

The Status of Medical Informatics in Canadian Medical Schools

1989 ◽  
Vol 28 (04) ◽  
pp. 323-326
Author(s):  
D. Protti
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Medical Informatics ◽  
American Association ◽  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
Specific Instruction ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Medical Colleges

Abstract:Many have suggested that information technology in its various forms will continue to have an effect on all aspects of medicine, including medical education. If so, the introduction of information technology into medicine brings with it critical educational policy questions. This paper reports on the findings of an inquiry into the impact of information technology on medical education. It reviews the extent to which Canadian and American medical colleges have adopted the 1985 recommendations of the American Association of Medical Colleges. In particular, it looks at the recommendations that “medical informatics should become an integral part of the medical curriculum” and that “the teaching of medical informatics should include opportunities for specific instruction in its fundamentals as well as adequate examples of its application throughout the medical curriculum".

Democratic Communities, Equity, and Excellence: A Deweyan Reframing of Educational Policy Analysis

1994 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Kahne
Keyword(s):  
Policy Analysis ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Academic Excellence ◽  
Careful Attention ◽  
Democratic Community ◽  
Educational Policy Analysis ◽  
Policy Analysts ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Democratic Communities ◽  
The Impact

Concern for academic excellence and equity often structures the work of mainstream policy analysts. These matters certainly deserve careful attention, but this focus often obscures many other important concerns. In particular, analysts are often inattentive to the relation between educational policy and the creation of democratic communities. To highlight the impact of this omission, I examine mainstream debates over tracking policy. While exploring these debates, I consider how placing greater attention on Deweyan notions of democratic community might enrich policy dialogues and alter the form and focus of mainstream policy discussions.

scholarly journals A conquista da aprendizagem em matemática: matéria pendente na agenda de políticas educacionais do México, para o ensino secundário superior

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (esp. 2) ◽  
pp. 995-1014
Author(s):  
Cecilia Osuna Lever
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Secondary Education ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Educational Reform ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Educational Policies ◽  
Official Document ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Higher Secondary Education ◽  
The Impact

A reflection on the main educational reforms of recent years in Mexico is addressed, briefly describing which and how many have been, culminating with the recent 2019 Educational Reform. We point out, the fact that little information exists on the impact that the implementation of the reforms in the country has had, commenting on some of the published reports that analyze the previous 2013 Educational Reform. Derived from this, it is explained what an educational policy is and how in Mexico at the moment, there is no official document about the educational policy for the current six-year term and based on the new reform, and a brief analysis is presented on non-achievement in mathematics in higher secondary education. Consigning the urgency of designing educational policies that address, among others, the problem of low academic performance at this educational level.

scholarly journals The impact of global scientific and education policy on the staffing of innovative breakthrough

2020 ◽  
Vol 210 ◽  
pp. 22003
Author(s):  
Valeriia Semenova ◽  
Mikhail Fridman
Keyword(s):  
Education Policy ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Scientific Problem ◽  
Regulatory Documents ◽  
Expert Assessments ◽  
The Impact

This article is devoted to an important and topical scientific problem of personnel support for innovative breakthrough in the context of globalization. Much attention is paid to understanding the role of global scientific and educational policy as a conceptual and methodological basis for long-term development. The purpose of the article is to analyze the problem, identify the causes and possible consequences of the personnel crisis, determine and justify the role of global scientific and educational policy in achieving an innovative breakthrough. The article is based on research conducted on the basis of observation, analysis, generalization and systematization of scientific literature, expert assessments, regulatory documents and public statements of officials. The work is structured, which is confirmed by the use of traditional logic and methodology of scientific research methods (analysis, synthesis and extrapolation). The article reflects the results of studying the theoretical and methodological justification of the global scientific and educational policy and the conditions of its impact on the staffing of an innovative breakthrough.

scholarly journals The Impact of ICT Integration on Learning Achievements: The Future of Standardized Tests in Assessment

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. p27
Author(s):  
Habib Allah Soleman
Keyword(s):  
Standardized Tests ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
National Level ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Significant Shift ◽  
Ict Integration ◽  
Oecd Pisa ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Standardized Examinations ◽  
State Examination

The present article discusses the impact of the ICT integration in teaching and learning upon students learning achievements in the context of assessment challenges following the shift in curriculum for the 21st century skills, having introduced the interdisciplinary pedagogy and subsequent new demands for evaluation. In particular, the author relates to the recent abolition of the Meitzav State Examination in Israel. The abolition of the exam, which was extensively criticized in the Israeli media, which marked a significant shift in attitude towards standardized examinations and challenged the accuracy of assessing learning achievement on the national level, as compared to international criteria and standards (OECD/PISA). The author addresses further challenges of assessing the 21st competencies of interdisciplinary and project-based learning, while juxtaposing them to the formal traditional ways of assessment, such as Meitzav.

scholarly journals Teachers Education Programs in Afghanistan and Pakistan and Prospects of Collaboration between the two Countries

2019 ◽  
Vol IV (I) ◽  
pp. 410-419
Author(s):  
Mohammed Dost Safi
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Study Population ◽  
The Impact

This study was focused on the Teachers Education Programs in Afghanistan and Pakistan and Prospects of Collaboration between the Two Countries. It examined the impact of teachers education programs on the efficiency of teachers in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Heads, Teachers and students were taken as study sample through convenient sampling techniques. The study sample was including 600 trainee students i.e. 300 male and 300 female students, 60 teachers- 30 male and 30 female and 12 heads of institutions. From each institution 50 students, 5 teachers and one head were selected for data collection. The majority of the study population were not satisfied with the training, program, educational policy and plan in both countries. The study further provided, that Afghanistan is lacking Teachers Education Programs like B.Ed., M.Ed. and Higher Degrees Programs. So, to improve the Teaching standard and Teachers Education Program, these programs should be also started in Afghanistan.

Multilingualism in the Croatian lands under the sceptre of the Habsburgs in the eighteenth century

2020 ◽  
Vol 2019 (2 (11)) ◽  
pp. 107-136
Author(s):  
Ivana Horbec ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Educational Policy ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Political Representation ◽  
National Language ◽  
Language Choices ◽  
State Archives ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Politically Active

The paper examines the role of multilingualism in Croatian lands under the Habsburg rule during the 18th century. The focus of the research is set on Croatian-Slavonian nobility and other local elites (clergy, officers, physicians, engineers, etc.) as part of the society susceptible to the influence of the educational norms and linguistic policies set by the Habsburg authorities. It provides an insight into the language skills of the 18th-century Croatian society, the impact of educational policy on the language learning and the importance of language choices for social or political representation. It is argued that the culture of the educated, mostly politically active part of the Croatian society remained intensely multilingual until deep into the 19th century due to the specificity of language practices, and that the educational policy of the Court in Vienna contributed more to the affirmation of the national language than did the activity of the Croatian elites. The research is based on archival sources kept in Croatian, Hungarian and Austrian state archives and selected contemporary records (correspondence, memoirs, and publications).

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