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Teaching, Learning and Assessment for Adults
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2008; US$ 33.00Many adults in OECD countries have low language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) skills. The consequences of these low foundation skills span the economic, health and social well-being of individuals, families and communities. Investment in this sector of adult education is therefore crucial. This study looks specifically inside the programmes for adult... more...
Understanding the Brain
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2007; US$ 49.00This book provides new insights about learning by synthesising existing and emerging findings from cognitive and brain science and exploring how this new information might impact teaching, parenting, and educational policy making. It shows what the latest brain imaging techniques and other advances in the neurosciences actually reveal about... more...
Giving Knowledge for Free
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2007; US$ 33.00Learning resources are often considered key intellectual property in a competitive higher education world. However, more and more institutions and individuals are sharing their digital learning resources over the Internet, openly and for free, as Open Educational Resources (OER). This study, building on previous OECD work on e-learning, asks why this... more...
Education at a Glance 2007
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2007; US$ 91.00OECD's annual Education at a Glance looks at who participates in education, what is spent on it, how education systems operate and the results achieved. The latter includes indicators on a wide range of outcomes, from comparisons of students performance in key subject areas to the impact of education on earnings and on adults... more...
Understanding the Social Outcomes of Learning
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2007; US$ 33.00Education is vital for economic success, both at the national and the individual level. But education also has significant social effects. This report is OECDs first attempt to gather and synthesise developments in measuring these social effects. The report focuses on two broad areas: health, and civic and social engagement. In general, better... more...
Cross-border Tertiary Education
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2007; US$ 33.00The mobility of students, professors, knowledge and even values has been part of higher education for centuries, but it has recently grown at an unprecedented pace. This presents many new opportunities among which are increased access to higher education, strategic alliances between countries and regions, as well as the expansion of human resource... more...
Knowledge Management Evidence in Education
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2007; US$ 49.00Education policies and systems in all OECD countries are coming under increasing pressure to show greater accountability and effectiveness and it is crucial that educational policy decisions are made based on the best evidence possible. This book brings together international experts on evidence-informed policy in education from a wide range of OECD... more...
Education Policies for Students at Risk and those with Disabilities in South Eastern Europe
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2006; US$ 19.00This publication is part of the project on Education Development for Students at Risk and those with Disabilities in South Eastern Europe. This project was carried out by the OECD within the framework of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe. It contributes to the countries' efforts to adjust their education reforms to the EC principles as... more...
Education at a Glance 2008
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2008; US$ 91.00This 2008 edition of Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators provides a rich, comparable and up-to-date array of indicators on the performance of education systems in OECD countries and represents the consensus of professional thinking on how to measure the current state of education internationally. The indicators look at who participates in education,... more...
Trends Shaping Education
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2008; US$ 33.00This new biennial publication presents the latest available information on 26 major current trends in education, grouped in 9 broad themes (ageing, global challenges, the new economic landscape, work and jobs, the learning society, ICT, citizenship and the state, social connections and values, and sustainable affluence). For each trend,... more...









