Who is surveyed? | How is TALIS carried out?
Which countries will participate? | What is the TALIS focus?
TALIS Timeline
Who is surveyed?
The second cycle of TALIS – TALIS 2013 – surveys teachers of lower secondary education and the principals of the schools in which they work. In addition, countries have an option to expand the survey to elementary and upper secondary schools. Countries can also choose to conduct TALIS 2013 in schools that participate in PISA 2012 .
How is TALIS carried out?
Separate questionnaires for teachers and principals are developed by international experts in the TALIS Instrument Development Expert Group. Questionnaires are discussed throughout their development with participating countries and teacher representative bodies, in particular the Trade Union Advisory Council (TUAC) at the OECD.
Each questionnaire takes about 45 minutes to complete. The TALIS survey can be completed on line or with pencil and paper.
The survey responses are entirely confidential and at no time are the names of individual teachers, principals or schools identified.
Within participating countries, schools as well as teachers within schools, are randomly selected to take part in TALIS. For each country – except for smaller countries – some 200 schools and 20 teachers within each of these schools are sampled.
Which countries will participate?
33 countries are taking part in the second round of TALIS.
The following OECD countries or regions have already joined TALIS 2013:
Australia, Belgium (Flanders), Canada (Alberta), Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom (England) and United States.
In addition, the following non-member economies will take part in the survey: Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Latvia, Malaysia, Romania, Serbia, Singapore and United Arab Emirates.
If you want to know more, contact the OECD TALIS team at talis@oecd.org
What is the focus?
TALIS 2013 has a strong focus on teachers’ professional context and the conditions of the learning environments in which they teach. TALIS 2013 will focus on:
- Teacher training and professional development
- Teachers’ appraisal and feedback
- School climate
- School leadership
- Teachers’ instructional beliefs
- Teachers’ pedagogical practices
The TALIS 2013 Conceptual Framework contains more details about the content focus of the survey.
TALIS Timeline
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Activity
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Date
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Questionnaire development
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January-July 2011
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Pilot
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September 2011
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Field trial
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March-May 2012
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Main study - Southern Hemisphere
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September-December 2012
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Main study - Northern Hemisphere
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March-May 2013
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Initial report
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June 2014
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Related Documents
Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS 2008) data
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