A Starterpack for
futures thinking
We are living in an
increasingly global world. This brings
many challenges and problems, but it also
makes it much easier to learn from those
in other countries about areas of common
interest. It helps those concerned about
education in different countries to
understand new developments and identify
good practice.
Such international sharing has developed
a wealth of insights into futures
thinking in education. To introduce these
insights to a wider audience, CERI has
produced a Starterpack.
Individuals, groups and stakeholders just
embarking on futures thinking in
education can use it to become aware of
what might be done and now to be quickly
operational as they set out in this
direction.Contact person on the
Starterpack: Henno
Theisens
Publications
Recent titles
Cross-border
Tertiary Education: A Way Towards
Capacity Development
Co-edition with the World Bank, 200
pages, September 2007
The mobility of students, professors,
knowledge and even values has been part
of higher education for centuries, but it
has recently grown at an unprecedented
pace. The last two decades have seen a
significant growth in the mobility of
higher education programmes and providers
through physical and virtual modes of
delivery. This presents many new
opportunities among which are increased
access to higher education, strategic
alliances between countries and regions,
as well as the expansion of human
resource and institutional capacity.
Parallel to these opportunities are an
equal number of challenges: a potential
increase in low quality or rogue
providers, a lack of recognition of
foreign qualifications by domestic
employers or education institutions,
along with elitism and the tensions it
creates.
The purpose of the book is to cast light
on these opportunities and challenges,
especially for developing countries
willing to leverage cross-border higher
education as a tool for development.
Contact person: Stéphan
Vincent-Lancrin
Understanding
the Brain: The Birth of a Learning
Science
260 pages, June 2007
This book shows what the latest brain
imaging techniques and other advances in
the neurosciences actually reveal about
how the brain develops and operates at
different stages in life from birth to
old age, and how the brain is involved in
acquiring skills such as reading and
counting. It also presents scientific
insights into what happens when the brain
malfunctions in conditions such as
dyslexia or Alzheimer's disease.
Contact person: Koji
Miyamoto
Understanding
the Social Outcomes of Learning
130 pages, June 2007
Education is vital for economic success,
both at the national and the individual
level. But education also has social
effects. This report is a first attempt
to gather and synthesise developments in
measuring the social effects. It focuses
on two broad areas: health, and civic and
social engagement.
Contact person: Tom
Schuller
Forthcoming...early
in 2008
Teaching, Learning
and Assessment for Adults: Improving
Foundation Skills
This study looks specifically inside the
programmes for adults with low skills in
language, literacy and numeracy, with a
focus on formative assessment –
referring to the frequent assessment of
learner understanding and progress to
identify needs and shape teaching and
learning. Drawing upon evidence gathered
in country reports, exemplary case
studies and international literature
reviews (to be available on the Internet
site), it examines the impact and
implementation of different teaching,
learning and assessment practices for
these adult learners; the way innovative
programmes address the very diverse needs
and goals of this population; and the
policies that support or hinder effective
practice.
Contact person: Janet
Looney
Higher Education
2030: Demography (Vol. 1)
Drawing on trend data and
projections, this book looks at the
impact of demographic changes on student
enrolment, educational attainment,
academic staff and policy choices.
Particular attention is given to how
access policies determine the
demographics of tertiary education
system, notably by examining access to
higher education for disabled and migrant
students. The report covers most OECD
countries, illustrating the analysis with
specific examples from France, Japan,
Korea and the United States. It is the
first volume in the Higher Education
2030 series, which takes a
forward-looking approach to analysing the
impact of various contemporary trends on
tertiary education systems. Two further
volumes will examine the effects of
technology and globalisation, and a
fourth will present scenarios for the
future of higher education systems.
Contact person: Stéphan
Vincent-Lancrin
Working
Papers
Skilled Voices?
Reflections on Political Participation
and Education in Austria (EDU
Working Paper No. 11)
This study, part of the OECD/CERI’s
project on Measuring the Social Outcomes
of Learning, investigates the
relationship between educational
attainment and political participation in
Austria.
Download whole
working paper
Education and Civic Engagement
– Review of Research and a Study on
Norwegian Youths (EDU Working
Paper No. 12)
Also part of the OECD/CERI's project on
“Measuring the Social Outcomes of
Learning”, this study discusses
relevant international research, with
special attention to studies in the
Nordic countries, and analyses survey
responses by more than 11 000 Norwegian
youths aged 13 to 19.
Download whole
working paper
Useful
links
Interesting links for educational research.
CERI
staff
If you wish to know more about who is
behind CERI projects, go and visit our Who's
Who section on our site.
STAFF NEWS
Tom Schuller, Head of CERI since 2003,
will be leaving OECD early in 2008, to
direct an independent inquiry into the
future for lifelong learning in the UK.
Francesca Borgonovi will join CERI as
from 2nd January 2008 to work as an
Analyst on the project "Measuring
the Social Outcomes of Learning".
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