Key
debates
Final Workshop for Evidence-based
Policy Research in Education
The fourth and final workshop in the series took
place from 6-7 July 2006 in London. It gathered
representatives of over 19 countries and the
European Commission and was jointly organised by
OECD/CERI, Teaching and Learning Research
Programme (TLRP) and the UK Department for
Education and Skills (DfES).
The focus of this meeting was on implementation,
scaling up and sustainability, with the
additional aim of drawing some conclusions from
the series.
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report and presentations
International Conference
“Emerging Models for Learning and Innovation
(EMLI)”
This conference was jointly
organised by OECD/CERI and the Ministry of
Education (SEP), Mexico and took
place from 14-16 June 2006 in Merida, Yucatan,
Mexico. It was the culmination of intensive
reflection and field work on the EMLI project
over the past year with Mexico in the lead
role as part of OECD/CERI’s “Schooling
for Tomorrow” programme. The theme of the
project has been on inspiring models of learning
and innovation for the future, with the initial
focus on innovation for disadvantaged groups.
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programme and presentations
CERI-Forums: current hot thread
Should
teachers make more use of computers and internet
in their courses?
"My point is not that students will use
technologies to "cheat" but rather that
so little thought has been given to whether the
better role of technology is to help teachers
teach or help students learn or facilitate
parental involvement in their child's
education...we are educating a generation of
technically savvy students who utterly and
completely lack critical thinking skills and the
patience to sustain those skills for more than 40
minutes at a time...shame on us"
Submitted by Michael Shrage, MIT
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