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Andere, Eduardo – Oxford University Press, 2020
In 100 years as a nation-state, Finland has become the world's benchmark for quality in school education. Despite the fact that Finland is consistently top ranked by international performance measures, the country continues to rapidly change their curriculum and educational policies. This book documents these main curricula changes, telling the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Policy
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Volante, Louis; Klinger, Don A. – European Education, 2021
The present analysis examined the relationship between PISA results and their influence on policy development within a select group of European nations which included Estonia, Italy, France, and Finland. These countries reflect four distinct outcomes in relation to PISA results: (1) high achievement and high equity (Estonia); (2) stagnant…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Secondary School Students, International Assessment, Foreign Countries
Samo Varsik; Julia Gorochovskij – OECD Publishing, 2023
Intersectionality highlights that different aspects of individuals' identities are not independent of each other. Instead, they interact to create unique identities and experiences, which cannot be understood by analysing each identity dimension separately or in isolation from their social and historical contexts. Intersectional approaches in this…
Descriptors: Intersectionality, Classification, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
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Tervasmäki, Tuomas; Okkolin, Mari-Anne; Kauppinen, Ilkka – Policy Futures in Education, 2020
The Finnish educational system is well known for its excellent learning results, highly trained teachers and egalitarian values. However, when the political leanings of the government change, its policies are usually altered as well. In this policy report we give an account of the recent changes and current trends in Finnish education policy. We…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Educational Policy, Politics of Education
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Gabriel, Florence; Marrone, Rebecca; Van Sebille, Ysabella; Kovanovic, Vitomir; de Laat, Maarten – Irish Educational Studies, 2022
Technology is omnipresent in our rapidly changing digital world. Capitalising on these technologies is paramount for education systems to support a modern workforce. This study presents a review of 10 countries, highlighting how different public education systems have integrated digital technologies for teaching and learning. These education…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Policy, Learning Strategies, Comparative Education
Cecilia Mezzanotte; Claire Calvel – OECD Publishing, 2023
Calls for increased monitoring and evaluation of education policies and practices have not, so far, included widespread and consistent assessments of the inclusiveness of education settings. Measuring inclusion in education has proven to be a challenging exercise, due not only to the complexity and different uses of the concept, but also to its…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Inclusion, Educational Policy, Equal Education
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Pulkkinen, Jonna; Räikkönen, Eija; Jahnukainen, Markku; Pirttimaa, Raija – European Educational Research Journal, 2020
Recent European and global trends in education have been to promote inclusive education and expand education, resulting in the increased provision of special education. In promoting inclusive education, recent special education reforms have also aimed to curtail the rise in identification rates for students in special education, for example, by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education, Inclusion, Educational Change
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Volante, Louis; DeLuca, Christopher; Adie, Lenore; Baker, Eva; Harju-Luukkainen, Heidi; Heritage, Margaret; Schneider, Christoph; Stobart, Gordon; Tan, Kelvin; Wyatt-Smith, Claire – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2020
The synergy, or lack thereof, between large-scale and classroom assessment has been fiercely debated in both academic and policy spheres for decades around the world. This paper seeks to explicate how different countries are utilizing large-scale testing and test results at the classroom level. Through country profiles, this paper analyzes…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Trend Analysis, Measurement, Teaching Methods
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Shestunova, Tatsiana – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2022
Teachers work in diverse environments in terms of pupils' abilities, socio-economic backgrounds and demography. The growing demands of political and societal bodies increase the pressure placed on teachers. Using a socio-ecological framework, this study provides insights into teachers' perspectives and their challenges in the field of teaching…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, School Support, Educational Policy, Educational Resources
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Volmari, Saija – Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 2022
As evidence has become the predominant requirement for decision-making on policy in modern democracies, the importance of experts has increased tremendously. Education reforms are no exception. International organizations have gained power globally in national education policy and politics, particularly through the data they produce and the policy…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Power Structure, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
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Fakhoury, Hayel – College Student Journal, 2022
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018 list top 1,000 universities in the world which represent only 5% of the 20,000 higher education institutions of the world. Out of these world countries, Finnish youth were the best young readers in the world according to results from the Programme for International Student Assessment…
Descriptors: Reputation, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, International Assessment
OECD Publishing, 2022
In 2021, an OECD team undertook analysis of Republic of Türkiye's data from two international assessments--the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA)'s Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS). The analysis aimed to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
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Kirikkaleli, Dervis; Ertugrul, Hasan Murat; Sari, Arif; Ozun, Alper; Kiral, Halis – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
The purpose of this study is to determine the direction of causality between the quality of education and technological development for the selected Northern European countries over the period 2006-2017. To this end, we employ the bootstrap panel causality test. The findings of our study indicate that the quality of education leads to changes in…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Educational Policy, Educational Innovation, Technology Uses in Education
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Cochran-Smith, Marilyn – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2021
This article is a commentary on the seven articles in this special issue of EJTE on teacher quality from international perspectives. In the article, Marilyn Cochran-Smith points to differences as well as common themes and details across the articles in the issue. The article discusses the emergence of teacher quality as a global concern, including…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Policy, Educational Quality
OECD Publishing, 2021
Digital technologies are increasingly present in young children's lives. How can early education systems get the best out of digitalisation while minimising its risks? This is especially urgent as the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated our reliance on digital tools -- tools that enabled young children to continue learning when early education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Early Childhood Education
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