Which were the top ranked countries in the final round of PISA and where does India stand on this scale?
It depends on the PISA benchmark you are looking for, such as the quality of education in a specific subject area, equality in educational opportunities, or the well-being of students, all of which are measured by PISA. Education systems that performed very well on most aspects as measured by PISA include some of the provinces in China that participated in PISA, Singapore, Canada, Estonia and Finland. India has not yet conducted the Pisa test.
How can data on student academic performance enable countries to improve their education policies?
For starters, PISA helps education systems look on the outside, to compare how specific student groups perform relative to their peers in other countries. But the most interesting opportunity for peer-learning is to find out which policies and practices are predictive of success. For example, what are the practices that help reduce the effect of family background on learning outcomes in some countries while poverty seems to be destiny in others? How do some countries succeed in attracting the brightest teachers to the most challenging schools? When you have limited resources, is it better to pay teachers well or prefer smaller classes? The world is a wonderful laboratory and studying what other countries are doing and with what success can help you improve your education system.
The pandemic has created a learning gap among students across the world. In such a situation, how is it possible to nurture global potential, which the new ‘Pisa Global Capacity Report’ highlights?
In the post-pandemic context, it is even more important that students develop resilience, effective learning strategies, and openness to other approaches. But we first need more countries that take global potential seriously as a learning goal for students and systems. Without it, the lessons of the pandemic may be wasted. At the OECD, we’re trying to kick-start that conversation, which is why we participated in the Kudwa-Pisa Global Competition Forum in Dubai, where policymakers meet with experts and educators to discuss the challenges of improving global competency education. talked about.
You studied Physics in Germany and earned a degree in Mathematics and Statistics in Australia. How does studying STEM differ from country to country?
There are many ways in which learning differs across STEM subjects. In some countries, it is mainly about the acquisition of the subject matter. In other countries, there is a greater emphasis on implicit thinking skills, e.g., not only can you reproduce material knowledge, but can you think, design and experiment like a scientist or use those Can isolate questions that are not scientifically verifiable. , in some countries. There is a greater emphasis on the application of STEM skills in real-life or work-based contexts. Where countries differ the most is how much emphasis they place on ‘T’ and ‘E’ in STEM; In some countries technology is a major focus while in others much of the teaching is focused on academic learning in science and mathematics.
what does pisa mean
PISA is a worldwide study conducted by the OECD in member and non-member countries that aims to assess educational systems by measuring the academic performance of 15-year-old school students in mathematics, reading and science. The study was first conducted in 2000 and was repeated every three years. Its main objective is to provide comparable data to help countries improve their education policies and outcomes.