1. Objectives of the meeting Francesc Pedró

2. 2 Objectives of the NML Project  Demand side:  Define and observe what and who NML are  Compare their emergence in OECD countries  Analyse the educational challenges NML pose  Supply side:  Collect evidence on educational innovations  Discuss policy responses

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4. 4 Web 2.0

5. 5 Are they really challenging education? Millennial profiles Cognitive skills School practices Cultural patterns, lifestyles, values Educational expectations Short term effects: academic, social Long term effects

6. 6 Objectives of this meeting 1. Exploratory function:  What do we know?  Which are the most relevant issues?  Are there others? 2. Refine methodological approach 3. Contribute to networking opportunities for experts in the OECD area 4. Prepare an eventual OECD publication

7. 7 Cognitive skills development Social values and lifestyles Learning expectations Educational achievement

8. 8 Overarching issues 1. Are the NML a relevant phenomenon for educational policy-making? 2. Are our claims and analysis based on evidence?

9. 9 What’s more important? In studying foreign systems of Education we should not forget that the things outside the schools matter even more than the things inside the schools, and govern and interpret the things inside. Sir Michael Sadler, 1900

10. 10 The floor is open!