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Download full textChung, Jennifer – London Review of Education, 2023
Finnish education has received worldwide attention due to the country's performances in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Research investigating Finland's positive outcomes in the assessment has highlighted not only the strength of teachers, but also the rigour of Finnish teacher education. Finnish student teachers must…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Assessment, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students
Zsakó, László; Horváth, Gyozo – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2017
Informatics education has been in a cul-de-sac for several years (not only in Hungary), being less and less able to meet the needs of the industry and higher education. In addition, the latest PISA survey shows that--to put it a little strongly--the majority of the x-, y- and z generations are digital illiterates. The aim of this paper to examine…
Descriptors: Information Science, Information Technology, Computer Science, Foreign Countries
Direct linkHill, Kathryn; McNamara, Tim – Measurement: Interdisciplinary Research and Perspectives, 2015
Those who work in second- and foreign-language testing often find Koretz's concern for validity inferences under high-stakes (VIHS) conditions both welcome and familiar. While the focus of the article is more narrowly on the potential for two instructional responses to test-based accountability, "reallocation" and "coaching,"…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Test Validity, High Stakes Tests, Inferences
OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2012
How "green" are 15-year-olds? To what extent do they understand environmental issues? What are the sources of their information about the environment? Can they apply scientific principles and evidence to the world around them? This paper reports that across OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries, around…
Descriptors: School Activities, Environmental Education, Scientific Principles, Scientific Concepts
Gauthier, Roger-Francois; Le Gouvello, Margaux – European Journal of Education, 2010
The history of education in France, with its inherited link between the Republic and the religion of knowledge, produces a specific form of educational functioning, consubstantial to a tradition of selection and a symptomatic lack of what elsewhere is called a curriculum. While the recent introduction of the "common grounding of knowledge and…
Descriptors: Educational History, Compulsory Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
Risku, Mika; Bjork, Lars G.; Browne-Ferrigno, Tricia – Journal of School Public Relations, 2012
This article provides insight into the nature and scope of home-school cooperation in Finland. Situating the study is a brief overview of the Finnish education system and a discussion of the Programme for International Student Assessment reports that place Finnish student outcomes at the top of rankings among industrialized nations for the past…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Reputation, Instructional Effectiveness
