Education Policy Outlook 2018 Putting Student Learning at the Centre

Education Policy Outlook 2018 Putting Student Learning at the Centre
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2018-06-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9264301526

Taking the students’ perspective, Education Policy Outlook 2018: Putting Student Learning at the Centre analyses the evolution of key education priorities and key education policies in 43 education systems. It compares more recent developments in education policy ecosystems (mainly between 2015 ...

Making Reform Happen Lessons from OECD Countries

Making Reform Happen Lessons from OECD Countries
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2010-05-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9264086293

This collection of essays analyses the reform experiences of the 30 OECD countries in nine major policy domains in order to identify lessons, pitfalls and strategies that may help foster policy reform in the future.

The Routledge International Handbook of Creative Learning

The Routledge International Handbook of Creative Learning
Author: Julian Sefton-Green
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 504
Release: 2011-07-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136730044

The concept of creative learning extends far beyond Arts-based learning or the development of individual creativity. It covers a range of processes and initiatives throughout the world that share common values, systems and practices aimed at making learning more creative. This applies at individual, classroom, or whole school level, always with the aim of fully realising young people’s potential. Until now there has been no single text bringing together the significant literature that explores the dimensions of creative learning, despite the work of artists in schools and the development of a cadre of creative teaching and learning specialists. Containing a mixture of newly commissioned chapters, reprints and updated versions of previous publications, this book brings together major theorists and current research. Comprising of key readings in creative education, it will stand as a uniquely authoritative text that will appeal to those involved in initial and continuing teacher education, as well as research academics and policy specialists. Sections include: a general introduction to the field of creative learning arts learning traditions, with sub sections on discrete art forms such as drama and visual art accounts of practice from artist-teacher partnerships whole school change and reforms curriculum change assessment evaluative case studies of impact and effect global studies of policy change around creative learning.

The Intersection of International Achievement Testing and Educational Policy

The Intersection of International Achievement Testing and Educational Policy
Author: Louis Volante
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2016-06-10
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317386183

Educational systems around the world look to student assessment programs as they initiate reforms and revise educational policies to increase student achievement. This edited volume examines the intersection of international achievement testing and education policy development in key countries around the world, exploring how assessments can inform curriculum, pedagogy, strategic planning, and ultimately determine large-scale education policy and governance. Noted chapter contributors explore how educational leadership and governance issues have been influenced by assessment programs across a range of political, economic, cultural, and educational contexts. The Intersection of International Achievement Testing and Education Policy provides educators, academics, and policymakers with cultural insights, historical contexts, and a framework for negotiating and understanding the consequences of educational policy decisions in schools.

Reinventing the Curriculum

Reinventing the Curriculum
Author: Mark Priestley
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2013-06-20
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1441134816

Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence offers an example of a different approach to national curriculum development. It combines what are claimed to be the best features of top-down and bottom-up approaches to curriculum development, and provides an indication of the broad qualities that school education should promote rather than a detailed description of curriculum content. Advocates of the approach argue that it provides central guidance for schools and maintains national standards whilst at the same time allowing schools and teachers the flexibility to take account of local needs when designing programmes of education. Reinventing the Curriculum uses Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence as a rich case study, analysing the strengths and weaknesses of this approach to curriculum design and development, and exploring the implications for curriculum planning and development around the world.

Teacher Education Policy and Practice in Europe

Teacher Education Policy and Practice in Europe
Author: Ana Raquel Simões
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2018-05-11
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1351393693

Teacher Education Policy and Practice in Europe provides a critical overview of the current challenges facing teacher education policy and practice in Europe. Drawing on a wide range of contributions, the book demonstrates that in order for teachers to reassume their role as agents of change, it is crucial to create a vision of a future European teacher and promote active engagement in preparing children to live and act in a multicultural and increasingly changing world. The book suggests ways in which teachers could be prepared to meet and overcome the struggles they will encounter in the classroom, including recommendations for teacher education, which open up new possibilities for policy, practice and research. Considering their own experiences as teachers, contributors also cover topics such as teacher education for the 21st century, the profile of the European teacher, citizenship and identity, social inclusion, linguistic and cultural diversity, and comparative education. Teacher Education Policy and Practice in Europe is essential reading for academics, researchers and postgraduate students engaged in the study of teacher education, educational policy and educational theory. It should also be of great interest to research-active teacher educators and practising teachers.

Scottish Education

Scottish Education
Author: T. G. K. Bryce
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 1120
Release: 2018-06-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1474437850

Interrogates the rise of national philosophies and their impact on cosmopolitanism and nationalism.

Social Capital, Children and Young People

Social Capital, Children and Young People
Author: Julie Allan
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2012
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1847429270

In this unique collection, the social capital - relationships and networks - of children and young people, and in one case parents and teachers, is explored in a wide range of formal and informal settings.