Implementing Deeper Learning and 21st Century Education Reforms

ISBN 10: 303057038X / ISBN 13: 9783030570385

Published by Springer International Publishing, 2020

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Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Examines six system level reforms designed to improve instruction by expanding the depth and breadth of the curriculumIncludes examples of significant education reforms in contexts of financial austerityProvides a comparative analysis of th.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Implementing Deeper Learning and 21st Century Education Reforms
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 303057038X
• ISBN 13: 9783030570385
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
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Synopsis

This open access book is a comparative analysis of recent large scale education reforms that broadened curriculum goals to better prepare students for the 21st century. The book examines what governments actually do when they broaden curriculum goals, with attention to the details of implementation. To this end, the book examines system level reforms in six countries at various levels of development. The study includes system level reforms in jurisdictions where students achieve high levels in international assessments of basic literacies, such as Singapore and Ontario, Canada, as well as in nations where students achieve much lower levels, such as Kenya, Mexico, Punjab-Pakistan and Zimbabwe. The chapters examine system-level reforms that focus on strengthening the capacity to teach the basics, as in Ontario and Pakistan, as well as reforms that aim at building the capacity to teach a much broader set of competencies and skills, such as Kenya, Mexico, Singapore and Zimbabwe.

The volume includes systems at very different levels of spending per student and reforms at various points in the cycle of policy implementation, some just starting, some struggling to survive a governmental transition, and others that have been in place for an extended period of time. From the comparative study of these reforms, we aim to provide an understanding of how to build the capacity of education systems to teach 21st century skills at scale in diverse settings.

About the Author

Fernando M. Reimers is the Ford Foundation Professor of the Practice of International Education and Director of the Global Education Innovation Initiative and of the International Education Policy Masters Program at Harvard University. An expert in the field of Global Education, his research and teaching focus on understanding how to educate children and youth so they can thrive in the 21^st century. He is a member of UNESCO’s high-level commission on the Futures of Education.