Maximising In-country Experiences

Maximising In-country Experiences

The Strategic Context

16 May, 2012

Chris Wardlaw, Deputy Secretary Strategy and Review Group

Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

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We can learn from other education systems (schools)

even though the contexts differ

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Top 2 levels (5 & 6) in maths proficiency PISA 2009

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Aspirational or minimum standards?•85% HK P3 students meet minimum standards in mathematics

•96% in Australia (NAPLAN)

•?

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2 further complacency busters1. Hong Kong topped PISA in Problem Solving in 2006

2. Shanghai students enjoyed reading more than any other 15 year olds (Shanghai topped reading in PISA)

But…

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Student Attitudinal FactorsConfidence in mathematics (Grade 8) (TIMSS)

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

% of Students confident inMath

International

Hong Kong

Japan

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Catching up: Learning from the best school systems in East Asia

• Provide high quality initial teacher education

• Provide mentoring that continually improves learning and teaching

• View teachers as researchers

• Use classroom observation

• Promote effective teachers and give them more responsibility for learning and teaching

Source: Grattan Institute

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Victoria as a Learning Community builds on earlier waves of reform

3 non-negotiable principles

•Local decision-making

•Engagement through choice

•Community ownership

Underpinning concepts

•Professional Trust

•Default Autonomy

Developing a learning community – the third wave of reform

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VLC – Five interrelated reform areasThe Goal

Student Outcomes

•Curriculum reform: ‘essential’, Victorian Baccalaureate, industry themed pathways

The Foundation

Order and Inclusion

•‘Orderly environment’, Alternative settings

The Driver

School innovation

•Culture, Discipline/Evidence

The Facilitator

School Partnerships

•School to school, School to DEECD, School to parent, School to community, School to other partners

The Context

Internationalising Education

•Languages, Outlook, Intercultural Understanding

India 56%China 53%

South Korea 53%

Indonesia 49%Burma 46%

Pakistan 42%

Iran 38%Afghanistan 37%

North Korea 30%

COLD

WARMNew Zealand 83%

Canada 80%

Germany 68%USA 67%

Japan 66%

4%

24%

5%

4%

5%

7%

3%

5%

17%

17%

1%

0%

1%

2%

3%

4%

5%

5%

5%

9%

12%

13%

13%

27%

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%

Damage to your values

Climate change

Oppression by your own government

Large scale nuclear war

Loss of energy resources

Epidemics or diseases

Another country attacking Aus/Ind

Another country promoting dissent inAus/Ind

The breakdown of law and order or socialharmony in Aus/Ind

Terrorist attack

Damage to your religion

The breakup of Aus/Ind

Australia Indonesia

Indonesians & Australians: main fear?

Source: Roy Morgan Research, August 2008

Indon No1 worry: Separatists. (And Aussie “meddling”)

Aussie No1 worry: Climate.(Not enough Indons care).

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Submissions to the White Paper on Australia in the Asian CenturyVictorian Government Submission AEF Submission

Internationalising Australian Industry•International education•Tourism and international travel and the flow of people •Food and agriculture•Investment attraction and foreign investment approval

Government policy settings and strategies required to ensure that Australian primary and secondary schooling adequately equips young Australians – andAustralia – for the Asian Century

Positioning Australia and Victoria globally•Strengthening national dialogue and action on trade, investment and Asia relations •Free Trade Agreements and other initiatives •Skilled migration

Cross-curriculum study of Asia – Asia literate Australian Curriculum

Building Strategic Relationships•The importance of economic and social links with Asia

Asian languages education

Developing Knowledge, Intercultural and Linguistic Expertise •Enhancing Australians’ and Victorians’ Asia literacy skills

Australia's Asia Literacy Action Plan, 2013-2025 – a bi-partisan long-term, national action plan for Asia literacy that includes three strategic interventions:•Ensure national coordination and collaboration of strategies•Build up the Asia capability of Australia's education workforce•Increase the value students, parents and the community place on Asia knowledge and Asian languages

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‘Asia literacy’

histories, geographies, societies, cultures, literatures and languages