EuropeanCommission

i sistemi educativi europei al traguardo del 2010

Rome, 25 September 2009

Eurydice?

31 countries - 35 national units

(under Ministries’ responsibility)

Eurydice Network

Eurydice Network

Where do we come from?

• The foundation: Council meeting 1975, start of Community Action in the field of Education

• 16 September 1980: – Establishment of the Eurydice Network,

(central unit based in Brussels + interactive network of 9 national units)

– Primary focus: Exchange of information on education systems of Member States

Open method of coordination

Definition :

An instrument to monitor and follow-up on the implementation of commonly agreed objectives by spreading best practice and achieving convergence towards these objectives

5. Open method of coordination (2)

How does the OMC work?• Fixing guidelines and timetables to achieve the strategic

goal• Establishing quantitative and qualitative indicators and

benchmarks• Periodic monitoring, evaluation, peer review as mutual

learning processes• European guidelines are translated into national and

regional targets

5 Reference levels of European performance (‘European benchmarks’) Based on existing ones- Low achievers in basic skills (in reading, maths and science, max. 15% - Adult lifelong learning participation: 15% (previously: 12.5%)- Early school leavers (10%, same as before)

New- Pre-primary participation: 95% of children between 4 years old and the age for starting compulsory education (before 90% target for 4 year olds)-Tertiary level attainment at least: 40% of age group 30-34

Commission to work further on following areas- Employability ( submit proposal by end 2010)- Language learning (submit proposal by end 2010) - Mobility (submit proposal by end 2012)

Council Conclusions May 2009 –

new benchmarks

What do we produce?

4 types of products:

• Harmonised descriptions of national education systems.

( the Eurybase database)including Overviews of national education systems(National summary sheets)

EURYBASE

1. CONTESTO E TENDENZE DI TIPO POLITICO, SOCIALE ED ECONOMICO

2. ORGANIZZAZIONE GENERALE DEL SISTEMA EDUCATIVO E AMMINISTRAZIONE GENERALE DELL'ISTRUZIONE

3. EDUCAZIONE PREPRIMARIA

4. ISTRUZIONE PRIMARIA

5. ISTRUZIONE SECONDARIA E POST-SECONDARIA NON SUPERIORE

6. ISTRUZIONE SUPERIORE

7. EDUCAZIONE E FORMAZIONE CONTINUA DEI GIOVANI USCITI DAL SISTEMA DI ISTRUZIONE E DEGLI ADULTI

8. INSEGNANTI E PERSONALE DELL'EDUCAZIONE

9. VALUTAZIONE DEGLI ISTITUTI E DEL SISTEMA DI ISTRUZIONE

10. MISURE DI SOSTEGNO PER L'EDUCAZIONE SPECIALE

11. LA DIMENSIONE EUROPEA E INTERNAZIONALE DELL'EDUCAZIONE

What do we produce?

• Comparative studies of wide-ranging topical issues in European education, such as

• The Integration of Immigrant Children

• Early childhood education and care in Europe

• Higher Education 2009: developments in Bologna

• National Testing of Pupils• Arts and Cultural Education, or

What do we produce? 3. The Eurydice Key Data Series

What do we produce?

4. Reference materials – e.g. Glossaries and the Thesaurus for Education Systems in Europe (TESE)

Eurydice31 countries

Official documents

statistics

Tests

Observation in situ

preprimary

organisation/ structure

What is taught

How it is taught

Cognitive and learning

processes

Education levels

Objects

Sources

Policy and

Regulatory framework

Education systems

higher education

Scientific literature

Empirical questionnaires

What we do and don’t do

Outcomes – surveys like PISA

Work programme adopted

Questionnaire/content guide prepared by EACEA

(discussed with a working group)

Information collected by all NUs, Eurostat, International

Organisations…

Analysis and drafting by

EACEA

Checking(s) by NUs

Completion by EACEA

Publication

Promotion

Thematic study

How do we work?

Key Data on Education in Europe sets out a very wide variety of both qualitative and

quantitative indicators on different aspects of education systems in 31 European countries.

The report presents a comparative analysis on how the education systems are organised,

the human and financial resources invested in them, teaching processes and qualifications awarded.

Key Data on Education in Europe is a joint publication of Eurydice and Eurostat.

Key Data on Education in Europe2009 Edition

• Teachers in primary and lower secondary education account for at least 1,5 % of the economically active population in Europe.

• In total teachers and academic staff represent more than 8,8 million people.

• More than 60% of the teachers in primary and secondary education are women.

• In tertiary education on average there are 40% of women, but with some disparities between countries.

Key Data on Education in Europe2009 Edition

Teachers

Ratio of pupils to teaching staff in primary and lower secondary education (ISCED 1 and 2), 2006

Source: Eurostat, UOE

ISCED 1 ISCED 2

Pupil to teacher ratios

Continuous Professional Development

Figure D24: Status of continuing professional development for teachers in primary and general (lower and upper) secondary education (ISCED 1, 2 and 3), 2006/07

Professional duty

Optional, but necessary for promotion

Optional

Civil servant status

Career civil servant status

Teachers

Types of employment status available to teachers in primary education and general secondary education, 2006/07

Public sector employee with contractual status

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Age of Secondary Teachers

Figure D36: Distribution of teachers

by age group in secondary education

(ISCED 2 and 3), public and private sectors

combined, 2006

< 30 years 30-39 years 40-49 years ≥ 50 years

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Autonomy of schools with regard to fund-raising and the use of private funds, ISCED 1 and 2, 2006/07

School Autonomy and Quality Assurance

Loans

Elements of the education system subject to evaluation, compulsory general education, 2006/07

School Autonomy and Quality Assurance

School evaluation and individual teacher evaluation (and also local authorities in some countries)

School evaluation

Mainly individual teacher evaluation

Mainly local authorities

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