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on 17-Mar-2011
Watch a replay of the webcast of the closing session of the International Summit on the Teaching Profession.
Download the background report - Building a High-Quality Teaching Profession: Lessons from around the world
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on 07-Dec-2010
How have 15-year old students performed in the 65 economies that took part in the latest OECD PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) tests? Press conference presented by Bernard Hugonnier, Deputy Director of OECD Education and OECD PISA analysts Eric Charbonnier and Sophie Vaysettes at OECD headquarters from 11.00 a.m. local time.
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from 23-Jul-2007 to 24-Jul-2007
Educators, academics, architects and information and communication technologists from around the world met in Singapore for an international conference on the “Future of Learning: Impact on Design”.
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from 22-Jan-2007 to 23-Jan-2007
OECD education ministers met informally in Denmark to discuss vocational education and training (VET). The Organisation's Secretary-General, Angel Gurría, presented key issues, namely VET in the service of the economy, boundaries between learning and work, migration, inclusion, status and the need for comparative data. His remarks and other meeting documents including the Chair's Summary are available online.
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from 18-Sep-2006 to 19-Sep-2006
To help countries improve the quality of their school buildings, grounds and equipment, PEB established an ad hoc Working Group on Evaluating Quality in Educational Facilities. At its first meeting, held in Paris on 18-19 September 2006, the working group participants discussed PEB’s existing framework on quality evaluation and ways of developing quality indicators, common user-centred tools and international quality benchmarks.
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from 01-Jun-2006 to 02-Jun-2006
Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) agreed to organise an international workshop on earthquake safety in schools, which the Ministry of National Education, Turkey, offered to host in Istanbul on 1-2 June 2006.
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on 19-Jun-2006
This summit, held in the United Kingdom, explored trends in teaching and learning and how these are supported by the design of learning environments. Themes included sustainability, ICT, community usage, small schools, learning in other settings and refurbishment. The PEB Compendium was launched at this event. Contact: peb@oecd.org.
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from 14-Jun-2006 to 16-Jun-2006
This is the theme of an OECD conference in Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico. This event is the culmination of intensive reflection and field work over the past year with Mexico in the lead role as part of CERI’s “Schooling for Tomorrow” programme. The theme has been on inspiring models of learning and innovation for the future, with the initial focus on innovation for disadvantaged groups. Contact: ceri.contact@oecd.org.
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from 27-Apr-2006 to 28-Apr-2006
This conference co-organized by the Generalitat Valenciana and the Institutional Management Higher Education (IMHE) Programme, OECD.
During this conference, distinguished university leaders and higher education researchers will present their views about how traditional model are changing, how in some countries governance models are changing dramatically, and what and how can be done to better adapt universities to the new environment.
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from 29-May-2006 to 30-May-2006
A selection of presentations made at the international PEB seminar "Higher Education Facilities: Issues and Trends" in Zacatecas, Mexico, 29–30 May 2006, is now available. This event aimed to identify current challenges in the field of higher education facilities, examine current trends influencing their planning, design and management, and share best practices and new approaches.
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PISA 2009 Results presents the findings from the most recent PISA survey, which focused on reading and also assessed mathematics and science performance.
PISA 2009 Results
Focus
This report will prove to be an invaluable resource for all those interested in the broad international picture of education, as well as for those wanting to know more about OECD work in this important domain.
Education Today 2010: The OECD Perspective
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A video series profiling policies and practices of education systems that demonstrate high or improving performance in the PISA tests
