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| PEDA4025-1 | Evaluation of educational systems by international surveys
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Lecturer : | Christian Monseur |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester |
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Course contents :
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| This course aims to familiarize students with international surveys on achievement in education. The ultimate objective is to convince students to contextualize the interpretation of the results in the methodological context of the surveys.
The OECD PISA 2003 Initial Report (Learning for Tomorrow's World: first results from PISA 2003. OECD, 2004) will be the basis of the course.
Before each lecture, students are invited to carefully read a chapter of the report. A particular attention will be given to the understanding of the statistical tools. During the seminar, students will ask their questions. The professor will then expose a critic of the chapter. |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| This course aims at:
1.Understanding the methodology of international surveys in education and identifying the potential effect of the methodology on the surveys results;
2. Differentiating from a methodological point of view the OECD PISA surveys and the IEA surveys such as PIRLS or TIMSS and discussing the consequences of the differences on the results;
3. Understanding and describing the major statistical tools used in the OECD/PISA and IEA reports;
4. Reading and interpreting tables and figures;
5. Detecting over-interpretations;
6. Discussing potential biases that might explain some results. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| None |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Group works and talk |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face to face |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Initial report of PISA 2003 |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Students have to demonstrate, though the written examination, their capability to interpret in a critical way results of international surveys in education .
Students can bring any material with them for the written examination |
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Work placement(s) :
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| None |
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Organizational remarks :
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| None |
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Contacts :
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| Christian Monseur
++ 32 4 366 20 95
cmonseur@ulg.ac.be |
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