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Schools as Laboratories for Exploring Multilingual Assessment Policies and Practices
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De Backer, Fauve; Van Avermaet, Piet; Slembrouck, Stef – Language and Education, 2017
Across Europe we can observe the reinforcement of monolingual education policies, despite increasing multilingualism. Recent research has shown that the emphasis is on language proficiency in the socially dominant language. This is viewed as the key to educational success. The use of other languages or linguistic repertoires is not valued in…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Educational Policy, Language Proficiency, Monolingualism
Ten Pillars of a Good Childhood: A Finnish Perspective
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Pulkkinen, Lea – Childhood Education, 2012
The organizers of the Decade for Childhood have formulated Ten Pillars of a Good Childhood as basic requirements for an optimal childhood. The pillars can be used to analyze the quality of childhood in homes and nations, and to guide policies and practices related to the experience of childhood. In this article, the author shall illustrate, pillar…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Rearing, International Education, Family Environment
TIMSS, PISA, PIRLS and Low Educational Achievement in World Society
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Naumann, Jens – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2005
Over the past 7 years the debate on educational policy in Germany has been greatly influenced by major empirical studies of educational performance in the tradition of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), notably the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), the Programme for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Studies, Investigations, Educational Policy