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De nye PISA-målinger viser et bekymrende fald i danske skoleelevers matematikkompetencer. En del af løsningen kan være toårige forskningsbaserede og praksisrettede kompetenceudviklingsforløb for matematiklærere og -vejledere på alle grundskoler,…

Lifelong learning should be the political response to the international financial crisis. A surge in unemployment will create a massive demand for further - and postvocational education. But who will pick up the bill in the middle of a recession?

- But are they more educated?

On their 1979 album "The Wall", Pink Floyd famously sang "We don't need no education". Surprisingly, they might have had a good point. We already have more than enough skills and education than most of us need in our jobs. The assumption that we are…

Since 2001, more than £ 5 billion have been allocated to the development of literacy, numeracy and ESOL education in an attempt to prevent that 20% of the UK population would lack relevant skills in the emerging knowledge economy. But new findings…

The International Alliance of Leading Education Institutes is the world's first think-tank on education. The aim is to produce new insights and recommendations on educational matters - much like what the World Economic Forum does on economic…

"Even in grade school, people must not just acquire knowledge but acquire knowledge about how to acquire knowledge. You can't just learn - you have to learn how to learn."

What are the first three words that spring to mind when you hear 'lifelong learning'?

Danmarks Pædagogiske Universitetsskole (DPU), Aarhus Universitet, lancerer et nyt forskningsprogram for Fagdidaktik, der sætter fokus på aspekter inden for undervisning, læring og uddannelse. Fag og faglighed skal diskuteres på nye måder, og derfor…

BEIJING, P.R. CHINA
Vice Minister Zhang Xinsheng, Ministry of Education

Vice Minister Zhang Xinsheng gave a speech at the ASEM Conference in Beijing, on 27 November 2008. The following was modified from the recorded version.