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23-Jun-2009
This collaborative space offers you evidence and analysis on the impact of the crisis on education, concrete examples of how governments and institutions in different countries are coping, information on high priority issues such as education budgets, stimulus packages, the effects of unemployment on motivation and learning attitudes, and much more. Register now and contribute to this information sharing platform with other members of the fast-growing OECD social network.
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22-Jun-2009
To get a picture of the impact of the current economic and financial crisis on educational building programmes so far, the OECD Centre for Effective Learning Environments (CELE) has been conducting a survey of member countries and regions. The survey focuses on three main issues: the impact of the crisis on publicly funded projects, the impact on projects funded by private finance initiatives or through a public-private partnership, and the extent to which the crisis has affected the construction industry’s ability to build schools.
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26-May-2009
Education and training, and investment in and support for the life sciences, geothermal energy research and creative industries/ICT are the best means of stimulating innovation-led economic growth in Iceland. An international panel of experts mandated by the Icelandic government recommends consolidation of the universities and revitalized governance and support measures to build on Iceland’s world-class science base.
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03-Mar-2009
Giving Knowledge for Free: The Emergence of Open Educational Resources. The Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) free report published in English in 2007, and which has already been translated into Catalan, Japanese,and Swedish, is now available in Spanish: El conociomiento libre y los recursos educativos abiertos.
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18-Jun-2009
Following the success of the first three editions, CELE plans to publish a new compendium of exemplary educational facilities.
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24-Oct-2008
Designing school buildings to respond to change is not a new idea. But perhaps what is different today is the kind and degree of change which we have to anticipate. The OECD is carrying out projects that can help in the planning and design of future educational facilities – exploring trends in education and studying innovative learning environments.
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11-Feb-2008
Adults with low skills in language, literacy and numeracy are numerous in many OECD countries. The consequences of these low foundation skills span the economic, health and social well-being of individuals, families and communities. Investment in this sector of adult education is therefore crucial. A new OECD report looks specifically inside the programmes for these adult learners, with a focus on formative assessment.
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OECD Education Lighthouse
Register to join this collaborative space and help chart the way for the education sector to navigate through the current crisis and shape the post-crisis economy and society.
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Latest issue of journal on effective learning environments
Articles: School Buildings in Today's Crisis; Portugal's Secondary School Modernisation Programme; Rebuilding Schools after the Wenchuan Earthquake: China Visits OECD, Italy and Turkey
CELE Exchange - June 2009
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