1. A-801 Monday Section 1 WED., 26 TH S EPTEMBER, 2012 11- 12.30 P. M

2. Roadmap for today House keeping In the news… Cross comparative studies Questions/AOB 2

3. Housekeeping - 3 Office hr. slots – make use Guest in class this Friday Resources being sent out – also use the resources wiki Wiki – don’t delete if an entry’s already made!! Conference – 25 th Jan. Maybe the 24 th as well

4. In the news… UNSG’s Education First Initiative http://globaleducationfirst.org/index.html So what does the SG have to say?

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6. Where are we- Contextualized transfers. What is the business of policy about? What have we learnt from comparative cross national studies so far. What do they not tell us? Why education? Education & development as a HR – marginalized sections 6

7. Make your pitch 45 sec. – 1 min. What is the problem? How do you know it’s a problem? Why is it worth while paying attention to this problem? http://www.online-stopwatch.com/full- screen-stopwatch/

8. International Civic & Citizenship Study (ICCS) 2009 “The purpose of the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) is to investigate, in a range of countries, the ways in which young people are prepared and consequently ready and able to undertake their roles as citizens.” (ICCS 2009 Technical Report)

9. ICCS details ICCS 2009 assessed students enrolled in the eighth grade (provided that the mean age at the time of testing was at least 13.5 years) Participating Countries - Austria, Belgium (Flemish), Bulgaria, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Thailand.

10. ICCS details ICCS 2009 assessed students enrolled in the eighth grade (provided that the mean age at the time of testing was at least 13.5 years) Participating Countries - Austria, Belgium (Flemish), Bulgaria, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Poland, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Thailand.

11. ICCS Qs 11 What are the domains measured? Pg. 16-22 - http://www.iea.nl/fileadmin/user_upload/Publicati ons/Electronic_versions/ICCS_2009_Framework.p df [ICCS 2009 ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK] http://www.iea.nl/fileadmin/user_upload/Publicati ons/Electronic_versions/ICCS_2009_Framework.p df Why do you think certain countries self-selected into participating?

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17. ICCS Asia 17 Participating countries –

18. ICCS Asia 18 Data Collection -

19. ICCS Asia 19 How different are these countries?

20. ICCS Asia 20 How is civic ed. Taught in these countries?

21. ICCS Asia 21 So what did the study find?

22. ICCS Asia 22 Findings – Think about what this says re. Asia as a region? The countries that participated in this? What does it NOT tell us?

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