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18 Dec 2012
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Grade Expectations: How Marks and Education Policies Shape Students' Ambitions
OECD, Pages: 140
Grade Expectations reveals some of the factors that influence students’ thinking about further education. The report also suggests what teachers and education policy makers can do to ensure that more students have the skills, as well as the...
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17 Dec 2012
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English
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Closing the Gender Gap: Act Now
OECD, Pages: 352
This OECD report focuses on how best to close gender gaps under four broad headings: 1) Gender equality, social norms and public policies; and gender equality in 2) education; 3) employment and 4) entrepreneurship.
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03 Dec 2012
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English
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Settling In: OECD Indicators of Immigrant Integration 2012
OECD, Pages: 173
This publication highlights how immigrants and their children are integrating into OECD societies, judging their progress against key indicators. Many areas are considered including material living conditions, health, education, labour market, and...
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16 Nov 2012
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English
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Post-Secondary Vocational Education and Training: Pathways and Partnerships
OECD, Pages: 168
This work identifies vocational education and training-university linkages as one of the common issues that impact the engagement of tertiary education in socio-economic development across countries.
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06 Nov 2012
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English
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OECD Reviews of Evaluation and Assessment in Education: Mexico 2012
Isobel McGregor, Pedro Ravela , Diana Toledo, Pages: 240
This book provides, from an international perspective, an independent analysis of major issues facing the educational evaluation and assessment framework, current policy initiatives, and possible future approaches in Mexico.
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18 Oct 2012
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English
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OECD Reviews of Evaluation and Assessment in Education: Luxembourg 2012
Melanie Ehren, Claudia Tamassia, Pages: 156
This book provides, from an international perspective, an independent analysis of major issues facing the educational evaluation and assessment framework, current policy initiatives, and possible future approaches in Luxembourg.
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28 Sep 2012
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English
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Quality Matters in Early Childhood Education and Care: Japan 2012
Miho Taguma, Ineke Litjens, Kelly Makowiecki, Pages: 112
This book focuses on quality issues in early childhood education and care in Japan.
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24 Sep 2012
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English
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Upgrading School Buildings in Mexico with Social Participation: The Better Schools Programme
Alastair Blyth, Rodolfo Almeida, David Forrester, Ann Gorey, Juan José Chávez Zepeda, Pages: 115
This book presents a review of Mexico’s Better Schools Programme, set up in 2008 to repair and improve the physical infrastructure of schools for basic education throughout Mexico.
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13 Sep 2012
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English
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Strengthening Integrity and Fighting Corruption in Education: Serbia
OECD, Pages: 140
This first of its kind integrity report seeks to give pragmatic answers to the Republic of Serbia’s queries regarding its education system and to support authorities and stakeholders in taking informed decisions on how to strengthen integrity and...
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11 Sep 2012
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English
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Education at a Glance 2012: OECD Indicators
OECD, Pages: 568
Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators is the authoritative source for accurate and relevant information on the state of education around the world. It provides data on the structure, finances, and performance of education systems in OECD member...
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11 Sep 2012
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English
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Education at a Glance 2012: Highlights
OECD
Education at a Glance 2012: Highlights summarises the OECD’s flagship compendium of education statistics, Education at a Glance. It provides easily accessible data on key topics in education today.
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04 Sep 2012
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English
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A Skills beyond School Review of Denmark
Simon Field, José-Luis Álvarez-Galván, Fabrice Hénard, Viktória Kis, Malgorzata Kuczera, Pauline Musset, Pages: 109
This book examines vocational education and training in Denmark, looking at what kinds of training is needed, how it should be funded, how they should be linked to university programmes and how employers and unions can be engaged.
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04 Sep 2012
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English
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A Skills beyond School Review of Korea
Viktória Kis, Eunah Park, Pages: 109
This book examines vocational education and training in Korea, looking at what kinds of training is needed, how it should be funded, how they should be linked to university programmes and how employers and unions can be engaged.
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04 Sep 2012
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English
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Teaching Practices and Pedagogical Innovations: Evidence from TALIS
Svenja Vieluf, David Kaplan, Eckhard Klieme, Sonja Bayer, Pages: 172
This new informative publication clearly identifies and arranges profiles in relation to two connected areas of professional teacher practices: classroom teaching practices and participation in professional learning communities.
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03 Aug 2012
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English
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Transitions to Tertiary Education and Work for Youth with Disabilities
Serge Ebersold, Pages: 179
This book describes pathways to tertiary education and employment for students with special educational needs. It examines options beyond upper secondary education and the facilitators or inhibitors influencing these pathways in the Czech Republic,...
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02 Aug 2012
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English
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Quality Matters in Early Childhood Education and Care: New Zealand 2012
Miho Taguma, Ineke Litjens, Kelly Makowiecki, Pages: 60
This book focuses on quality issues in early childhood education and care in New Zealand.
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30 July 2012
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English
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Reviews of National Policies for Education: Higher Education in the Dominican Republic 2012
OECD, Pages: 180
This OECD report provides an analysis of the higher education sector within the economic, social and political context of the Dominican Republic. It looks at access, quality and relevance, the effectiveness and governance of the system, its financing...
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27 July 2012
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English
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Quality Matters in Early Childhood Education and Care: Portugal 2012
Miho Taguma, Ineke Litjens, Kelly Makowiecki, Pages: 51
This book focuses on quality issues in early childhood education and care in Portugal.
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23 July 2012
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English
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Connected Minds: Technology and Today's Learners
OECD, Pages: 172
This book contributes to the debate about the effects of technology attachment and connectedness on today’s learners, and their expectations about teaching.
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19 July 2012
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Higher Education in Regional and City Development: Antioquia, Colombia 2012
OECD, Pages: 237
Antioquia is one of Colombia’s economic engines, but suffers from low skills, poverty, inequity and poor labour market outcomes. This publication explores a range of helpful policy measures and institutional reforms to mobilise higher education for...
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