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TALIS 2018: SUPPORTING THE TEACHING
PROFESSION IN A CHANGING WORLD FIRST RESULTS AND KEY MESSAGES FOR
KAZAKHSTAN IN AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Karine Tremblay, OECD, TALIS Senior Analyst and Team Leader
NIS XI annual International Research-to-Practice Conference
Teachers changing the world of schooling
Nur-Sultan, 24-25 October 2019
Global trends shape and challenge our education systems…
International trade & global economic
integration
The digital society and changing
skills demands
Rising inequality challenging social
contract, citizenship and democracies
Migration and more diverse communities
Climate change fueling natural
disasters
Peace and security
Ageing and new family models
VUCA world Complexity and pace of change
→ Education is at the heart of any response to this context.
It needs to equip future generations to thrive in this challenging context
What does all this mean for students?Preparing them for their future, not our past…
The kind of things that are easy to teach are now easy to automate, digitize or outsource
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Mean task input in percentiles of 1960 task
Nonroutine interpersonal
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What are the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values that students will need to thrive in the future?
• Teaching = an increasingly complex job– Content and pedagogical knowledge as core
– New challenges: integrate horizontal skills: critical thinking, complex problem solving, innovation, creativity, socio-emotional skills…
– Growing emphasis on character building, values and civic education
– Need to manage more diverse classrooms in many countries
• Requires a profound transformation of education systems and teaching methods, which will involve – Effective preparation of new teachers
– But also embracing a mindset of continuing professional learning for those already in the profession
What implications for teachers and teaching?
• Education research/learning science bring new insights on pedagogies
• Technology is changing fast…
And these are only some of the trends impacting teachers…
The race between technology and education…
Industrial revolution
Technology
Education
Social painUniversal
public schooling
Digital revolution
Social pain
Prosperity
Prosperity
Inspired by “The race between technology and education” Pr. Goldin & Katz (Harvard)
System transformations needed for future-readiness
Routine cognitive skills Complex ways of thinking, complex ways of doing,collective capacity and student agency
Some students learn at high levels (sorting) All students need to learn at high levels
Student inclusion
Curriculum, instruction and assessment
Standardisation and compliance High-level professional knowledge workers
Teacher quality
‘Tayloristic’, hierarchical Flat, collegial
Work organisation
Primarily to authorities Primarily to peers and stakeholders
Accountability
PAST - bureaucratic system FUTURE - enabling system
TALIS 2018 3rd cycle with 48 participants worldwide
*Note: TALIS is administered for a sub-national entity only in the following countries: Argentina
(Buenos Aires), Canada (Alberta), China (Shanghai) and the United Kingdom (England).
This map is for illustrative purposes and is without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty
over any territory covered by this map.
TALIS 2008 and 2013-14
TALIS 2018 new systems
TALIS 2008
70,000 teachers in 4,500 schools
TALIS 2013
150,000 teachers in 9,500 schools
TALIS 2018
260,000 teachers
in 15,000 schools
representing more
than 8 millions
teachers across 48
countries
Teacher professionalism as the
overarching framework for TALIS 2018
The quality of a school system cannotexceed the quality of its teachers andprincipals…
…and the quality of teachers andprincipals cannot exceed the quality oftheir education, their opportunities tocollaborate and develop and the qualityof their working conditions.
Teacher professionalism as the
overarching framework for TALIS 2018Five pillars in TALIS
Professionalism
Knowledgeand skills
Career opportunities
Collaborativeculture
Responsibility and autonomy
Prestige
A comparatively young teaching workforcewith balanced demographics…
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Motivation for the job: Teaching 1st career choice for ¾ of Kazakh teachers
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Most teachers believe that the students’ well-being is important
Teachers and students usually get on well with each other
Most teachers are interested in what students have to say
If a student needs extra assistance, the school provides it
Teachers can rely on each other
Percentage of teachers who "agree" or "strongly agree" with the following statements about what happens in their school (OECD average-31)
%
Table I.3.46
Good relations and school climate in Kazakhstan, but insufficient focus on student well-being
Fig I.3.12
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school safety incidents… or lack awareness!
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Participation in professional development activities
Percentage of teachers who participated in professional development activities in the 12 months prior to the survey%
94%
98%
Participation in professional development for teachers and need for it in the OECD
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Knowledge and understanding of my subject field(s)
Pedagogical competencies in teaching my subject field(s)
Student assessment practices
Knowledge of the curriculum
ICT skills for teaching
Student behaviour and classroom management
Teaching cross-curricular skills
Analysis and use of student assessments
Approaches to individualised learning
Teaching students with special needs
Teacher-parent/guardian co-operation
School management and administration
Teaching in a multicultural or multilingual setting
Communicating with people from different cultures or countries
Topic was included in professional development activities
High level of need for professional development in the topic %
Percentage of teachers for whom… / who report…
Fig I.5.6
Participation in professional development for teachers and need for it in Kazakhstan
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Knowledge and understanding of my subject field(s)
Pedagogical competencies in teaching my subject field(s)
Student assessment practices
Knowledge of the curriculum
ICT skills for teaching
Student behaviour and classroom management
Teaching cross-curricular skills
Analysis and use of student assessments
Approaches to individualised learning
Teaching students with special needs
Teacher-parent/guardian co-operation
School management and administration
Teaching in a multicultural or multilingual setting
Communicating with people from different cultures or countries
Topic was included in professional development activities
High level of need for professional development in the topic %
Percentage of teachers for whom… / who report…
Fig I.5.6
Fig I.5.14
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Professional development conflicts with the teacher's workschedule
There are no incentives for participating in professionaldevelopment
Professional development is too expensive
There is no relevant professional development offered
Do not have time because of family responsibilities
There is a lack of employer support
Do not have the pre-requisites
Kazakhstan: Teachers
Kazakhstan: Principals
Percentage of teachers and principals reporting the following barriers to their participation in professional development
%
Barriers to participation in
professional development
Principals’ views on shortages of school resources that hinder quality instruction in the OECD
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
Shortage of support personnel
Shortage of teachers with competence in special needs students
Shortage or inadequacy of time for instructional leadership
Shortage or inadequacy of physical infrastructure
Shortage or inadequacy of time with students
Shortage or inadequacy of instructional space
Shortage or inadequacy of digital technology for instruction
Shortage of qualified teachers
Shortage of teachers with competence in a multicultural setting
Insufficient Internet access
Shortage or inadequacy of necessary materials to train vocational skills
Shortage of teachers with competence in disadvantaged students
Shortage or inadequacy of library materials
Shortage of vocational teachers
Shortage or inadequacy of instructional materials
OECD average-30
Percentage of principals reporting that the following shortages of resources hinder the school's capacity to provide quality instruction "quite a bit" or "a lot"
%
Fig I.3.15
Principals’ views on shortages of school resources that hinder quality instruction in Kazakhstan
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45
Shortage of support personnel
Shortage of teachers with competence in special needs students
Shortage or inadequacy of time for instructional leadership
Shortage or inadequacy of physical infrastructure
Shortage or inadequacy of time with students
Shortage or inadequacy of instructional space
Shortage or inadequacy of digital technology for instruction
Shortage of qualified teachers
Shortage of teachers with competence in a multicultural setting
Insufficient Internet access
Shortage or inadequacy of necessary materials to train vocational skills
Shortage of teachers with competence in disadvantaged students
Shortage or inadequacy of library materials
Shortage of vocational teachers
Shortage or inadequacy of instructional materials
OECD average-30
Kazakhstan
Percentage of principals reporting that the following shortages of resources hinder the school's capacity to provide quality instruction "quite a bit" or "a lot"
%
Fig I.3.15
Teachers’ views on spending priorities for lower secondary education
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Reducing class sizes by recruiting more staff
Improving teacher salaries
Offering high quality professional development for teachers
Reducing teachers’ administration load byrecruiting more support staff
Improving school buildings and facilities
Supporting students with special needs
Investing in ICT
Supporting students from disadvantaged or migrant backgrounds
Investing in instructional materials
OECD average-31
Kazakhstan
Percentage of teachers who reported the following spending priorities to be of “high importance”%
Fig I.3.16
• Strengthen initial and continuous training and address (emerging) needs
– Review content and quality of initial teacher preparation (level of education, content in cross-curricular skills, teaching in multicultural/multilingual settings)
– Mainstream pre-service training of principals (administration and instructional leadership)
– Review offer (formats and content) for professional development activities
– Encourage teachers to participate in less traditional PD content (e.g. focusing on student well-being, teaching special needs students, teaching in multicultural/multilingual settings, approaches to individualized teaching…)
– Remove barriers to participation in professional development (timing, scheduling conflicts, costs, employer support)
– Incentivise participation in the most effective forms of PD
Implications for policy
• Better support novice teachers
– Develop induction and mainstream mentoring
– Review workload of novice teachers given importance of “other tasks”
• Provide opportunities for career progression to all teachers
– Explore reasons for low representation of females in leadership roles and address potential obstacles
• Audit school resources and address critical shortages
– School infrastructures and instructional spaces
– Digital technology and Internet access
Implications for policy