1. BIA Chapter III Education
M.Heidmets
Pärnu,

2. Education: trends and challenges
Chapter III will concentrate on developments of the educational system and practices in Baltic countries during last 20 years. Common and particular trends in three countries will be examined and compared to the other countries in the Baltic Sea region and EU in general. The chapter will include three subchapters:
Historical perspective: story of reforms during 20 years (about 25%)
Current situation and development trends: data-based comparative analysis (60%)
Challenges for future (15%)
Authors: V.Ruus, A.Kangro, M.Heidmets, A.Matulionis, R. Eamets

3. Historical perspective/reforms
An historical perspective – an overview and comparison of main changes in educational legislation, policy and practice since Main dimensions to be comapred:
New legislation and structural reforms (out of red corner, liberalization, emerging private sector ...
Curricula reform ...
Quality system (state examinations, international comparision, accreditaion , accountability ...
Reform of the russian-language schools ...
Governance and financing schemes (university autonomy, reform of the Academy of Sciences ...

4. Comparative analysis
Current situation: comparative analysis - analysis based on indicators of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian education in an International context, including the following dimensions:
Institutional context: school types, landscape of educational institutions
Participation: enrolment, educational attainment, dropout, school leavers
participation in lifelong learning
Level of knowledge: PISA, TIMSS, Civic , PIAC...
Subjective reflections: satisfaction of teachers and pupils/students
Status of teachers
ICT development
International and language dimension???: minority education, student mobility
Education and labour market. Employability, education and unemployment trends, in-service training
Periodization of the development. Does the mid 1990s Baltic collpase have shaped education?

5. Future
Challenges for future – comparative analysis of current issues, emerging trends and future strategies in a field of education in three countries.
Joint Baltic efforts in a field of education – PhD programmes ...
Is there something like Baltic knowledge-based society?
Future scenarios: shift towards more regulated educational sector, education and immigration/emigration, instruction language ...

6. Sources
Sources: national educational statistics, analyses and surveys, Key Data on Education in Europe, EU strategies and benchmarks, OECD Education at Glance, Global Education Digest, PISA and IEA studies, An index of child well-being in European Union ...