The Global Search for Education: China – To Follow Or Not To Follow?
“Schooling and the economy are less intimately connected than people realize. A nation’s education system grows out of its larger culture; graft a foreign system onto a different culture and the plant will never flourish.” — Gene Glass Author Yong Zhao has plenty to say about the dangerous consequences of China’s educational authoritarianism and he has begun to convince some very important leaders of global...
The Global Search for Education: New Study – Students Want Input
“Students should have a voice in how their own data is used.” – Kelly Goodrich A fascinating new study reveals that students want more input in their education and specifically on the relevance of testing. The Make Assessment Matter study underscores that students and teachers place less relevance on high stakes accountability assessments but agree that tests are helpful when they are meaningful to individual...
The Global Search for Education: What did you learn at Oppi?
“I am more hopeful now than before Oppi to accomplish the vision of the school of the future where “minimal invasive education” is a leading principle.” – Pasi Sahlberg Why is Finland so fabulous at startups? Kano, the next generation computer kit, raised $1.5 million in 30 days on Kickstarter – what does that teach you about education? If children can learn independently from computers, then why...
The Global Search for Education: Focus on China
“The Chinese government has done a lot of policy making; it is the enforcement that is the problem.” – Yong Zhao Like many countries, China faces tough challenges implementing its education reform strategies. Yong Zhao speaks around the world on educational issues, particularly on matters related to globalization and education, creativity, global competitiveness, education reform, and education technology. He has...
The Global Search for Education: What Germany Did
“The results that were above the OECD average in the PISA 2012 test could also be interpreted as good feedback to the schools – students, teachers, principals and the parents – that their efforts were necessary and successful.” – Elfriede Ohrnberger Germany’s poor performance in the 2000 PISA test surprised and concerned the relevant stakeholders in that country. By 2012, scores in mathematics,...
The Global Search for Education: What Israel Did
“The convergence of different studies showing steady improvement indicates that indeed a real change in teaching and learning has occurred and students have improved.”- Michal Beller Israel is among the group of countries that made the largest improvement in all subject matters in the PISA test since the year 2000. The Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), a triennial international survey, aims to evaluate...
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