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The OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation
Dirk Van DammeHead of CERI – OECD/EDU
Why OECD focus on education?Education contributes to:
economic and social development innovation and sustainable growth social mobility and mitigating inequalities
Main OECD goal: to help countries to improve the quality, equity, effectiveness and efficiency of their educational systems
An integrated approach to education
Statistics & indicators
Education policy
Assessing Learning
outcomes
Research & Innovation
CERI
TALIS
PIAAC
Education at a Glance
Institutional Management in Higher EducationAHELO
Thematic & Country reviews
CELE
PISA
Innovation and research: CERI
Centre for Educational Research and Innovation• Established in 1968;
40th anniversary in 2008
• Mission: forward-looking research on education at all levels (micro, meso, macro), with special focus on innovation in teaching and learning
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CERI – some basic facts
• Relies on its own ear-marked budget from members plus voluntary contributions, diverse sources
• Aims to inform long-term policy development by:– generating forward-looking research analyses and
syntheses;– identifying and stimulating educational innovation;– promoting international exchange of knowledge
and experience• Approx. 20 staff based in Paris• Programme overseen by a Governing Board of all
Member countries, meets bi-annually
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CERI’s 40 years
• 1970s: equality in education, innovation in educational management, curriculum development, recurrent education
• 1980s – 1990s: indicators, technology, youth/youth unemployment, environmental education
• 1990s: futures (schooling, HE), learning, knowledge/the knowledge economy, the international dimension
• 2000s: gradual shift of focus to innovation
Examples of CERI work
• Analysis of mobility and internationalisation in higher education
• In context of debate on the GATS and trade in education services
• Leading to Guidelines, adopted by OECD and UNESCO (2005)
• Other publications and quality assurance and recognition
Examples of CERI work
Schooling for tomorrow• Long-term project on
future’s thinking on schooling
• Many products and outputs, such as– Demand-sensitive
schooling (2006)– Personalising education
(2006)– Innovating to learn,
learning to innovate (2008)
Examples of CERI work
Learning sciences and brain research
• Attempt to integrate findings from emerging brain sciences into learning sciences
• Successful publication Understanding the brain: the birth of a learning science (2007)
Examples of CERI work
Systemic Innovation in VET
• Based on country reports
• Introducing a new model of systemic innovation in education
• Applied to the VET sector
• Twin-project with ‘Learning for jobs’
• Other work on SI: Beyond textbooks, digital learning resources (2009)
Examples of CERI work
University Futures• Futures thinking on
higher education• Development of
scenario’s for the future of higher education
• 3 major publications on Demography, Globalisation and Technology
Examples of CERI work
Knowledge management in education
• Analysis of educational R&D
• Project on evidence-based policy and practice in education
Examples of CERI work
Social Outcomes of Learning
• Project to analyse and measure the non-economic returns of education
• Leading to new indicator in EAG
• Links to Stiglitz Commission and work on progress of societies
• Final report 2010
Programme of Work 2009-10
• INES: EAG, TALIS, VET• Innovation Strategy for Education• Teacher Education for Diversity• Educational R&D indicators• New Millennium Learners• Innovative Learning Environments• Globalisation and Linguistic
Competences• Market Mechanisms in Education
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CERI work 2009-10
Teacher Education for Diversity
• Following OECD work on migration, analysis of PISA results for migrants
• Need to focus on teachers and diversity challenges in classrooms
• Final report 2010
CERI work 2009-10
New Millennium Learners
• Work on the impact of technology on learning and performance
• Analysis of PISA data in relation to technology use, leading to focus on ‘second digital divide’
• Final report on Connected Minds17
CERI work 2009-10
Innovative Learning Environments
• Work on micro-context of innovative teaching and learning arrangements
• Synthesis of learning sciences research
• In-depth analysis in cases
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CERI work 2009-10
Innovation Strategy – Human Capital Strand
• CERI responsible in horizontal OECD project for ‘skills for innovation’ and ‘innovation of education’
• Broader and more skills oriented approach to innovation
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CERI PWB 2011-12
• Innovation Strategy for Education and Training
• Effective Teaching Strategies– Including Learning through Technology
• Innovative Learning Environments• Governing Complex Education Systems
– Including Knowledge Options• Education and Social Progress• Education at a Glance• Dissemination and Knowledge Mobilisation
CERI work 2009-10
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Some concluding comments
• Impact of the crisis on educational research
• Funding difficulties• Relations to member countries• OECD new members and EE5• …
