Trends Shaping Education 2013.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational change.

Education--Social aspects.

Education.

Physical Description:

108 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : OECD Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What does it mean for education that our societies are increasingly diverse? How is global economic power shifting towards new countries? In what ways are the skills required in the world of work changing?. Trends Shaping Education 2013 brings together international evidence to give policy makers, researchers, educational leaders, administrators and teachers a robust, non-specialist source to inform strategic thinking and stimulate reflection on the challenges facing education, whether in schools, universities or programmes for older adults. It will also be of interest to students and the wider public, including parents. The trends presented are based on high-quality international data, primarily from the OECD, the World Bank and the United Nations. The charts contain dynamic links so that readers can access the original data. Trends Shaping Education 2013 is organised around five broad themes, each with its own "Find out more" section: A global world, Living well, Labour and skill dynamics, Modern families and Infinite connection.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Foreword

Executive Summary

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Trends Shaping Education 2013

Reader's Guide

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How to use this resource

Chapter 1. A global world

Migration and mobility

Figure 1.1. Increasing migration towards the developed world

Figure 1.2. More diverse communities with increasing numbers of international migrants

Pushing the boundaries

Figure 1.3. Moving around more: Increasing air transport of people and freight

Figure 1.4. Increasing passenger and freight transport by road and rail

Undeniably global

Figure 1.5. Growing importance of international trade

Figure 1.6. Increasing integration of trade and financial markets

A changing balance

Figure 1.7. China and India catching up

Figure 1.8. Traditional economic powers are still strong

Is our natural world at risk?

Figure 1.9. Biodiversity decreasing through ongoing deforestation world wide

Figure 1.10. Natural disasters becoming more commonplace

Think green

Figure 1.11. Greater efforts to conserve and protect natural resources

Figure 1.12. Investing in renewable energies

International divides of affluence and poverty

Figure 1.13. The widening gap between richer and poorer regions

Figure 1.14. Life expectancy on the rise but regional differences remain

Find out more

Chapter 2. Living well

Urban life and the rise of the megacity

Figure 2.1. More people living in cities

Figure 2.2. Redefining the megacity

Well-being in an urban landscape

Figure 2.3. Home alone: The rise in single-person households

Figure 2.4. Air quality improving in residential areas

Towards safer communities

Figure 2.5. More and more people in prison.

Figure 2.6. Safer roads, but are they safe enough?

War and peace

Figure 2.7. Military expenditure

Figure 2.8. Fewer people involved in the armed forces

Body and society: the weight of nations

Figure 2.9. Fit or fat?

Figure 2.10. Caloric intake is rising as weight rises

Investing in health

Figure 2.11. Rising health expenditure

Figure 2.12. People living longer, fewer premature deaths

The ballot box

Figure 2.13. Fewer people engaged in their democracies

Figure 2.14. Rates of voter registration down in some places, up elsewhere

Notes

Chpater 3. Labour and skill dynamics

Women in the workplace

Figure 3.1. More women at work

Figure 3.2. Wage inequalities persist, but improvements in some countries

The best of both worlds

Figure 3.3. A trade-off between family and career

Figure 3.4. More women working and also having a family

Skill supply and demand

Figure 3.5. Skills mismatch varies across countries

Figure 3.6. Unused skills may be more likely to atrophy

Knowledge economies

Figure 3.7. More investment in research and development

Figure 3.8. Becoming more knowledge intensive?

New ideas: patents and people

Figure 3.9. Productive research and development

Figure 3.10. Increasing numbers of people working in research and development

Flexible work?

Figure 3.11. Full-time work decreasing while part-time work rises

Figure 3.12. Number of salaried workers on the rise while self-employment decreases

Mind the gap

Figure 3.13. Growing income inequality in many countries

Figure 3.14. Increasing social expenditure

Note

Chapter 4. Modern families

Ageing societies

Figure 4.1. Median age going up into the next century

Figure 4.2. Old age dependency ratio climbing to a plateau

Love then marriage?.

Figure 4.3. Fewer married people

Figure 4.4. Increasing numbers of unmarried parents

Smaller families

Figure 4.5. Birth rates well down from the 1960s, but rising since 2000

Figure 4.6. Households getting smaller

Balancing the budget

Figure 4.7. Households with children are better off

Figure 4.8. Rising family expenditure

Infant and adolescent health

Figure 4.9. Fewer teenage pregnancies

Figure 4.10. Increasing prevalence of low-birth-weight babies

Great expectations

Figure 4.11. Child poverty still tending to rise

Figure 4.12. More students expect to attain more education than their parents

A late journey to parenthood

Figure 4.13. Starting parenthood later

Figure 4.14. Early childhood enrolments generally rising

Chapter 5. Infinite connection

Universal access?

Figure 5.1. More computers in schools

Figure 5.2. Computing becoming a more common part of the work environment

Exponential use of the internet

Figure 5.3. Internet expanding world wide

Figure 5.4. Global Internet activity rising exponentially

The world in your pocket

Figure 5.5. Mobile devices expanding, while use of fixed lines dwindles

Figure 5.6. Expanding use of mobile broadband

A digital society

Figure 5.7. Increasing engagement with online communities

Figure 5.8. Internet now a key medium for advertising

Local diversity

Figure 5.9. English becoming less dominant online as major sites increase multi-lingual content

Figure 5.10. Individuals engaging online in many different languages

Transforming our Internet

Figure 5.11. There's an App for that!

Figure 5.12. Virtual world increasingly up in the clouds

New connections, emerging risks

Figure 5.13. Cyber bullying: An emerging and troubling challenge

Figure 5.14. Internet fraud on the rise

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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

9789264188976

9264188975

OCLC:

922904594