Andreas Schleicher Journalist Profile

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How to help disengaged teenagers learn

2 months ago | oecd.org | Rebecca Winthrop |Andreas Schleicher |Duncan Crawford

In this episode of the Top Class podcast, OECD Editor Duncan Crawford discusses strategies to help disengaged teenagers rediscover their passion for learning. Hear practical strategies to make education engaging for students who no longer see relevance in what they are learning.
Article: Solving the skills gap

Sep 28, 2024 | peoplematters.in | Andreas Schleicher

SkillingSkills have become the global currency of 21st-century economies. But this ‘currency’ depreciates rapidly - what's the way forward? Everywhere skills transform lives, generate prosperity and promote social inclusion. And if there is one lesson the global financial crisis had taught us in the late 2000s, then it is that we cannot simply bail ourselves out of economic turmoil, stimulate ourselves out of a recession or just print money our way out of a crisis.
Bessere Schulen - So geht Bildung für alle | Terra-X-Kolumne

Nov 5, 2023 | zdf.de | Andreas Schleicher

Andere Länder wie Portugal und Finnland machen es vor: Man kann Schulsysteme umbauen, so dass sie modern und gerecht werden. Das ist auch in Deutschland machbar. Wir sehen in der heutigen Gesellschaft, dass sich die Menschen wirtschaftlich, kulturell und politisch immer stärker polarisieren und voneinander unterscheiden. Umeine gemeinsame Grundlage für mehr Gerechtigkeit und gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt zu schaffen, gibt es nur eine Lösung: gute Bildung.
Bessere Schulen - So geht Bildung für alle | Terra-X-Kolumne

Nov 3, 2023 | zdf.de | Andreas Schleicher

Der Weg zum Bildungshimmel in Deutschland: Die Hoffnung an ein modernes und gerechtes Schulsystem sollten wir noch nicht aufgeben, denn es ist machbar! Wir sehen in der heutigen Gesellschaft, dass sich die Menschen wirtschaftlich, kulturell und politisch immer stärker polarisieren und voneinander unterscheiden. Umeine gemeinsame Grundlage für mehr Gerechtigkeit und gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt zu schaffen, gibt es nur eine Lösung: gute Bildung.
Without maths skills, people are excluded from society

Apr 17, 2023 | newstatesman.com | Andreas Schleicher

This opinion piece is part of a debate on whether maths should be the biggest priority in secondary education, based on the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s proposals to make maths compulsory up to age 18. Read the other side of the debate here. How a society develops and uses the knowledge and skills of its people is among the chief determinants of its prosperity. Mathematics plays a central role in this.
The state of education - one year into the pandemic

Mar 18, 2023 | teachermagazine.com | Andreas Schleicher

Few groups are less vulnerable to the Coronavirus than school children, but few groups have been more affected by the policy responses to contain this virus. The crisis has exposed the many inadequacies and inequities in our school systems – from the broadband and computers needed for online education, through the supportive environments needed to focus on learning, up to the failure to enable local initiative and align resources with needs.
Preparing learners for a pandemic, and a more uncertain world

Mar 18, 2023 | teachermagazine.com | Andreas Schleicher

If you ask 15-year-olds right now about a pandemic, most would probably respond they know something about it and could explain it at least in general terms. In 2018, before COVID-19 hit and when PISA (the Programme for International Student Assessment) conducted its last global assessment, that was different. In 2018, PISA asked students whether they were aware of global health issues such as pandemics.
Green at 15 - what schools can do to support the climate

Mar 18, 2023 | teachermagazine.com | Andreas Schleicher

‘Never before have the stakes been so high for the role of science education in shaping how people interact with the environment.
Don’t look up, look forward: How are global trends shaping education?

Mar 18, 2023 | teachermagazine.com | Andreas Schleicher

If you are a film buff or have opened your social media accounts lately; in fact, even if you have been living under a rock for the past month, you will have probably heard of the latest Netflix film Don’t Look Up. Equally acclaimed and obliterated by the audience and critics, this film tells the story of two scientists who discover a super-sized comet on a direct collision course with Earth, and face great difficulties in making themselves heard by politicians and the media.
Developing a lifelong learning mindset in students

Mar 18, 2023 | teachermagazine.com | Andreas Schleicher

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the disruption of face-to-face teaching in schools led to 1.6 billion students being forced to adapt to a more challenging alternative – remote schooling. While some students were able to keep up with the transition to remote learning, many others, particularly young and socioeconomically disadvantaged learners, experienced large learning losses.