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TopClass Podcast Episode 2: Listen to the teacher! The Teaching and Learning International Survey

The Teaching and Learning International Survey (otherwise known as TALIS) is a survey conducted every five years that asks teachers and school leaders from around the world about the working conditions and the learning environment in their schools.

TopClass Podcast Episode 3: What collaborative problem solving can tell us about students' social skills

Do today’s students really know how to work well together? For the first time ever, the Programme for International Student Assessment 2015 (otherwise known as PISA) examined students’ ability to collaborate to solve problems and the necessary social skills involved in that process.

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Archived webinar - "PISA 2015 Results (Volume V) - Collaborative Problem Solving"

with Andreas Schleicher - Director for the Directorate of Education and Skills (November 21, 2017)

PISA in Focus No. 78 - Collaborative problem solving

This month’s PISA in Focus provides an overview of the assessment’s results and shows that collaborative problem-solving performance is positively related to performance in the core PISA subjects (science, reading and mathematics). The results also show, among other findings, that girls perform significantly better than boys in collaborative problem solving in every country and economy that participated in the assessment.

Are school systems ready to develop students’ social skills? (OECD Education Today Blog)

Successes and failures in the classroom will increasingly shape the fortunes of countries. And yet, more of the same education will only produce more of the same strengths and weaknesses.

PISA 2015 Results (Volume V) - Collaborative Problem Solving

How much will the literacy level of working-age people change from now to 2022? (OECD Education Today Blog)

Taken as a whole, the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC) present a mixed picture for Korea and Singapore. As their economies have grown, these two countries’ education systems have seen fast and impressive improvements; both now rank among PISA’s top performers.

Is the growth of international student mobility coming to a halt? (OECD Education Today Blog)

Higher education is one of the most globally integrated systems of the modern world. There still are important barriers to the international recognition of degrees or the transfer of credits, but some of the basic features of higher education enjoy global convergence and collaboration.

Is free higher education fair? (OECD Education Today Blog)

Skills have become the currency of 21st century economies and, despite the significant increase the UK has seen in university graduation over the last decade, the earnings of workers with a Master’s degree remain over 80% higher than those of workers with just five good GCSEs or an equivalent vocational qualification.