Ever wonder how much time kids spend in school...by country? Today's article sheds some light on the topic. From ZeroHedge and Tyler Deerdan. Students in OECD countries and economies receive an average of 7,604 hours of compulsory instruction during their primary and lower secondary education. However, as Statista's Anna Fleck shows in the chart below, a wide gap exists between countries, with students in Poland receiving an average of just 5,304 hours, compared to Australia where children must attend nearly double that at 11,000 hours. You will find more infographics at Statista In the United States, children spend 8,917 hours on average in compulsory classes across … [Read more...]
The True Digital Leap to the School of Tomorrow
From the Education Partners Blog Technology in the classroom has so far had little positive effect on childhood learning. That’s the stunning finding of the OECDs September 2015 report “Students, Computers and Learning: Making the Connection.” The report found that despite billions of dollars of frantic government spending, where ICTs [information and communications technologies] are used, their impact on student performance has been “mixed, at best,” in the words of the OECD’s Andreas Schleicher. “In most countries, the current use of technology is already past the point of optimal use in schools,” said Schleicher. “We’re at a point where computers are actually … [Read more...]
PISA Test Questions – What’s PISA?
PISA? What the heck is PISA? No...we don't mean Pizza. Before we go any further here's a link to a series of test questions used in PISA. We'll refer back to them so if you don't open the link and check out some of the past test questions: http://www.oecd.org/pisa/pisaproducts/pisa-test-questions.htm A group who call themselves the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) was created to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world. [You can read more details at: http://www.oecd.org/about/] So what is the OECD and why are they attempting to be involved in education on the global level? Simply … [Read more...]