Overview
Examines six system level reforms designed to improve instruction by expanding the depth and breadth of the curriculum
Includes examples of significant education reforms in contexts of financial austerity
Provides a comparative analysis of the implementation of deeper learning and 21st century education reforms
Reviews the main global developments that shaped policies of deeper learning and 21st century skills
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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About this book
This open access book is a comparative analysis of recent large scale education reforms that broadened curriculum goals to better prepare students for the 21st century. The book examines what governments actually do when they broaden curriculum goals, with attention to the details of implementation. To this end, the book examines system level reforms in six countries at various levels of development. The study includes system level reforms in jurisdictions where students achieve high levels in international assessments of basic literacies, such as Singapore and Ontario, Canada, as well as in nations where students achieve much lower levels, such as Kenya, Mexico, Punjab-Pakistan and Zimbabwe. The chapters examine system-level reforms that focus on strengthening the capacity to teach the basics, as in Ontario and Pakistan, as well as reforms that aim at building the capacity to teach a much broader set of competencies and skills, such as Kenya, Mexico, Singapore and Zimbabwe.
The volume includes systems at very different levels of spending per student and reforms at various points in the cycle of policy implementation, some just starting, some struggling to survive a governmental transition, and others that have been in place for an extended period of time. From the comparative study of these reforms, we aim to provide an understanding of how to build the capacity of education systems to teach 21st century skills at scale in diverse settings.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Implementing Deeper Learning and 21st Century Education Reforms
Book Subtitle: Building an Education Renaissance After a Global Pandemic
Editors: Fernando M. Reimers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57039-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021
License: CC BY
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-57038-5Published: 05 November 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-57041-5Published: 06 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-57039-2Published: 04 November 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 198
Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations
Topics: International and Comparative Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Curriculum Studies