PISA 2018 Global Competence
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| The PISA 2018 Global Competence assessment measures students’ capacity to examine local, global and intercultural issues, to engage in open, appropriate and effective interactions with people from different cultures, and to act for collective well-being and sustainable development. |
About
What is Global Competence?
Global Competence is a multi-dimensional construct that requires a combination of knowledge, skills, attitudes and values successfully applied to global issues or intercultural situations. Global issues refer to those that affect all people, and have deep implications for current and future generations. Intercultural situations refer to face-to-face, virtual or mediated encounters with people who are perceived to be from a different cultural background.
Developing global competence is a life-long process, but it is one that education can shape. PISA 2018 assesses where 15-year-old students are situated in this process, and whether their schools effectively address the development of global competence.
Why is it important for students to develop Global Competence?
Global competence can help young people:
- develop cultural awareness and respectful interactions in increasingly diverse societies;
- recognise and challenge cultural biases and stereotypes, and facilitate harmonious living in multicultural communities;
- prepare for the world of work, which increasingly demands individuals who are effective communicators, are open to people from different cultural backgrounds, can build trust in diverse teams and can demonstrate respect for others, especially as technology continues to make it easier to connect on a global scale;
- capitalise on inherently interconnected digital spaces, question biased media representations, and express their voice responsibly online;
- care about global issues and engage in tackling social, political, economic and environmental challenges.
Global competence thus supports the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) both by providing the vision of education the SDGs advocate for, and by encouraging young people to act in the general interest of collective-wellbeing and sustainable development that the SDGs embody.
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Innovation
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What is innovative about the PISA 2018 Global Competence assessment? PISA 2018 defines and assesses Global Competence in a multi-dimensional way, recognising students’ socio-emotional skills and attitudes as core indicators of global competence, in addition to their cognitive reasoning about global and intercultural issues. As the test focuses only on the knowledge and cognitive skills students need to confront problems related to global and intercultural issues, the student questionnaire collects information on students’ skills (both cognitive and socio-emotional) and their attitudes towards global and intercultural issues. |
Results and supporting documents
Results
The worldwide launch of the PISA 2018 Results: Are students ready to thrive in an interconnected world? (Volume VI) was hosted by AFS Intercultural Programs at their conference on 21-22 October 2020, organised through a collaboration between AFS and the OECD. The implications of the results for educators, policymakers and other relevant education stakeholders were also explored.
Assessment framework and instruments
Additional resources
Supporting documents
- CODEBOOK FOR GLOBAL STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES: COMPANION TO SUCCESSFULLY EDUCATING TOMORROW’S GLOBAL CITIZENS. A report from Global Cities, Inc., a program of Bloomberg Philanthropies, which serves as a tool for evaluators and teachers interested in determining how well students are demonstrating global learning in any program or classroom. The launch event can equally be watched on the above link.
- SUCCESSFULLY EDUCATING TOMORROW’S GLOBAL CITIZENS – TEACHING AND EVALUATING GLOBAL COMPETENCY IN E-CLASSROOMS. A report from Global Cities, Inc., a program of Bloomberg Philanthropies, shares an original methodology to assess global learning based on student posts and replies in digital discussion boards, and critical findings about what and how students are learning through the Global Scholars program.
- EVALUATING GLOBAL DIGITAL EDUCATION - STUDENT OUTCOMES FRAMEWORK. A report from Global Cities, Inc., a program of Bloomberg Philanthropies, provides a foundation for educators and program designers to identify and measure student growth in the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors students will need to be successful in tomorrow’s workforce and the global future.
- AFS GLOBAL COMPETENCE READINESS INDEX FOR SCHOOLS. This Index is a self-assessment tool for educators and schools at any grade level to identify how prepared they are to develop their students’ global competence.
Past events
- Launch of the OECD PISA GLOBAL COMPETENCE FRAMEWORK, the foundation for the PISA 2018 Global Competence assessment. The launch took place in Harvard on 12 December 2017, in collaboration with Project Zero at Harvard Graduate School of Education.
- Launch of TEACHING FOR GLOBAL COMPETENCE IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD, a new publication by the OECD and the Center for Global Education at Asia Society, at the EDUCATION WORLD FORUM, 21-24 January 2018, in London.
- Launch of CODEBOOK FOR GLOBAL STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES: COMPANION TO SUCCESSFULLY EDUCATING TOMORROW’S GLOBAL CITIZENS, a report from Global Cities, Inc., on 5 July 2023. The event can be viewed below:
Articles, blog posts and podcasts
- INNOVATING, COLLABORATING AND THRIVING BEYOND BOUNDARIES: APPLYING GLOBAL COMPETENCE IN HC-GDYLC, Mr. Pang Choon How (Principal), Dr. Edwin Lim (Lead Teacher) and the Student Executive Committee, Hwa Chong Institution
- ARE STUDENTS READY TO THRIVE IN AN INTERCONNECTED WORLD? The first PISA assessment of global competence provides some answers, Andreas Schleicher, Director, Directorate for Education and Skills
- RETHINKING THE ROLE OF GLOBAL COMPETENCE IN SCHOOL CURRICULA, AFS interview with Mario Piacentini, Senior Analyst, Directorate for Education and Skills
- EDUCATING OUR YOUTH TO CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER AND THE WORLD, Andreas Schleicher, Director, Directorate for Education and Skills
- WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD? Educating for global competence, OECD Education & Skills TopClass Podcast
- HOW TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THE COMPLEXITY OF A GLOBAL SOCIETY, Anthony Jackson, Director, Center for Global Education at Asia Society and Andreas Schleicher, Director, Directorate for Education and Skills
Videos and presentations
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What did the PISA 2018 global competence test assess, and why is it important? |
What is the impact of PISA Global Competence Assessment on education? (Andreas Schleicher) |
Contact us
For more information, reach out to the PISA innovative assessments team at [email protected].