EDU100

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  • Created by: Rhiannon
  • Created on: 09-01-19 17:11

Pisa

  • Programme for International Student Assessment
  • Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development - Standardised Testing @ 15
  • 4500 - 5000 students in each country
  • Scale 0 -100 Ave. 500
  • Each Country has own markers
  • Not ranked 
  • 2 hour pencil and paper tests - multiple choice and openended questions
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Finland

  • Area: 338000km3
  • Population: 5 Million +
  • 3500 Schools , 100< pupils per school < 500
  • 600000 Pupils
  • No Streaming 
  • Rarely Dropout
  • Teachers = Female Mostly +Masters Degree
  • Up to 1960's when aged 10 they would be split into Higher education or Vocational Studies
  • After Lower Secondary: 10th Grade, Upper Secondary, Training , Apprenticship or Employed
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England

  • KS3 + KS4 + Post 16
  • Area: 130000 km3
  • Population: 51 Million 
  • 25000 Schools
  • 8 Million Pupils 
  • 11+ Selection 
  • Schools: Community , Free, Voluntary, Voluntary Aided 
  • Butler Education Act 1944: 3 School Systems, Secondary Education Free
  • Mixed Gender
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Non-Country Comparisons

  • Teaching Systems : eg learning to spell: Whole Language , Linguistic or Synthetic Phonics
  • Bi-lingual Education: Total Emersion or Subject Specific eg Canada: French or English 
  • Assessment and Certification - eg. Ireland and NI 
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World Wide Comparisons

  • Computerised communications
  • Employability skills
  • Economic competition 
  • Religious Influences 
  • Age Structure
  • Labour Requirements
  • Global diversity 
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Issues

Pisa Issues: 

  • Comparability - population difference
  • Cost - Gloabal over £62 million
  • Cross sectional - only 15 year olds at one point in time
  • Media Interpretation - League Tables
  • Cultural Specifications - Exam Content 
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Comparisons

  • An academic field of study that examines the educational system, process or techniques
  • Types: Locations ( Bray and Lee 1997) Different Countries ( Bereday 1964) Regional ( Morris and Sweeting 1995)
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Key Issues

  • School Start And End Age
  • Selection Process
  • Pupil Workload 
  • Teaching Styles
  • Teacher Qualifications
  • Assessment 
  • Teacher Worklaod
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