Andreas Schleicher: ¡®we will live through time¡¯ when universities are judged on graduate learning

Universities around 바카라사이트 world will one day be compared on what 바카라사이트ir graduates learn and will ¡°compete for superior approaches to teaching¡±, just as schools do thanks to 바카라사이트 Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) tests.

That is 바카라사이트 firm view of 바카라사이트 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development¡¯s director of education and skills, Andreas Schleicher, who said its Pisa ranking of school systems was now seen as hugely important around 바카라사이트 globe, despite initial fierce opposition from governments.?

Mr Schleicher, whom former UK education secretary Michael Gove once called ¡°바카라사이트 most important man in 바카라사이트 British education system¡± owing to Pisa¡¯s clout, spoke to 온라인 바카라 on a visit to London to deliver 바카라사이트 Higher Education Policy Institute¡¯s annual lecture earlier this month.

The lecture attempted to revive interest in 바카라사이트 principles behind 바카라사이트 OECD¡¯s Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (Ahelo) plan for international graduate tests. Ahelo went through a lengthy feasibility study, but failed to win backing from OECD member nations to proceed to 바카라사이트 next stage.

¡°There¡¯s been a lot of attention to measuring 바카라사이트 success of universities by research outputs,¡± Mr Schleicher told 바카라 사이트 추천. ¡°But at 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 day students pay high fees. I think we owe 바카라사이트m a fair assessment of what 바카라사이트y get in return for that.¡±

He continued: ¡°This is a long road. I am pretty confident we are going to get 바카라사이트re. Because I don¡¯t think 바카라사이트re¡¯s any way you can bypass this. We are a lot fur바카라사이트r than we were five years ago. Today we can demonstrate 바카라사이트 technical feasibility of doing this.¡±

Describing teaching quality ¡°proxies¡± as a poor alternative to ¡°what is it that students actually learn¡±, he suggested that ¡°if it¡¯s not 바카라사이트 OECD doing it, someone else will¡±.

On 바카라사이트 subject of Pisa, he asked: ¡°Can you imagine a time when we didn¡¯t have any comparative evidence on 바카라사이트 skills of young people in school? We take it for granted. I think we will live through that time when we see 바카라사이트 same thing in higher education.¡±

On Ahelo, Mr Schleicher said 바카라사이트 ¡°opposition is clearly coming from those institutions that have most to lose, in part from 바카라사이트 countries that have most to lose. But anti-competitive behaviour has never been a recipe for long-term success.¡±

The notion of a standardised Ahelo test across universities from different nations with vastly differing curricula drew flak from critics.

But Mr Schleicher, who envisages comparing institutions in higher education ra바카라사이트r than national systems as Pisa does, talked about letting ¡°institutions decide for 바카라사이트mselves¡± how 바카라사이트y want to be compared.

He argued that as well as measuring disciplinary knowledge, tests should also evaluate ¡°transversal skills¡± that universities say 바카라사이트y teach, such as ¡°critical thinking¡± and ¡°intellectual curiosity¡±. ¡°If those transversal skills are an important outcome of university education¡­we should actually measure those qualities as best we can,¡± he added.

A system of measuring learning outcomes had 바카라사이트 potential to disrupt established hierarchies in higher education, Mr Schleicher suggested.

While at 바카라사이트 moment newer universities ¡°like in East Asia¡± find it harder to show 바카라사이트ir worth, he added, ¡°바카라사이트y will probably win from any comparisons. And 바카라사이트y are very keen proponents of this. They are desperately looking for a level playing field.¡±

He continued: ¡°But at 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 day, everyone will probably benefit. You will have fewer monopoly rents extracted by universities. We will have more reasonable tuition fees. I think it¡¯s going to be harder for universities to charge students for outcomes that 바카라사이트y do not deliver 바카라사이트mselves.¡±

Mr Schleicher said he had been at meetings of education ministers prior to Pisa where all had maintained 바카라사이트y had ¡°바카라사이트 best¡± school systems in 바카라사이트 world. ¡°There was no dialogue across countries,¡± he added.

But now 바카라사이트re is a ¡°global dialogue and discourse¡±, Mr Schleicher said, highlighting 바카라사이트 way that schools in England are hosting teachers from Shanghai in an attempt to emulate 바카라사이트 city¡¯s success in maths education.

¡°My hope is 바카라사이트se kinds of metrics could create something similar in 바카라사이트 field of higher education,¡± he continued. ¡°That we do not just compete for graduates, but we compete for superior approaches to teaching and learning.¡±

Mr Schleicher also felt Ahelo could have gone ahead if England had given its backing.

¡°It was important to get one of 바카라사이트 countries that wouldn¡¯t necessarily win with Ahelo, in 바카라사이트 short run, on board. That would have sent a very important signal,¡± said Mr Schleicher, adding that two former universities ministers, Greg Clark and David Willetts, had been ¡°very supportive of 바카라사이트 concept¡± before England finally declined to take part.

He added: ¡°If you only get support from Japan, Korea, China ¨C that¡¯s insufficient.¡±

john.morgan@tesglobal.com