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Global educational reform movement and national
education policies Pasi SAHLBERG, PhD
Director General CIMO
Helsinki FINLAND
2 December 2010
Common problem
How to transform education systems to better prepare our young people for unpredictable world?
Solution 1:
Injecting market-oriented policies into national education systems
Solution 2:
Expanding curriculum content and increasing instructional time
Solution 3:
Increasing testing of students and collecting of data from schools
Consequence:
Most of these system-wide efforts are failing
Global Educational Reform Movement
Global Educational Reform Movement
STANDARDISATION
Global Educational Reform Movement
NUMERACY AND LITERACY
Global Educational Reform Movement
PRE-DETERMINED CURRICULUM
Global Educational Reform Movement
MARKET-ORIENTED POLICIES
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TEST-BASED ACCOUNTABILITY
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ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP
Global Educational Reform Movement
Education policies for innovation and sustainability in Europe
INNOVATIONECONOMY
Trust/Safety
Risk‐taking/Courage
Crea4vity/Design
FUTURE
FUTURE
EDUCATIONPOLICIES
Accountability/Fear
Fixedresults/Converga4on
Standardisa4on/Reproduc4on
Trust/Safety
Risk‐taking/Courage
Crea4vity/Design
FUTURE
EDUCATIONPOLICIES
Accountability/Fear
Fixedresults/Converga4on
Standardisa4on/Reproduc4on
INNOVATIONECONOMY
Conclusion:
To prepare themselves for more competitive and sustainable knowledge societies, our schools and students must compete less
What kind of education policies do we need?
CUSTOMISATION
National education policies
BROAD LEARNING
National education policies
RISK-TAKING AND CREATIVITY
National education policies
LEARNING FROM THE PAST
National education policies
SHARED RESPONSIBILITY
National education policies
PEDAGOGICAL LEADERSHIP
National education policies
KIITOS!