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Education in Estonia: PISA & digital turn Mart Laanpere, PhD Senior researcher Centre for Educational Technology Tallinn University
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Education in Estonia:PISA & digital turn
Mart Laanpere, PhD
Senior researcher
Centre for Educational Technology
Tallinn University
Call me Mart
O I am third-generation mathematics teacher
O Principal of a rural K-12 school 1992 –1996
O Researcher in the Centre for Educational Technology, Tallinn University since 2003
O Research interests: digital competences, pedagogy-driven design of online learning environments, digital textbooks, online assessment, smart schoolhouse, learning analytics, didactics of informatics
mart.laanpere.eu
Population: 1.3 Million
Size: 45 227 km²
Capital: Tallinn
Language: Estonian
Ethnic Estonians: 69%
Member of EU: 2004
Currency: Euro (2011)
GDP per capita: 29 543 USD
Public debt: 9% of GDP
Unemployment: 6%
Exports: machinery 21%,
wood 9%, metals 9%,
furniture 7%, food 4%
INFORMATION SOCIETY INDICATORS
O Over 80% of families have at home computer
and broadband connection, independent to their
SES
O 95% of income tax declarations submitted
online, 99% bank transfers made online
O Online elections since 2005, over 30% e-voted
in 2015 parliamentary elections
O iBanking, eHealth, ePolice, ePrescription,
eSchool
O eResidency: https://e-estonia.com/e-residents
O Internet as a human right, free public wifi (500+
access points provided by municipalities) e-estonia.com
30%70%
Educational statistics (OECD)
Succes in OECD PISA2009
World / Europe
2012
World / Europe
2015
World / Europe
Maths 17 7 11 3-6 9 2
Reading 13 5 11 3-6 6 3
Science 9 2 6 2 3 1
The place of Estonia in the PISA ranking list (global and EU level)
PISA results 2015
O Results in Russian-speaking schools
have improved, but still lagging behind
O Gender differences: boys are much
worse in reading, but slightly better in
maths
O Equal opportunities: socio-economic
status does not affect the results, school
compensates
O The share of low-performing students is
the smallest in Europe
In addition
O Estonian pupils are the most active users of e-
school and school web site
O 90% of Estonian pupils feel content with their
life
O Only 14% on the level 5-6 in maths (55% in
Shanghai, yet OECD average is 8%)
O Students have generally positive attitude
towards school
O Qualified, but ageing teachers (avg 47 y),
radical gender imbalance among teachers
Explaining our success in PISA
O High autonomy of schools
O Highly qualified teachers
O Schools provide equal opportunities, no
difference between urban and rural
schools
O More books at home
O Metacognitive learning strategies applied
O Increase in educational expenditures
O Very few new immigrants
Your impressions?
O Based on your impressions today, how would
you explain the success of Estonian schools in
PISA? www.hm.ee/en/activities/statistics-and-analysis/pisa
O In case you are interested in comparing your
national curriculum with the Estonian one:
www.hm.ee/en/national-curricula
Digital turn in Estonian schoolsTowards 1:1 computing and new
learning paradigm
Technology generation shifts
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Old and new pedagogies
Tech
use
Pedagogical
capacity
Content knowledgeMaster required
content
Outcome:
Content
mastery
Old
New
Outcome:
Deep
learning
Teacher Pupil
Discover and master content together
Pedagogical
capacity
Create and use new
knowledge in the
world
Ubiquitous technology
(Fullan 2013)
Helsinki University: future classroom
Thank you!
O Questions?
O Evaluation form:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/Benchmarking16-17
Shortened: goo.gl/6EoGMq
