We are facing unprecedented challenges – social, economic and environmental – driven by accelerating globalisation and a faster rate of technological developments. At the same time, those forces are providing us with myriad new opportunities for human advancement. The future is uncertain and we cannot predict it; but we need to be open and ready for it. The children entering education in 2018 will be young adults in 2030. Schools can prepare them for jobs that have not yet been created, for technologies that have not yet been invented, to solve problems that have not yet been anticipated.
It will be a shared responsibility to seize opportunities and find solutions. To navigate through such uncertainty, students will need to develop curiosity, imagination, resilience and selfregulation; they will need to respect and appreciate the ideas, perspectives and values of others; and they will need to cope with failure and rejection, and to move forward in the face of adversity. Their motivation will be more than getting a good job and a high income; they will also need to care about the well-being of their friends and families, their communities and the planet.
What knowledge, skills, attitudes and values will today's students need to thrive and shape their world
1. What knowledge, skills, attitudes and values
will today's students need to thrive and
shape their world?
Andreas Schleicher, Director
OECD – Directorate for Education and Skills
5. Students are using more time online outside school on a typical school day
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Sweden56
Uruguay33
CostaRica31
Spain44
Italy40
Australia52
Estonia50
NewZealand51
Hungary43
Russia42
Netherlands48
Denmark55
SlovakRepublic40
CzechRepublic43
Austria42
Latvia46
Singapore45
Belgium44
Poland46
Iceland51
OECDaverage-2743
Ireland48
Croatia40
Portugal42
Finland48
Israel34
Macao(China)45
Switzerland40
Greece41
HongKong(China)39
Mexico30
Slovenia37
Japan31
Korea20
Minutes per day
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Figure III.13.3
Percentage of High Internet Users (spending 2 to 6 hours on line per day), during weekdays
6. The kind of things that are
easy to teach are now easy to
automate, digitize or
outsource
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7. The Race between Technology and Education
Inspired by “The race between
technology and education”
Pr. Goldin & Katz (Harvard)
Industrial revolution
Digital revolution
Social pain
Universal
public schooling
Technology
Education
Prosperity
Social pain
Prosperity
9. Making the process of
curriculum design a more
evidence-based and
systematic process.
Stepping back and explore the
bigger picture as well as the
longer-term challenges facing
education
Framework
Interactive tools
• Policy Survey on Curriculum
• Curriculum Content Mapping
• Math Curriculum Analysis
• P.E. Curriculum Analysis
12. Well-being 2030 –
The future we want
Jobs, Income, Housing, Work-
Life-Balance, Safety, Life-
Satisfaction, Health, Civic
Engagement, Environment,
Education and Community
Agency: Young people will need to
be innovative, responsible and
aware. They will have a sense of right
and wrong, sensitivity to the claims
that others make and a grasp of the
proper limits on individual and
collective action.
Co-agency: The interactive, mutually
supportive relationships that help
learners to progress towards their
valued goals. To help enable agency,
educators need to recognise
learners’ individuality, and also
acknowledge the wider set of
relationships – with their teachers,
peers, families and communities –
that influence their learning.
13. United States
Poland
Hong Kong-China
Brazil
New Zealand
Greece
Uruguay
United Kingdom
Estonia
Finland
Albania
Croatia
Latvia
Slovak Republic
Luxembourg
Germany
Lithuania
Austria
Czech Republic
Chinese Taipei
France
Thailand
Japan
Turkey Sweden
Hungary
Australia
Israel
Canada
IrelandBulgaria
Jordan
Chile
Macao-China
U.A.E.
Belgium
Netherlands
Spain
Argentina
Indonesia
Denmark
Kazakhstan
Peru
Costa Rica
Switzerland
Montenegro
Tunisia
Iceland
Slovenia
Qatar
Singapore
Portugal
Norway
Colombia
Malaysia
Mexico
Liechtenstein
Korea
Serbia
Russian Fed.
Romania
Viet Nam
Italy
Shanghai-China
R² = 0.36
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Meanmathematicsperformance
Mean index of mathematics self-efficacy
OECD
average
Countries where students have stronger beliefs
in their abilities perform better in mathematics13 Fig III.4.5
14. Education for whole child development
Life satisfaction among 15-year-old students
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Mexico8.3
DominicanRepublic8.5
Finland7.9
CostaRica8.2
Croatia7.9
Switzerland7.7
Lithuania7.9
Iceland7.8
France7.6
Colombia7.9
lgium(excl.Flemish)7.5
Uruguay7.7
Austria7.5
Russia7.8
Estonia7.5
Spain7.4
Montenegro7.8
Thailand7.7
Latvia7.4
Germany7.4
Brazil7.6
Portugal7.4
Ireland7.3
Luxembourg7.4
SlovakRepublic7.5
OECDaverage7.3
Peru7.5
UnitedStates7.4
Chile7.4
Hungary7.2
Bulgaria7.4
Qatar7.4
Slovenia7.2
Poland7.2
UnitedArabEmirates7.3
CzechRepublic7.1
UnitedKingdom7.0
Italy6.9
Greece6.9
Japan6.8
Tunisia6.9
B-S-J-G(China)6.8
Macao(China)6.6
ChineseTaipei6.6
HongKong(China)6.5
Korea6.4
Turkey6.1
%
Very satisfied Satisfied Moderately satisfied Not satisfied
Factors that predict poor life satisfaction:
• Anxiety with school work
• High internet use
Factors that predict high life satisfaction:
• Students who talk or meet with friends after school
• More physical activity
• Good teacher support
• Good parental support
15. Creating new value connotes
processes of creating, making,
bringing into being and formulating;
and outcomes that are innovative,
fresh and original, contributing
something of intrinsic positive worth.
The constructs that underpin the
competence are creativity/ creative
thinking/ inventive thinking, curiosity,
global mind-set, …
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In a structurally imbalanced world,
the imperative of reconciling diverse
perspectives and interests, in local
settings with sometimes global
implications, will require young
people to become adept in handling
tensions, dilemmas and trade-offs.
Underlying constructs are empathy,
resilience/stress resistance
trust, …
Dealing with novelty, change,
diversity and ambiguity assumes that
individuals can ‘think for
themselves’. This suggests a sense of
responsibility, and moral and
intellectual maturity, with which a
person can reflect upon and evaluate
their actions in the light of their
experiences and personal and
societal goals; what they have been
taught and told; and what is right or
wrong
Underlying constructs include critical
thinking skills, meta-learning skills
(including learning to learn skills),
mindfulness, problem solving skills,
responsibility, …
16. Anticipation mobilises
cognitive skills, such as
analytical or critical thinking,
to foresee what may be
needed in the future or how
actions taken today might
have consequences for the
future
Reflective practice is the
ability to take a critical stance
when deciding, choosing and
acting, by stepping back from
what is known or assumed
and looking at a situation
from other, different
perspectives
Both reflective practice and
anticipation contribute to the
willingness to take responsible
actions
18. 1. Managing time lag between future demands
and today’s curriculum
2. Curriculum overload
3. Quality of contents (focus, rigor, coherence)
4. Ensuring equity and quality
5. Planning for effective implementation and assessment
Five commonly identified curriculum redesign
issues in OECD countries
19. Issue 1: Managing time lag between
future demands and today’s curriculum
How to embed new demands into existing subjects
How to make timely and transformational changes while
ensuring sustainable incremental changes
How to involve multilevel stakeholders for their buy-in more
effectively
20. Preliminary Findings of Content Mapping: Main target competencies by learning areas
(ISCED 2; 4 countries/ jurisdictions)
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2030 Learning
Framework
Competency
Development
Cycle
New demands for
compound
competencies for 2030
Some of the new demands are accommodated in current curriculum changes
in pilot countries; others are less articulated or made explicit.
21. Issue 2: Curriculum overload
Students often lack sufficient time to master key disciplinary
concepts or, in the interests of a balanced life, to nurture
friendships, to sleep and to exercise.
How to decide on adding new and relevant contents and
removing irrelevant contents
Breadth vs depth: “deeper learning” or “quality learning
time” instead of “more learning”
How to balance generic competencies and locally-specific
competencies required for 2030
31. The True
The realm of human knowledge The Good
The realm of ethics and judgement
The Just and Well-Ordered
The realm of political and civic life,
binding social capital The Beautiful
The realm of creativity,
esthetics and designThe Sustainable
The realm of natural
and physical health The Prosperous
The realm of economic life
The big world of learning
32. Learning time and science performance
Figure II.6.23
Finland
Germany Switzerland
Japan Estonia
Sweden
Netherlands
New Zealand
Macao
(China)
Iceland
Hong Kong
(China) Chinese Taipei
Uruguay
Singapore
Poland
United States
Israel
Bulgaria
Korea
Russia Italy
Greece
B-S-J-G (China)
Colombia
Chile
Mexico
Brazil
Costa
Rica
Turkey
Montenegro
Peru
Qatar
Thailand
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Arab
Emirates
Tunisia
Dominican
Republic
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OECD average
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33. Learning time and science performance (PISA)
Figure II.6.23
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Canada
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France
Norway
Slovenia
Iceland
Luxembourg
Ireland
Latvia
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OECDaverage
ChineseTaipei
Austria
Portugal
Uruguay
Lithuania
Singapore
Denmark
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Hours Intended learning time at school (hours) Study time after school (hours) Score points in science per hour of total learning time
34. Issue 3: Quality of contents
How to make changes based on evidence or political
compromises
What are the design principles based on evidence?
How to set priorities (focus) for subjects and competencies
(i.e. proper time allocation)
35. • Rigor, focus and coherence
• Remain true to the disciplines
– but aim at interdisciplinary learning and the capacity of students to see problems
through multiple lenses
– Balance knowledge of disciplines and knowledge about disciplines
• Focus on areas with the highest transfer value
– Requiring a theory of action for how this transfer value occurs
• Authenticity
– Thematic, problem-based, project-based, co-creation in conversation
• Some things are caught not taught
– Immersive learning propositions
• Equity
– Not just a proposition for the few but for the many
•35 Some lessons
36. Issue 4: Ensuring equity and quality
How to allow different learning processes/ learning progression/
learning sequencing
How to ensure curriculum flexibility and autonomy work for all
How to make “student choice” in curriculum work for all
How to make “personalised/ individualised learning” work for all
How to make “innovations in education” (e.g. digitalisation) work
for all
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Compulsory flexible curriculum Reading, writing and literature Mathematics Natural sciences Second and other languages Other compulsory curriculum
Source: OECD (2017), Table D1.3b. See Source section for more information and Annex 3 for notes
(www.oecd.org/education/education-at-a-glance-19991487.htm).
Instruction time per subject in general lower secondary education (2017)
39. Issue 5: Planning for effective implementation and
assessment
How to align curriculum redesign with initial teacher
education, professional development, pedagogical
guidelines, etc.
How to support “overstretched teachers” with supportive
resources and facilities, etc.
How to measure “new” competencies, esp. social and
emotional skills
How to ensure “teacher agency” and foster “teacher team
work/ network”
How to create the right overall incentives system
41. What knowledge, skills
and character qualities do
successful teachers require?
96% of teachers: My role as a teacher
is to facilitate students own inquiry
42. What knowledge, skills
and character qualities do
successful teachers require?
86%: Students learn best
by findings solutions on their own
43. What knowledge, skills
and character qualities do
successful teachers require?
74%: Thinking and reasoning is more
important than curriculum content
44. Prevalence of memorisation
rehearsal, routine exercises, drill and
practice and/or repetition
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Switzerland
Poland
Germany
Japan
Korea
France
Sweden
Shanghai-China
Canada
Singapore
United States
Norway
Spain
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Prevalence of elaboration
reasoning, deep learning, intrinsic
motivation, critical thinking,
creativity, non-routine problems
High Low Low High
45. Memorisation is less useful as problems become more
difficult (OECD average)
R² = 0.81
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Difficulty of mathematics item on the PISA scale
Source: Figure 4.3
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Difficult problem
Easy problem
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success
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success
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46. Elaboration strategies are more useful as problems
become more difficult (OECD average)
R² = 0.82
0.80
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Difficulty of mathematics item on the PISA scaleSource: Figure 6.2
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problem
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success
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success
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Odds ratio
47. • Support national and local initiatives to redesign curriculum or
new frameworks
• Invite those interested in translating our interim report into
local languages
• Invite those interested in joining our working group – global &
collective efforts - to refine our framework and to collect
narratives and stories to accompany our framework and
curriculum analysis
• From 2019 in Phase II: we will look into policy issues on
curriculum implementation.
Next steps:
Editor's Notes
The EDPC also agreed that
the project would neither aim at nor involve the prescription of national curricula.
But rather seek to establish a common language and shared space within which countries could, both individually and collectively, explore issues around the design of instructional systems (e.g. curriculum overload).
The Education 2030 project aims to support countries to anticipate and prepare their education systems for the future.
Half of the jobs in the industrialised world are potentially automatable, because the things that are easy to teach and easy to test are also the things that are easy to automate, digitize and outsource.
Goldin and Katz call this the race between technology and educaiton.,
In the first phase (2015-2018), we are building a solid understanding of the different dimensions of knowledge, skills, attitudes and values involved in the design of instructional systems.
In the second phase (2019 and beyond), the project aims to continue to work with countries to explore effective learning environments, learning processes, teaching strategies and educational system changes that support the development of the competencies selected during the first phase.
In April 2015, the Education Policy Committee (EDPC) welcomed the Education2030 as an important opportunity
to step back and explore the bigger picture as well as the longer-term challenges facing education, and
to contribute to make the process of curriculum design and development a more evidence-based and systematic process.
(Fig. II.4.5)
KEY MESSAGES:
This chart shows which competencies are listed as ‘main target’ in the written curricula of pilot countries/jurisdictions across learning areas.
While “student agency” is recognised as a key feature of future-ready students, it is not evident that countries make it explicit in the intended/ written curriculum.
21st century skills such as communication, problem solving and critical thinking appear quite predominantly in the written curricula of pilot countries. On the other hand, creative thinking, empathy, self-regulation, conflict resolution, and resilience - important skills for the future - are not nearly as well represented in curricula.
Among various “new demands/ new competencies”, digital literacy is prominently included in the written curriculum, embedded in subjects like mathematics, humanities, arts, language, science – not limited to subject on technology. While other compound competencies, such as global competency and computational thinking, sustainable development, they usually have a more evident “home subjects” – humanities and arts for global competency; math for computational thinking; science, arts and humanities for sustainable development.
PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES/JURISDICATIONS:
. Pilot (results shown in these slides): Japan, Korea, Russia and Ontario(Canada).
. Upcoming Field trial: Australia, Chile, Costa Rica, Denmark, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Russia, Turkey – we are open for more countries – the deadline for indication for interest. Please contact the e2030 team.
Technical note for Andreas only, not for presentation.
RATING SCALE used in the mapping goes from 1 to 4, where:
4: A given competency/construct is included in the written curriculum as a main target of the learning area's branches/strands.
3: A given competency/construct is a sub-target of the learning area's branches/strands or is written as a main target in specific grades only.
2: A given competency/construct is not targeted in this learning area but there are some opportunities for teachers to include this when teaching this learning area.
The competency is not specifically included in the written curriculum of this learning area, however, there is sufficient scope in the content for teachers to include the competency if they choose to do so.
1: Competency/construct is not targeted in this learning area. The competency is not included in the written curriculum of this learning area and it is unlikely that teachers would include this as part of their own teaching.
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Have a look at how this plays out across countries.
The blue bar shows you how many hours students spend learning science at school, and the yellow bar shows ou how much time they spend learning at home.
The diamond shows you the performance of students per hour of learning. And you can see how this differs greatly across countries. In Finland, Germany, Switzerland or Japan, students learn a lot in fewer hours, on the right side of the chart you see countries where time doesn’t translate into outcomes. So this suggests the quality of teaching varies greatly across countries.
Many teachers are trying to do just that. At least that’s what they told us in our TALIS survey.
Think about Britain: 96% of teachers: My role as a teacher is to facilitate students own inquiry
86%: Students learn best by findings solutions on their own
74%: Thinking and reasoning is more important than curriculum content
So are Englands teachers getting everything right?
The problem is that the beliefs and intentions of teachers don’t always translate into classroom practice.
Here you see the prevalence of memorisation in classrooms, so things like rehearsal, drill and repetition. So if it was true that teachers in the UK would have the constructivist approach to teaching they say they strive for, you would see the UK at the bottom of the list when it comes to rote learning.
But that place is already taken by Switzerland, and then comes Poland and Germany.
Had I asked you at the outset where rote learning is dominant, many of you might have tipped China. But Shanghai in China makes just moderate use of memorisation strategies, and the same is true for most East Asian countries.
The interesting thing is that English teachers who say they don’t do memorisation come out on top on this comparison.
Whats also interesting is that memorisation isn’t the opposite of learning strategies around reasoning, deep learning, critical thinking, creativity or complex problem-solving. In fact, China is strong on both sides of the equation, which highlights this is not a zero sum game.
What all this shows is how important it is that we get teacher policies right.
Notes: Statistically significant odds ratios are marked in a darker tone.
Chile and Mexico are not included in the OECD average.
Odds ratio are calculated across 48 education systems.
Notes: Statistically significant odds ratios are marked in a darker tone. Chile and Mexico are not included in the OECD average.
Odds ration are calculated across 48 education systems.