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Educating for innovative societies

26-Apr-2012

Professor Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, answers questions posed by educationtoday's editor Cassandra Davis during his visit to OECD to present at the Centre for Educational Research and Innovation conference on Educating for Innovative Societies.

CERI Web site

27-Mar-2012

An updated CERI web site can be found here: www.oecd.org/edu/ceri

OECD Conference on Educating for Innovative Societies, OECD, Paris, 26 April 2012

19-Mar-2012

In the framework of its “Innovation Strategy for Education and Training” project, the OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation will host a conference on "Educating for Innovative Societies" on 26 April 2012 in Paris, at the Auditorium of the OECD Conference Centre.

The International Conference on Connecting How we Learn to Educational Practice and Policy, Paris, OECD, 23-24 January 2012

13-Jan-2012

This OECD Conference will enable an international group of scientists from many disciplines to share their findings and ideas in an interactive forum that includes educational practitioners and policy-makers with a goal to encourage widespread innovation that integrates international discoveries and educational practices and inventive policy changes.

New CERI brochure is available

21-Nov-2011

The new brochure highlights current CERI work on educational research for 2011-12 and covers the following projects in progress: Governing Complex Education Systems, Innovation Strategy for Education and Training, Education and Social Progress, Innovative Learning Environments, and Innovative Teaching for Effective Learning.

The International Conference on Innovative Learning Environments (ILE), Banff, Canada, 10-12 October 2011

07-Oct-2011

The OECD/Alberta Canada conference is the most ambitious event to date in the CERI’s work on Innovative Learning Environments. It draws upon earlier work on learning research and addresses in detail the on-going “innovative cases” analysis and the new work focused on the key issues of “implementation and change”.

Read more: www.oecd.org/edu/learningenvironments/banff

CERI Conference visit reports

28-Jun-2011

CERI analysts and experts are invited all over the world to participate in conferences and to present their work. This section highlights reports back from some of the most interesting missions.

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