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Education reform to reduce reliance on gaokao scores Chinadaily USA Examination scores will no longer be the only standard for evaluating students in the future, with the education authority planning to soon release a series of reform policies for... 
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Teachers want a moratorium on results while conservatives want to back out altogether Via Mel Riddile
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There has been a lot of debate about the common core standards in the US - whether you agree with the standards reform or not, once again the reality continues to be (wherever we are) and the lessons not learnt (despite numerous examples), that poor implementation frustrates potentially good reform.
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Since it was reformed 40 years ago, Finland's... (.@perfal Explanations (http://t.co/92uIhwFaWc) don’t account for previous high scores if teaching has not changed.
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If teaching has left you with little time to plough through the Pisa results, here's our condensed guide An excellent education requires more than just money Beyond a certain level of expenditure per student, it is the way in which resources are...
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As an American teacher in his first year working with 5th grade students in Finland, Tim Walker reflects on the lessons he would bring back to an American classroom. (RT @pasi_sahlberg: An American teacher teaching in Finnish school: Classroom Shock!
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We read about their international competitiveness but its always good to get first hand perspectives about how some things play out in practice.
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How are new technologies revolutionizing the training landscape?
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Industry related but interesting for educators to note
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After an examination of future learning at the Equinox Summit, The Agenda brings you a discussion featuring insights from the WGSI communiqué. The final inst...
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Interesting panel discussion including youth voices
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What we as adults experienced in school, as educators and students, will bear little resemblance to what lies ahead.
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Three important trends and for me in the context of an Australian Curriculum...ONE, a digital curriculum linked to and enacted by digital teacher and student resources; TWO, clear curriculum content with flexibility for teachers and students to apply in contexts that are real and interesting for them; and THREE, a range of important skills and competencies taught and learnt across disciplines, subjects and learning areas
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A fascinating report building on the "what" of learning - that's been a focus of the conversations around 21st century skills and competencies - and moving to the "how" and the pedagogies that will get us to deeper student learning and what that means. Their analysis of the implementation challenges around policy and system constraints, effective ways of measuring learning, teacher knowledge of how kids learn and effective approaches to instruction, resonates in Australia in the context now of how the national curriculum will play out. Looking forward to the ongoing conversations.
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Our students need to be comfortable with the information technologies that are inextricably linked to the 21st century skills the work place requires, and (Building/engaging with a #PLN shld be part of every teaching qual.
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Editor's Note: Satu Uusiautti, Ph.D., contributed to this post. She is an adjunct professor at the University of Helsinki, and works as a specialist at University of Lapland, and as a post-doctoral r
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Founded in 1943, ASCD (formerly the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best practices and policies for the success of each learner.
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Terrific article that clearly summarises the challenges and opportunities in helping to better prepare young people ie "without better curriculum, better teaching, and better tests, the emphasis on 21st century skills will be a superficial one that will sacrifice long-term gains for the appearance of short-term progress."
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What happens when you hit a bit of a rough patch and need a pick me up? Why, these TED Talks for teachers will get you back up and running! Via John Evans
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Any reform or change requires people to believe in the value of it- for young people and for themselves. Its all about people, connections and beliefs. These three talks emphasise the importance of these dynamics in slightly different ways.
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David Tout and Juliette Mendelovits examine why we receive such differing reports on the literacy and numeracy skills of young Australians.
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A helpful analysis about standards definitions and their implications. Outcomes of the research project on standards alignment will be of interest to all educators.
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Channel News Asia Our place in the education world: a Q&A with Andreas Schleicher New Zealand Listener You can see this really nicely in the Pisa results – that the relationship between teachers' marks, for example, and social background is...
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Even though NZ context, the Q&A provides some interesting insights and questions for all education systems
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In this video, produced by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the Pearson Foundation, Shanghai education officials talk about what they did to get to the top of the PISA rankings.
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What this shows us again is that the nature of reform is contextual and though good ideas can be borrowed, real solutions require deep analysis and thinking at the local level.
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RSA Animate - Sir Ken Robinson - Changing Education Paradigms Website: http://www.thersa.org/events/rsaanimate
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Sir Ken is always interesting but as a doodler this doodling is a beautiful thing...it certainly focuses the mind
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The success in international tests has a cost in long hours of study for South Korean teenagers. (South Korea's schools: Is this really the model we should be emulating?
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"Success" at a cost-I saw this first hand when I visited a few years ago. A more balanced approach is necessary-not just here but in many other countries and not necessarily always in the same direction.
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Short. Mesmerizing. (I hope I am teaching you to follow your dreams http://t.co/fwJ6EHlw9I)
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Michael Gove has been asked by his own advisors to reinstate a requirement for schools to teach about the First World War 'as a mark of respect'.
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Debate about what should be in a national history curriculum is not just playing out in Australia
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Getting student involvement is the key to inquiry based teaching. See how teacher questions and valuing the student perspective will increase participation in your classroom.
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Some short video extracts that reinforce in practice some key principles of inquiry based teaching and learning-that need to be viewed in the context of clear and available curriculum content and standards
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Only about a quarter of schools in England have good enough wi-fi to get the best out of digital technology, figures suggest.
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Despite potential risks that can be managed, this should be a no-brainer for all schools-and for other work places. Its great that now the CBD in Perth WA has free wifi access...I am constantly surprised that good wifi access is not available in workplaces and educational institutions.
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Peter Wilby: While governments anxiously await the results of the latest international student assessments (Pisa), the inventor of the tests defends their growing influence
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Interesting...whats your view?
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Students Need Professional Learning Networks, Too Learning to create, manage and promote a professional learning network (PLN) will soon become, if it’s not already, one of the most necessary and sought after skills for a global citizen, and as such, must become a prominent feature of any school curriculum.
Via Gust MEES
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As educators or members of other professions, many of us are active members of professional learning networks and benefit enormously from such participation. This article highlights the importance of this activity for young people as learners in the 21st century and the skills that can be developed as an active ingredient of a teaching and learning program.
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December 2, 2013 12:52 AM
The emergence of social networks impact is well-explained in this post. 
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December 2, 2013 4:55 AM
Un article molt interessant que parla sobre que els estudiants necessiten aprendre des de xarxes socials professionals. 
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July 8, 2014 1:27 AM
Collaboration can be both a formal structure for learning activity but also an underpinning framework for engagement and fostering life-long learning. Learning networks are part the new learning ecosystem and should be recognised and supported.
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The past decade has seen intense curriculum reform in vocational education in Europe.
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Education systems everywhere are considering what makes for a valid and well balanced assessment regime