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03 Jan 2012
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Higher Education in Regional and City Development: Southern Arizona, United States 2011
OECD, Pages: 235
This book examines how the University of Arizona and community colleges can fuel growth and create high quality jobs in an area that ranks near the bottom third of US cities in per capita income.
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16 Nov 2012
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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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23 July 2012
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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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30 Jan 2012
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OECD Reviews of Evaluation and Assessment in Education: Czech Republic 2012
Alison Gilmore, Pamela Sammons, Pages: 162
This review provides, for the Czech Republic, an independent analysis of major issues facing the educational evaluation and assessment framework, current policy initiatives, and possible future approaches.
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18 Oct 2012
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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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22 Feb 2012
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OECD Reviews of Evaluation and Assessment in Education: New Zealand 2011
Dany Laveault, John MacBeath,, Pages: 160
This report on New Zealand 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.
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10 Apr 2012
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OECD Reviews of Evaluation and Assessment in Education: Portugal 2012
Graham Donaldson, Anne Looney,, Pages: 180
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 Portugal.
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29 Feb 2012
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Lessons from PISA for Japan
OECD, Pages: 208
This report presents examples that might be useful for Japan from other countries with consistently high-performing education systems.
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29 Feb 2012
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The Experience of New Teachers: Results from TALIS 2008
Ben Jensen, Andrés Sandoval-Hernández, Steffen Knoll , Eugenio J. Gonzalez, Pages: 116
This publication provides a comprehensive analysis of the most important issues facing teachers during the early stages of their careers.
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04 Sep 2012
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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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24 Apr 2012
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Languages in a Global World: Learning for Better Cultural Understanding
Pages: 470
This book examines the links between globalisation and the way we teach and learn languages.
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19 Apr 2012
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Modernising Secondary School Buildings in Portugal
Alastair Blyth, Rodolfo Almeida, David Forrester, Ann Gorey, Gaby Hostens, Pages: 72
This report is a review of the Portuguese Secondary School Building Modernisation Programme (SMP), a major programme to rehabilitate the secondary schools in Portugal. Its recommendations offer lessons to all governments investing in educational...
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15 Feb 2012
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Literacy, Numeracy and Problem Solving in Technology-Rich Environments: Framework for the OECD Survey of Adult Skills
OECD, Pages: 80
The Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) is an international assessment of adult skills. The assessment framework provides an agreed definition of what should be measured and guide the construction and...
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09 Feb 2012
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Equity and Quality in Education: Supporting Disadvantaged Students and Schools
OECD, Pages: 168
Across OECD countries, almost one in every five students does not reach a basic minimum level of skills. This book presents a series of policy recommendations for education systems to help all children succeed.
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27 Mar 2012
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PISA 2009 Technical Report
OECD, Pages: 295
The PISA 2009 Technical Report describes the methodology underlying the PISA 2009 survey. It examines additional features related to the implementation of the project at a level of detail that allows researchers to understand and replicate its analysis.
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03 July 2012
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OECD Reviews of Vocational Education and Training: A Learning for Jobs Review of Mexico 2009
Viktória Kis, Kathrin Hoeckel,, Pages: 71
Learning for Jobs is an OECD study of vocational education and training (VET) designed to help countries make their VET systems more responsive to labour market needs.VET in Mexico plays an important social role and numerous recent initiatives...
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14 Feb 2012
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Higher Education in Regional and City Development: The Free State, South Africa 2012
OECD, Pages: 227
This publication explores a range of helpful policy measures and institutional reforms to mobilise higher education for regional development in the Free State of South Africa.
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03 Dec 2012
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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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04 Apr 2012
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Learning beyond Fifteen: Ten Years after PISA
OECD, Pages: 120
This report focuses on the development of reading proficiency during the transition from adolescence to early adulthood.
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16 July 2012
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Untapped Skills: Realising the Potential of Immigrant Students
OECD, Pages: 204
This book provides an overview of the evidence emerging from PISA 2009 on the performance and socio-economic background of children of immigrants, their performance in school, the effects of age at arrival, and impacts of migration policies.
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