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Education in Estonia:PISA & digital turn
Mart Laanpere, PhDSenior research fellow
Centre for Educational TechnologyTallinn University
Call me MartO I am third-generation mathematics
teacherO Principal of a rural K-12 school 1992
– 1996O 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
Estonia: facts & figuresO Population: 1,3 millionO Tallinn: 450 000O Area: larger than
the NetherlansO Estonian is the mother
tongue: 65%O In NATO: since 2003O In EU: since 2004O In Schengen: since 2007O EURO currency: since 2011O 520 K-12 schools, 14 000
teachers, 148 000 pupils
Teacher’s salary
PISA results2006
World / Europe
2009World / Europe
2012World / Europe
Maths 14 6 17 7 11 3-6
Reading 13 8 13 5 11 3-6
Science 5 2 9 2 6 1-2
PISA results 2012O 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 additionO Estonian pupils are the most active users
of e-school and school web siteO Only 66% of Estonian pupils feel happy
at schoolO Only 14% on the level 5-6 in maths (55%
in Shanghai)O Students have generally positive attitude
towards schoolO Qualified, but ageing teachers (avg 47 y),
radical gender imbalance among teachers
Explaining our success in PISA
O High autonomy of schoolsO Highly qualified teachersO Schools provide equal opportunities,
no difference between urban and rural schools
O More books at homeO Metacognitive learning strategiesO Increase in educational expendituresO Very few new immigrants
Teacher education in EstoniaO Initial teacher education: on the Masters’ level,
120 ECTS (incl. thesis)O Tallinn University and University of Tartu are the
largest providers, others are teacher colleges in Narva, Rakvere, Haapsalu, also music and arts academies as well as Tallinn University of Technology
O Successful “Teach First” programme O In-service teacher education: teachers are
expected to attend 160 hrs within 5 years, funded by MoER
O A dedicated 80 hrs programme “Teacher of the Future” based on ISTE NETS-T digital competences
Teacher education: innovationO Centres of educational innovation in Tallinn
& TartuO Curricula renewed to meet the new
teachers’ professional qualification standard, more and earlier practice in schools
O Experimental curriculum for science teachers
O New portal eDidaktikum.ee, created by the consortium of teacher education institutions
O Educational technology: DigiTurn programme for school teams in TLU, sponsored by Samsung
O Digital textbooks, eSchoolbag platform
MA Programme: Ed. TechnologyO Intake: 15 experienced teachers enroll every year,
based on competence-based e-portfolioO Envisaged jobs: educational technologist, technology
integration specialist, instructional designer, HRDO Blended learning: blog-based Personal Learning
Environment + contact hours: every second weekendO Duration: 2 years, 120 ECTSO Structure: general courses 8 ECTS, specialisation
courses 66 ECTS, free electives 16, thesis 30 ECTSO Instructional design; Learning environments; Digital
learning resources; Knowledge management; Innovation management; Learning analytics …
Your impressionsO Based on your impressions today,
how would you explain the success of Estonian schools in PISA?
O In case you are interested in comparing your national curriculum with the Estonian one: https://www.hm.ee/en/national-curricula
Digital turn in Estonian schoolsTowards 1:1 computing and new
learning paradigm
IEA SITES 2006-2008
Technology generation shiftsIn
shop
In sc
hool ?
National ICT strategies for education in Estonia
O 1986: Juku computers, programming is the second literacy for a citizen of the Soviet Union!
O 1997: Tiger Leap: school computerisationO 2001: Tiger Leap+, ICT integrationO 2006: DigiTiger, e-learningO 2012: learning and teaching in the digital
ageO 2014: National strategy for lifelong learning,
digital turn towards 1:1 computing & BYOD
Action plan for Digital TurnO Digital turn in formal education system: digital
culture into curricula, bottom-up innovation, sharing good practice, educational technologists in schools
O Digital learning resources: digital textbooks, OER, quality management, recommender systems
O Digital infrastructure for learning : 1:1 computing, BYOD, interoperable ecosystem of services, mobile clients, school-wide digital turn (first in 20 pilot schools, then in others)
O Digital competences of teachers and students: competence models, self-assessment tools, mapping with course offerings and accreditation procedures, updating initial teacher education curricula
Old and new pedagogiesTech usePedagogica
l capacityContent
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)
Configurations of digital textbook 2.0
Planetary systemmodel
Linuxmodel
Legomodel
Stabile
coreDynamic core
No core at all
Experiences from Samsung Digital Turn project
O Whole-school digital turn: focus on change management and pedagogical innovation (Fullan)
O Every school found their own focus (20 schools)O Learners as creators: Kahoot, Geocaching, Digital
storytelling, learner-created textbooksO Systemic and sustainable change: formative
assessment with e-portfoliosO Leadership: digital language immersion, regional
leadO Digital maturity self-assessment tool, peer-
assessment between schools
Helsinki University: future classroom
Thank you!O Questions?