Virtual launch of the results from the 2023 Survey of Adult Skills
10 December 2024 | 11:00-12:30 CET
The survey provides a comprehensive overview of adults' literacy, numeracy, and adaptive problem solving skills – skills that are fundamental for personal, economic, and societal development. These skills provide the foundation for access to employment, higher wages and continuous learning, while enabling individuals to navigate the complexities of their personal and civic lives.
A total of 31 countries and economies, mostly OECD members, participated in the 2023 survey. As 27 of these countries also participated in the previous cycle of the Survey of Adult Skills, the data provided valuable insights into how literacy and numeracy skills have evolved over the past decade.
The event, being held in collaboration with the Department for Education (England), Verian and the UK National Foundation for Education Research, will provide an overview of key international findings from the OECD’s flagship study. Presentations will be followed by a Q&A panel session.
International Conference on AI in Work, Innovation, Productivity and Skills
12-13 December 2024
Discover how AI is transforming the workplace at the OECD International Conference on AI in Work, Innovation, Productivity and Skills, happening on 12–13 December 2024. Featuring 10+ live sessions, this event brings together leading voices from policy, business, academia and civil society to discuss AI’s impact on employment, skills and innovation.
Join us as we explore critical topics such as AI’s role in enhancing productivity, its diffusion across sectors and its opportunities and risks for workers. Sessions will also explore the future of training systems for AI adoption, the use of AI in public employment services, the intersection of AI and competition and managing high-stakes exams in the Age of AI.
This conference is your chance to engage with experts and peers on how policy can adapt to ensure AI benefits everyone in the workplace.
Global Forum Education for the Future Challenges to Curriculum Design and Effective Implementation
December 16-17 2024 | Warsaw Poland
Join us in Warsaw, December 16 and 17 for this Global Forum to exchange experiences across the OECD countries regarding the design and implementation of effective curricula.
How to include the issues of migration, digitalising education, children with special needs? How to support teacher development? How to ensure equity, diversity, inclusion, empowerment and digitalisation?
On the agenda, there are high-level discussions on the effectiveness of the curricula to secure social development and influence the shape of the future workforce. Speakers, who include current and former ministers of education, specialists on curriculum design and implementation, education experts and researchers in the field, will share insights on evidence-based curriculum design and its implementation. Practical sessions on inclusive education, multicultural and multilingual pedagogies, digitalisation of education, student agency and professional development of educators will allow best practice sharing.
Education Policy Outlook 2024 Reshaping Teaching into a Thriving Profession from ABCs to AI
This report presents a policy roadmap to help education systems balance the supply and demand for quality teaching in these changing times. Drawing on responses from 33 education systems to the Education Policy Outlook National Survey for Comparative Analysis, as well as additional evidence, the report outlines current challenges and key factors in their interplay.
This volume of PISA examines the readiness of students to engage with learning strategies, to be motivated to learn and to be confident in their abilities and in their capacity to improve their skills and knowledge.
The findings emphasise the need for targeted interventions to foster motivation and lifelong learning skills for all students, particularly among disadvantaged and low-performing students.
Tired, stressed and burnt out: strategies to support teacher well-being and healthy working environments
Every year, countless teachers face stress-related illnesses and burnout. While some manage to keep going, often at a reduced capacity, others leave the profession entirely.
In this episode of Top Class, the CEO of mental health and well-being charity Education Support Sinéad McBrearty and Pedro De Bruyckere, the head of Leerpunt in Flanders in Belgium, a knowledge broker in education, speak to OECD Editor Duncan Crawford about practical strategies to create sustainable and supportive environments for teachers.
