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TWG Blog #2 PISA 2018 assessment of reading literacy

29/04/2020 Comments 0 Comment

The second ELINET blog is from the from TWG International Literacy Assessments on the topic PISA 2018 assessment of reading literacy: innovations and continuity by Dominique Lafontaine, member of the PISA reading expert group.
It starts like this: From print to digital reading
Between 2000 and 2018, reading underwent a tremendous transformation in our societies. When the first framework for PISA 2000 was developed, less than 2% of the world’s population used the Internet. Today, the Internet pervades the life of all citizens, in educational, professional or personal spheres. Laptops, tablets, and more recently smartphones make information available all the time. Today’s students need to be skilled with digital tools and need to develop new skills to deal with the increased complexity and quantity of information available online.… Read the rest

Elinet TWG Blog #1 International Literacy Assessments.

06/03/2020 Comments 0 Comment

Elinet wants to update you better by writing blogs, related to the TWG Topics.
The first blog is from Sari Sulkunen and Bill Brozo, Title: International Literacy Assessments
It starts like this: Whenever there is a release of the findings from a new PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) cycle, it triggers a barrage of responses from pundits, policy makers, researchers, and the public. The recent release of the results of the 2018 PISA cycle has been no different. Commendatory words for those at the top of the league tables or have demonstrated impressive score point increases; voices of doom and gloom for countries that have shown poor or declining performance; and resignation among the significant number of lowest achieving countries whose bottom of the table international rankings seem pre-ordained with each assessment cycle. … Read the rest

Key messages PISA and Beyond Conference December 9, 2019

18/12/2019 Comments 1 comment

Reported by Sari Sulkunen, board member Elinet. You can download the PDF version here

The Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture organized a one-day conference PISA and Beyond building on the publication of the new PISA results. The conference took place in Helsinki on December 9, 2019. The conference aimed to present the new PISA results and discuss what we can learn from them. Most of the participants came from European ministries and other governmental agencies.

OECD senior analyst Miyako Ikeda summarized the main results in PISA 2018. She pointed out that there have been no big changes in the OECD average for reading over the years while the spending on education has increased by at least 15 % during last 10 years. Top performers in reading in PISA 2018 come from economies in China and from Singapore.… Read the rest

CALL for contributions to ELINET’s Annual Topic 2020

18/12/2019 Comments 0 Comment

ELINET’s Annual Topic 2020: “Enhancing Digital Literacy Skills: Good Practices for Early and Primary Years Education”
at the 4^th Baltic Sea Conference on Literacy in Tallinn on January 18, 2020, from 11.30 to 17.30!

This CALL addresses all members of the ELINET Association and external experts to contribute to our Annual Topic (above).
We want to collect, exchange and analyze research and good practice examples on this topic – especially projects, reports and examples which are only available in national languages and need to be translated into English in order to reach out to the international community of literacy experts, researchers and practitioners.
This exchange will mainly be carried out by online media – our website, skype conferences, webinars – and shall lead to create a policy paper (position statement) addressing policymakers, practitioners and other stakeholders in this field.… Read the rest

Conference on History Teaching and Disciplinary Literacy June 4−5, 2020.

08/11/2019 Comments 0 Comment

Update: The Conference Making Sense of History scheduled for June 4-5, 2020 has been cancelled due to Covid-19.

Conference Making sense of history invites researchers, graduate students and practitioners interested in the pedagogy of history to submit proposals that address the learning and teaching history in schools, universities, and, more generally, society. The topics include (but are not limited to) historical thinking, skill-based history teaching, and disciplinary literacies in history.

Call for papers is open until January 12, 2020. For details, see http://hislit.fi/teho2020en/ The conference will be held at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, on June 4−5, 2020.

Conference on Language Education for Social Justice June 1−3, 2020

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Update The Language Education for Social Justice conference that was scheduled for June 2020 has been postponed due to Covid-19. The conference will take place from June 1-3, 2021 in Jyväskylä, Finland. All accepted papers, colloquia, workshops, roundtable discussions and rants will stay accepted, unless the participants prefer to cancel their presentation. Also all four keynote speakers have agreed to join us also in 2021. For details, see the website: https://sites.google.com/jyu.fi/lang-education-social-justice/home

Conference Language Education for Social Justice invites teachers, teacher educators, and researchers interested in language and education to come together in thinking about how to improve language education for all.

Call for papers in open until December 15, 2019. For details, see https://sites.google.com/jyu.fi/lang-education-social-justice/home

Conference is the 37th Conference of Applied Linguistics, and it will be held at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, on June 1−3, 2020.… Read the rest

PISA and Beyond Conference explores new PISA 2018 results

05/11/2019 Comments 0 Comment

The Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture has organised a conference building on the publication of the new PISA results in Helsinki on December 9th, 2019. See the report from Sari Sulkunen, board member Elinet.

The conference is called PISA and Beyond, and it aims to present the new PISA results and analyze what can be learnt from them. In the one-day conference OECD representatives as well as researchers working with PISA will present PISA results, with the special focus on literacy, inclusion and quality of teacher education.
Sari Sulkunen who has been a member in the PISA 2018 Reading Expert Group has represented ELINET.

The conference was invitation-based and it is organized on the behalf of Finland‘s Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

4th Baltic Sea Conference on Literacy and General Assembly Elinet

05/11/2019 Comments 0 Comment

The 4th Baltic Sea Conference on Literacy will take place 16-21 January, 2020 in Tallinn, Estonia. During the Baltic Sea Conference Elinet will held a General Assembly on Saturday. Please join us.

The conference “Searching for a Common Language” is focused on actual themes of literacy and multilingual education:

early literacy and intervention
literacy teachers and instruction
digital competences and literacy
literacy environments and libraries
equal access to literacy and support to students with special needs
lifelong development of literacy skills

Important dates: Late registration until 7 January, 2020

For more information, go to the events website at https://4bscl2020.ee

World Literacy Summit Oxford UK April 2020

05/11/2019 Comments 0 Comment

Update: due to Covid-19 this conference took place only online. The report of the Elinet contribution will be published soon.

‘Reading changes life’– this is the title of the World Literacy Summit, one of the largest world gatherings of international literacy and education specialists, held at Oxford University (UK) from April 5-8, 2020.

The Oxford Summit 2020 brings together 600 delegates among them NGO leaders, researchers, teachers, faculty members, librarians and the learners themselves from 85 countries (more than two thirds of the world) and 40.000 webinar users.
ELINET will be represented by Dorothee Gaile, Germany, ELINET member and expert for adolescent and disciplinary literacy.

Hosted biannually by the World Literacy Foundation, a leading international charity in the literacy sector, the World Literacy Summit deals with all dimensions of improving literacy levels across the globe.… Read the rest

ELINET Contributions to the European Conference on Literacy 2019

31/08/2019 Comments 0 Comment

You can see and download all the presentations of all ELINET contributions below. And the abstracts can be seen HERE.

Symposia

I) Lifelong Education of Adults facing new Cultural and Linguistic Challenges Monday, 5^th of August, 15.30 – 17.00 pm. Chairpersons: Aydin Durgunoğlu and Tiziana Mascia

J. Alamprese Adults going back to the workplace and learning new skills: Findings from research. Abt Associates, USA
Cristiano F., T. Mascia We and the others: the migrants who leave their country. Literacy projects to address cultural diversity and inclusion Centre for Books and Reading Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities; Free University of Bozen – Bolzano, Italy
Canturk, D. Asik, A. Sahinkaya, A. Durgunoğlu, E. Oztan Empowering young women not in education or employment.

… Read the rest