The Countdown to Defining What Counts: Measurement and Education Post-2015 By Robert Palmer
By Robert Palmer, NORRAG. This blog is the 4th in a series of post-2015 reflection blogs (see blog 1, 2,and 3 here);... Read More
An Open Invitation to the Technical and Vocational Skills Community: It’s Time to Gate-Crash the Post-2015 Party By Robert Palmer
By Robert Palmer, NORRAG. This blog is the third in a series of post-2015 reflection blogs (see blog 1 and 2 here);... Read More
Education Post-2015: Recurring Themes By Robert Palmer
By Robert Palmer, NORRAG. This is the second blog in a series of post-2015 reflection blogs (see first blog here); a synthesis... Read More
Education Post-2015: What Destination, Whose Journey? By Robert Palmer
By Robert Palmer, NORRAG. Since NORRAG’s first blog on post-2015 back in June 2012 we have had almost 100 blogs around post-2015/beyond-2015;... Read More
Transfer of the Dual System of Vocational Education to Developing Countries – Help or Hindrance for Development? Reflections from an Austrian Perspective By Margarita Langthaler
By Margarita Langthaler, Austrian Research Foundation for International Development. Currently, there is much talk about why youth unemployment rates in Austria, as... Read More
Education Diplomacy - Towards a Common Understanding By Katharina Hone
By Katharina Hone, DiploFoundation. Many of the participants in the Education Diplomacy Day in Geneva in October pointed out that they were not sure... Read More
The Challenges of Promoting Transfer of the Dual Model of Vocational Training in International Cooperation By Markus Maurer
By Markus Maurer, Zurich University of Teacher Education. In today’s highly globalised world it would be surprising if governments and their experts,... Read More
Without Theory, there are only Opinions By Roger Dale
By Roger Dale, University of Bristol. The phrase ‘without data you’re just another person with an opinion’ which has been frequently uttered... Read More
Are Brazilians Masochists? Why do they Insist on PISA? By Claudio de Moura Castro
By Claudio de Moura Castro, Positivo, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Kenneth King, NORRAG NEWS’ editor, has asked me why Brazilians insist on participating... Read More
The Global Influence of the OECD in International Education Policies By Simone Bloem
By Simone Bloem, Université Paris Descartes/University of Bamberg. The OECD is the co-ordinator of what some claim is currently the most important... Read More