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Tony McAleavy; Louise Pagden – Education Development Trust, 2024
The case study from Brunei described in this report provides a practical example of how learning outcomes in this area can be improved through the power of teacher coaching. This report explores how the Literacy and Numeracy Coaching Programme (LNCP) -- developed by Brunei's Ministry of Education with technical assistance from the Education…
Descriptors: Literacy, Numeracy, Literacy Education, Academic Standards
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Ugarte, Carolina; Urpí, Carmen; Costa-París, Ana – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2022
This article aims to point out how school autonomy helps principals reach higher quality by increasing flexibility in three areas: pedagogy, organization and management. Autonomy leads to an improvement in student performance and, consequently, in educational quality. A theoretical framework based on literature review and PISA results is followed…
Descriptors: Institutional Autonomy, School Administration, Foreign Countries, Principals
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Gill, C. M. Hugues D.; Berezina, Elizaveta – European Journal of Training and Development, 2021
Purpose: The three neighbouring nations of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore participated in the 2009, 2012 and 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) cycles. Despite many similarities between the three nations, Singapore has consistently been a top PISA performer, with Malaysia and Indonesia in the bottom third of the…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Comparative Education, Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests
Tucker, Marc S., Ed. – National Center on Education and the Economy, 2014
Marc Tucker, President of the National Center on Education and the Economy, presents this compilation of interviews with top Chinese education leaders and international researchers exploring some of the policies and practices behind Shanghai's outstanding performance on PISA 2009 and PISA 2012. The interviews include perspectives from Kai-ming…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Achievement Gains, Academic Achievement, Interviews
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Lopez-Yanez, Julian; Sanchez-Moreno, Marita – Journal of Educational Change, 2013
The need for innovation in the Spanish educational system has become more evident in the wake of the last PISA reports. To find our own way to achieve better schools we "must" take advantage of what schools that managed to sustain changes over time have learnt from such a process. This paper reports on findings from an inquiry that tried…
Descriptors: Innovation, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
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Spante, Maria; Karlsen, Asgjerd Vea; Nortvig, Anne-Mette; Christiansen, Rene B. – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2014
Gränsöverskridande Nordisk Undervisning/Utdanelse (GNU, meaning Cross-Border Nordic Education), the larger Nordic project, under which this case study was carried out, aims at developing innovative, cross-border teaching models in different subject domains in elementary school, including mathematics, language, science, social studies and history.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Innovation, International Cooperation, Models
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Meiers, Marion – English in Australia, 2007
In this article, the author reflects on the use of research to inform teaching in Statement Five of the Australian Association for the Teaching of English (AATE) "Statements of Belief". Statement 5 says, "We use research and evidence to inform teaching practice and improve the learning of students." All educational research is…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Teaching Methods, English Instruction, Outcomes of Education