Featured Publication Posts - Inter-American Teacher Education Network2024-03-29T02:37:04Zhttp://itenamericas.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?promoted=1&xn_auth=noReading in the Mobile Eratag:itenamericas.ning.com,2017-02-28:6559867:BlogPost:413492017-02-28T20:22:56.000ZITENhttp://itenamericas.ning.com/profile/23ox02eg1esqy
<p><a target="_blank">Reading in the Mobile Era</a></p>
<p>Who is reading on mobile devices in our countries? </p>
<p>Is this technology meeting our goals for student reading?</p>
<p>How can we better support our students through mobile reading programs and technology?</p>
<p><a target="_blank">Reading in the Mobile Era</a></p>
<p>Who is reading on mobile devices in our countries? </p>
<p>Is this technology meeting our goals for student reading?</p>
<p>How can we better support our students through mobile reading programs and technology?</p>PREAL: 2012 PISA Results - LAC continues to lag in education performancetag:itenamericas.ning.com,2013-12-04:6559867:BlogPost:176672013-12-04T18:45:09.000ZITENhttp://itenamericas.ning.com/profile/23ox02eg1esqy
<h1 class="single-post-title">2012 PISA Results: LAC continues to lag in education performance <span style="font-size: 13px;">by <a href="http://prealblog.org" target="_blank">PREAL</a> on December 4, 2013</span></h1>
<div class="entry single clear"><a href="http://prealblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/prepare-a-photo-new.png?w=300" target="_blank"><img class="align-left" src="http://prealblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/prepare-a-photo-new.png?w=300&width=300" width="300"></img></a><p>The results of the OECD’s 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) were released yesterday. We list below key…</p>
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<h1 class="single-post-title">2012 PISA Results: LAC continues to lag in education performance <span style="font-size: 13px;">by <a href="http://prealblog.org" target="_blank">PREAL</a> on December 4, 2013</span></h1>
<div class="entry single clear"><a href="http://prealblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/prepare-a-photo-new.png?w=300" target="_blank"><img src="http://prealblog.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/prepare-a-photo-new.png?w=300&width=300" width="300" class="align-left"/></a><p>The results of the OECD’s 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) were released yesterday. We list below key takeaways for the eight Latin American countries that participated in this round (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay).<span id="more-5210"></span> Improvements (and declines) in scores are based on the first year each country participated in PISA, and are statistically significant.</p>
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<li>The eight Latin American countries all ranked in the bottom third in reading, math, and science among the 65 countries tested.</li>
<li>Chile scored highest and Peru lowest among LAC countries in all three subjects. (Costa Rica tied with Chile in reading).</li>
<li>Brazil’s scores improved in all three subjects, and Uruguay’s declined.</li>
<li>Chile and Mexico improved in math and reading</li>
<li>Colombia and Peru improved in reading.</li>
<li>Improvements in Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Colombia, and Peru were at rates above the OECD average.</li>
<li>Peru showed the greatest improvement in reading scores among Latin American countries, and fourth highest among all 65 countries.</li>
<li>Argentina and Costa Rica did not improve in any subject.</li>
<li>Colombia and Mexico were particularly successful in improving performance among struggling students.</li>
<li>Less than 2 percent of Latin American students scored at the highest levels in mathematics, compared with 55 percent in Shanghai, more than 30 percent in South Korea, and more than 12 percent in OECD countries.</li>
<li>More than half of Latin American students scored at the lowest levels in mathematics, compared with 4 percent in Shanghai, less than 10 percent in South Korea, and less than 25 percent in OECD countries.</li>
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<p><b>Outside links:</b></p>
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<li><a href="http://www.oecd.org/pisa/keyfindings/pisa-2012-results.htm" target="_blank">Official PISA Webpage</a></li>
<li>“<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/mundo/noticias/2013/12/131203_pisa_resultados_am.shtml" target="_blank">¿Cómo les fue a los países de América Latina en la prueba Pisa?</a>” December 3, 2013, <i>BBC Mundo </i>(en español)<i>.</i></li>
<li>“<a href="http://www.iadb.org/es/temas/educacion/resultados-pisa-2012-en-america-latina,9080.html" target="_blank">América Latina en PISA 2012</a>.” December 3, 2013, <i>Inter-American Development Bank </i>(en español). <i> </i></li>
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<p><i>*Data sources: OECD’s PISA </i><i><a href="http://www.oecd.org/pisa/keyfindings/PISA-2012-results-snapshot-Volume-I-ENG.pdf" target="_blank">Snapshot</a> and <a href="http://www.oecd.org/newsroom/asian-countries-top-oecd-s-latest-pisa-survey-on-state-of-global-education.htm" target="_blank">Press Release</a>. Image source: <a href="http://elcomercio.pe/actualidad/1667838/noticia-evaluacion-pisa-ranking-completo-que-peru-quedo-ultimo" target="_blank">El Comercio</a>.</i></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-5"><strong>DISCONNECTED:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-5"><strong> Skills, Education and Employment in Latin America </strong></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3"><i>The future of the world lies in its youth</i>. Type…</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-5"><strong>DISCONNECTED:</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-5"><strong> Skills, Education and Employment in Latin America </strong></span></p>
<p><strong style="font-size: 21px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.iadb.org/en/topics/education/disconnected-home,5928.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://services.iadb.org/wmsfiles/images/0x0/disconnected-10802.jpg" class="align-right"/></a></strong></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3"><i>The future of the world lies in its youth</i>. Type this short sentence into an online search engine, and you will get millions of results. The wording of each might be slightly different, but the sentiment is the same: “The young are our future.” It is simultaneously a cliché, a known truth, and an enormously loaded sentence. In a region like Latin America—where few students have access to university and most young people enter the workforce from secondary school, often before graduating—how are the young being prepared to play their part as full members of the “future of the world”? This is precisely the question that this publication addresses. The authors focus on how secondary students (graduates and nongraduates) transition from school to the workforce. In a complex, demanding, and globalized labor market, what opportunities do they have? With access to education growing massively in the region—and faster than the number of jobs—how will they compete?</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span class="font-size-4"><a href="http://www.iadb.org/en/topics/education/disconnected-home,5928.html" target="_blank">To access this publication, click here</a></span></strong></p>Education Research: Early Childhood in the Caribbeantag:itenamericas.ning.com,2012-12-20:6559867:BlogPost:20972012-12-20T20:22:02.000ZITENhttp://itenamericas.ning.com/profile/23ox02eg1esqy
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span class="font-size-4">Education Research: Early Childhood in the Caribbean</span></strong></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4">This report looks at the development and socialisation of children under 5 years of age in two Caribbean countries, Trinidad and Tobago and…</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span class="font-size-4">Education Research: Early Childhood in the Caribbean</span></strong></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4">This report looks at the development and socialisation of children under 5 years of age in two Caribbean countries, Trinidad and Tobago and Dominica.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4">It involved fieldwork in four very different communities as well as extensive discussion with academics and professionals.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/325870784?profile=original" target="_self">To access this document, click HERE</a></span></p>