Adapting the Icelandic Education System to a Changing Environment. OECD Economics Department Working Papers No. 516

Autor/in	Suppanz, Hannes
Institution	Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
Titel	Adapting the Icelandic Education System to a Changing Environment. OECD Economics Department Working Papers No. 516
Quelle	(2006), (30 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
DOI	10.1787/418774783534
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Economic Development; Higher Education; Compulsory Education; Foreign Countries; Public Sector; Tuition; Educational Finance; Educational Change; Economic Climate; Educational Improvement; Expenditures; Educational Attainment; Expenditure per Student; Outcomes of Education; Curriculum Development; Educational Quality; Teacher Evaluation; Competence; Graduation Rate; Educational Legislation; Rural Areas; Labor Market; Scores; Mathematics Achievement; Immigration; Educational Environment; Educational Technology; Computer Uses in Education; Student Evaluation; Iceland; Program for International Student Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Schulpflicht; Ausland; Öffentlicher Sektor; Unterweisung; Unterricht; Bildungsfonds; Bildungsreform; Wirtschaftslage; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Ausgaben; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Teacher appraisal; Lehrerbeurteilung; Kompetenz; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Unterrichtsmedien; Computernutzung; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Island
Abstract	This paper reviews Iceland's performance in skills accumulation against the backdrop of a rapidly changing economic environment and discusses directions for further improvements. Since the late 1990s, the government has considerably raised expenditure on education, which is now among the highest in the OECD relative to GDP. Nonetheless, Iceland continues to have one of the largest shares of those in the working age population who have not attained upper secondary or higher qualifications, and educational achievements of 15-year olds are not outstanding relative to the country's advanced state of economic development. This is all the more unsatisfactory because spending per student in the compulsory education sector exceeds the OECD mean considerably, even after controlling for differences in per capita GDP. Measures to improve outcomes include curriculum adjustments and an enhancement of teaching evaluation and quality. While ensuring that students acquire a satisfactory basic set of competencies, there is room for reducing the average duration of primary and secondary education, which is quite long by international comparison. In contrast to upper secondary attainment, that for the tertiary sector is above the OECD average, and higher education has to cope with an enormous rise in participation. With a view to maintaining quality in the face of these developments, the government has introduced legislation that is welcome. However, it does not address the issue of tuition fees, which are authorised in the private but not in the public sector. (A bibliography is included. Contains 6 figures, 1 box, and 9 tables.) [This paper is based largely on material from the OECD Economic Survey of Iceland published in August 2006 under the authority of the Economic and Development Review Committee (EDRC).] (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10