Education & Innovation:

What do we need to know and do?

Thailand’s Education Leader Symposium (TELS) 2017, Bangkok, THAILAND

30th November 2017

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Stronger equityStrength of the relationship between achievement and family background (ESCS Index)

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• China

Stronger equityStrength of the relationship between achievement and family background (ESCS Index)

OECD, 2016

What do we know?Successful policies Unsuccessful policies

COLLABORATION

FLEXIBILITY

TRUST

PROFESSIONAL CAPITAL

PEDAGOGICAL

LEADERSHIP

COMPETITION

STANDARDISATION

TEST-BASED ACCOUNTABILITY

HUMAN CAPITAL

ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT

What should we do?

1

Strengthen equity

Equality vs. Equity

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B

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D

Fair allocation of resources

Health embedded in curriculum

Whole child approach

Individualised support and help to all

2

Invest in collaboration

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B

C

Advance co-operative learning in classrooms.

Build team-based school staff.

Enable school-to-school peer reviews.

3

Make well-being a priority

A

B

C

D

Embrace student voice.

Create student welfare team in your

school. Develop means to monitor well-

being.

Make recess and play a norm in school.

Unhappy high achievers Happy high achievers

Unhappy low achievers Happy low achievers

Student life satisfactionNational averages based on students’ reporting in PISA 2015 survey

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• Hong Kong• Taipei

• China

R2=0.21

Student life satisfactionNational averages based on students’ reporting in PISA 2015 survey

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Innovation logic in education

CHANGE

Innovation

Creativity

Risk-taking

Mutual trust

Safe school culture

THANK YOU!

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