Education today
Subtitle: the OECD perspective
Publisher: OECD
Published: 2012
Place of publication: [Paris]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9789264186811; 9789264177109
Subjects: Education; Education and state
Description: What does the oecd have to say about the state of education today? What are the main oecd messages on early childhood education, teacher policies and tertiary education? What about student performance, educational spending and equity in education? Oecd work on these important education topics and others have been brought together in a single accessible source updating the first edition of "Education Today" which came out in March 2009. Organised into eight chapters, this report examines early childhood education, schooling, transitions beyond initial education, higher education, adult learning, outcomes and returns, equity, and innovation. The chapters are structured around key findings and policy directions emerging from recent oecd educational analyses. Each entry highlights the main message in a concise and accessible way, with a brief explanation and reference to the original oecd source.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; Table of Contents; Note on Country Coverage and Levels of Education; Executive Summary; Introduction; Chapter 1; title: Early Childhood Education and Care; Introduction; Key findings; Figure 1.1. Enrolment rates at age four in early childhood and primary education (2005 and 2010); Figure 1.2. Expenditure on early childhood education institutions as a percentage of GDP (2009); Figure 1.3. Ratio of children to teaching sta ̃ in early childhood education (2010); Policy directions; References and Further Reading; Chapter 2; title: Schooling: Investments, Organisation and Learners; Introduction.; title: Key findingsFigure 2.1. Relative expenditure per student by educational institutions for all services at different levels of education (2009); Figure 2.2. Average class size in primary and secondary education (2010); Figure 2.3. Proportion of class time spent teaching and learning, by new and experienced teachers (2008); Figure 2.4. Total number of intended instruction hours in public institutions between the ages of 7 and 14 (2010); Policy directions; References and Further Reading; Chapter 3; title: Transitions Beyond Initial Education; Introduction; Key findings.; title: Figure 3.1. Population that has attained upper secondary education (2010)Figure 3.2. Percentage of 15-19 year-olds not in education and unemployed or not in the labour force (2010); Box 3.1. Education and economic crisis; Policy directions; References and Further Reading; Chapter 4; title: Higher Education; Introduction; Key findings; Figure 4.1. Younger and older working-age adults having attained tertiary education (2010); Figure 4.2. Proportion of boys and girls planning a career in engineering or computing (2010).; title: Figure 4.3. Distribution of foreign students in tertiary education, by country of destination (2010)Policy directions; References and Further Reading; Chapter 5; title: Lifelong Learning and Adults; Introduction; Key findings; Figure 5.1. Participation in non-formal education, by age group (2007); Box 5.1. Participation in adult learning for 65-74 year-olds; Policy directions; References and Further Reading; Chapter 6; title: Outcomes, Benefits and Returns; Introduction; Key findings; Figure 6.1. How pro ̃cient are students in reading? (2009).; title: Figure 6.2. How pro ̃cient are students in digital reading? (2009)Figure 6.3. Relative earnings from employment among 25-64 year-olds, by level of educational attainment and gender (2010); Box 6.1. Education and life expectancy; Policy directions; References and Further Reading; Chapter 7; title: Equity and Equality of Opportunity; Introduction; Key findings; Figure 7.1. Prevalence of ̃rst- and second-generation immigrant students (2009); Figure 7.2. Gender di ̃erences in reading performance in PISA (2009).