GLOBAL EDUCATIONAL REFORM MOVEMENT Lessons for Egypt
Cairo-Talk-2016
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<strong>GLOBAL</strong> <strong>EDUCATIONAL</strong> <strong>REFORM</strong> <strong>MOVEMENT</strong>:<br />
<strong>Lessons</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Egypt</strong><br />
Education Re<strong>for</strong>m in <strong>Egypt</strong> Conference<br />
Cairo, EGYPT<br />
16 th January 2016<br />
@pasi_sahlberg
2000
PISA
Two Global Education Re<strong>for</strong>m<br />
Questions<br />
Competition<br />
Standardisation<br />
Test-based accountability<br />
De-professionalisation<br />
Privatisation<br />
Cooperation<br />
Creativity<br />
Trust-based responsibility<br />
Professionalisation<br />
Equity
Two Global Education Re<strong>for</strong>m<br />
Questions<br />
Competition<br />
Standardisation<br />
Test-based accountability<br />
Collaboration<br />
De-professionalisation<br />
Creativity<br />
Privatisation<br />
Trust-based responsibility<br />
Teacher professionalism<br />
Equity
GERM spread in 2015
Success<br />
<strong>for</strong> All:<br />
The role of<br />
equity?
Student achievement in reading, mathema.cs and science (PISA) <br />
Quality of achievement improves <br />
Weak equity and high<br />
quality<br />
Weak equity and low<br />
quality<br />
Strong equity and high<br />
quality<br />
Strong equity and low<br />
quality<br />
Equity of educa.on system enhances <br />
Weakness of the rela.onship between achievement and family background (ESCS Index)
Student achievement in reading, mathema.cs and science (PISA) <br />
Quality of achievement improves <br />
Equity of educa.on system enhances <br />
Weakness of the rela.onship between achievement and family background (ESCS Index) <br />
OECD, 2013
”Highest per<strong>for</strong>ming<br />
education systems are<br />
those that combine<br />
excellence and equity.”<br />
OECD, 2015
<strong>Lessons</strong> <strong>for</strong><br />
<strong>Egypt</strong><br />
education<br />
re<strong>for</strong>m
1 <br />
Sustainable education<br />
policy and leadership.
Inspiring vision<br />
Professional leadership<br />
More policy, less politics
2 <br />
Systematic investment in<br />
equity in education.
Early childhood education<br />
Fair school funding<br />
Inclusive special education<br />
Whole-child approach
3 <br />
Early recognition of<br />
wrong policy drivers.
Accountability vs.<br />
Professional development<br />
Human capital vs.<br />
Social capital<br />
Technology vs.<br />
Pedagogy
4 <br />
Promote leading from<br />
the middle.
Build capacities at school<br />
and middle levels<br />
Enable clear lines of<br />
management<br />
Create <strong>for</strong>ums <strong>for</strong> experience<br />
exchnge
5 <br />
Build trust and public<br />
confidence.
Positive image <strong>for</strong> the re<strong>for</strong>m<br />
Celebrate good failures<br />
Insist transparency
To conclude:
It ain’t what you don’t<br />
know that gets you into<br />
trouble with education<br />
re<strong>for</strong>m. It’s what you<br />
know <strong>for</strong> sure that just<br />
ain’t so!<br />
- Mark Twain
THANK YOU!<br />
@pasi_sahlberg