A-801 Monday Section

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WED., 26TH SEPTEMBER, 201211- 12.30 P.M

Roadmap for today House keeping In the news… Cross comparative studies Questions/AOB

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Housekeeping -

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Office hr. slots – make useGuest in class this FridayResources being sent out – also use the resources

wikiWiki – don’t delete if an entry’s already made!!Conference – 25th Jan. Maybe the 24th as well

In the news…UNSG’s Education First Initiativehttp://globaleducationfirst.org/index.html

So what does the SG have to say?

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Where are we-

Contextualized transfers. What is the business

of policy about?

What have we learnt

from comparative

cross national

studies so far. What do they not tell

us?

Why education? Education & development

as a HR – marginalized

sections

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Make your pitch

45 sec. – 1 min. What is the problem?How do you know it’s a problem?Why is it worth while paying attention to

this problem?

http://www.online-stopwatch.com/full-screen-stopwatch/

International Civic & Citizenship Study (ICCS) 2009

“The purpose of the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) is to investigate, in a range of countries, the ways in which young people are prepared and consequently ready and able to undertake their roles as citizens.” (ICCS 2009 Technical Report)

ICCS details

ICCS 2009 assessed students enrolled in the eighth grade (provided that the mean age at the time of testing was at least 13.5 years)

Participating Countries - Austria, Belgium (Flemish), Bulgaria, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Thailand.

ICCS details

ICCS 2009 assessed students enrolled in the eighth grade (provided that the mean age at the time of testing was at least 13.5 years)

Participating Countries - Austria, Belgium (Flemish), Bulgaria, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Thailand.

ICCS Qs

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What are the domains measured? Pg. 16-22 - http://www.iea.nl/fileadmin/user_upload/Publications/Electronic_versions/ICCS_2009_Framework.pdf [ICCS 2009 ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK]

Why do you think certain countries self-selected into participating?

A sample of questions -

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A sample of questions -

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A sample of questions -

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A sample of questions -

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A sample of questions -

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ICCS Asia

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Participating countries –

ICCS Asia

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Data Collection -

ICCS Asia

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How different are these countries?

ICCS Asia

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How is civic ed. Taught in these countries?

ICCS Asia

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So what did the study find?

ICCS Asia

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Findings – Think about what this says re. Asia as a region?The countries that participated in this? What does it NOT tell us?

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