Publications & reports

Publications edited by ENSI as organisation

• Guide education for sustainable development at secondary level Justifications, Competences, Learning Opportunities -Guide_competences_engl_online.pdf
• The dynamics of an on-line knowledge building community. The dynamics of an on-line knowledge building community. A five-year longitudinal study. British Journal of Educational Technology 41(3), 365 - 387, ...http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/122505781/PDFSTARTPublished by Myllari, J., Ahlberg, M. & Dillon, P., 2010
• Are the New Millennium Learners Making the Grade? OECD countries have undertaken significant investments to enhance the role of technology in education. What are the results of these investments? Is...technology investment in education fulfilling our expectations? PISA 2006 provides a wealth of comparative data to begin answering these questions, including evidence on the availability and use of technology and the actual benefits accruing from it. One of the most striking findings of this study is that the digital divide in education goes beyond the issue of access to technology. A new second form of digital divide has been identified: the one existing between those who have the right competencies to benefit from computer use, and those who do not. These competencies and skills are closely linked to the economic, cultural and social capital of the student. This finding has important implications for policy and practice. Governments should make an effort to clearly convey the message that computer use matters for the education of young people and do their best to engage teachers and schools in raising the frequency of computer use to a level that becomes relevant. If schools and teachers are really committed to the development of 21st century competencies, such an increase will happen naturally. And only in these circumstances will clear correlations between technology use and educational performance emerge.Published by OECD, 2010
• Promoting Six-year-old Children’s Conceptions of Nature and Being a Part of an Ecosystem by Investigative Learning Outdoors. Promoting Six-year-old Children’s Conceptions of Nature and Being a Part of an Ecosystem by Investigative Learning Outdoors. Paper presented at...the 5th World Environmental Education Congress. May 10 – 14, 2009. Montreal, Canada.Published by Lunti, R. & Åhlberg, M., 2009
• ICT Supported Education for Sustainable Development and Global Responsibility. ICT Supported Education for Sustainable Development and Global Responsibility. Report of the Conference at the Hanasaari Swedish-Finnish Cultural...Centre, Espoo, Finland, September 1-4, 2008, http://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/maahlber/Hanasaari FINAL DEFINITIVE, Jan 20.docPublished by Dillon, P., Kaivola, T., Åhlberg, M. & Mylläri, J., 2009
• The acoustics of social learning Designing learning processes that contribute to a more sustainable world -acoustics-digital.pdf
• Educational Research and Innovation Working Out Change: Systemic Innovation What can education systems do to become more innovative? This book analyses systemic innovation in education by looking at the ways in which...educational systems encourage innovation, the knowledge base and processes used, and the procedures and criteria used to assess progress and evaluate outcomes. It draws on findings from 14 case studies in Vocational Education and Training in six OECD countries: Australia, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Mexico and Switzerland. The resulting analysis helps us understand how we can support and sustain innovation in educational systems in the VET sector. This book’s main findings and policy recommendations will interest researchers, policy makers and practitioners in the fields of education, public sector innovation and vocational education and training.Published by OECD, 2009
• Digital Learning Resources as Systemic Innovation in the Nordic Countries Technology is a key driver of educational innovation, and a variety of programmes focusing on investment in infrastructure, equipment, in-service...training and digital learning resources have been established to promote its usage in primary and secondary schools. So far, little comparative analytical attention has been devoted to understanding how digital resources improve the quality of learning and to assessing the public policies that support their development and use, and the role played by other stakeholders like publishers, broadcasting companies and increasingly user communities. This publication aims to fill that gap by both reviewing and evaluating the process of systemic innovation. Drawing on case studies from five Nordic countries, the report assembles information on the knowledge bases and policy actors which impact each phase of this innovation process and the main factors which influence its success including governance, financing and user involvementPublished by OECD, 2009
• Sustainable development is learning to look ahead Core Curriculum Learning for Sustainable Development Basic education 4 - 16 years of age ‘Sustainable development as a concept and ideal to be...striven for is a fairly recent phenomenon and has come into being during the last three decades of the previous century. The actual realisation of sustainable development has only just begun - it’s an extraordinary assignment for the generation that is now assuming responsibility.’ Ruud LubbersPublished by Ton Remmers, December 2008 -sustainable_development-def.pdf
• Education Today Education Today is a strongly limited summary report and it is based on results from OECD work primarily since 2002 Online edition:...www.sourceoecd.org/9789264059894Published by OECD, December 2008
• Free NatureGate® online services to promote Education for Sustainable Development. Free NatureGate® online services to promote Education for Sustainable Development. Poster at ENSI SUPPORT conference, ICT supported education for...Sustainable Development and Global Learning, September 1 – 4, 2008, Hanasaari, Espoo, FINLANDPublished by Ahlberg, M., Lehmuskallio, E & Kaasinen, A., 2008
• Innovating to learn, learning to Inovate OECD economies have experienced the transformation from their traditional industrial base to the knowledge era, in which learning and innovation are...central. Yet, many of today’s schools have not caught up: they continue to operate as they did in the earlier decades of the 20th century. How can learning within and outside schools be reconfigured in environments that foster the deeper knowledge and skills so crucial in the 21st century? To succeed in this is important not only for a successful economy, but also for effective cultural and social participation and for citizens to lead fulfilling lives. This book summarises and discusses key findings from the learning sciences, shedding light on the cognitive and social processes that can be used to redesign classrooms to make them highly effective learning environments. It explores concrete examples in OECD countries, from alternative schools to specific cases in Mexico, in which the actors are seeking to break the mould and realise the principles emerging from learning science research. The book also asks how these insights can inspire educational reform for the knowledge era, in which optimising learning is the driving aim and in which innovation is both the widespread catalyst of change and the defining result. Innovating to Learn, Learning to Innovate will be of particular interest to policy makers, researchers, teachers, students and families. It is published by the OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI).Published by Michael Banks, 2008
• Tbilisi to Ahmedabad - The Journey of Environmental Education Moving forward to Ahmedabad: The history of Environmental Education from 1977 to 2007.Origins/Foundation Stones/ A Defining Milestone/The Tblisi...Effect/Agenda for Action/Milestones for the Millenium/A Dedicated Decade/Spreading the word www.ceeindia.org RS 250 ISBN 978-81-89587-25-3Published by Kartikeya V. Sarabhai; Mamata Pandya; Rajeswari Namagiri, November 2007
• Bildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung- Ansichten und Einsichten Lernen die Zukunft zu gestalten, in kultureller Vielfalt, basierend auf den Menschenrechten und ohne die natürlichen LEbensgrundlagen zu gefährden....Beiträge zur Konkretisierung des Auftrages der UN-Dekade 2005-2014 bmukk VIenna; ISBN 978-3-85031-085-7Published by Linder Wilhelm, May 2007
• Schulprogramm: Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung Dieses Material ist eine Veröffentlichung des Programms Transfer-21 und wurde von der Arbeitsgruppe „Qualität & Kompetenzen“ entwickelt. ...Mitglieder der „AG Qualität & Kompetenzen“ des Programms Transfer-21: Angelika Eikel (Koordinierungsstelle, FU Berlin), Beate Fritz (Projektleitung Brandenburg), Elisabeth Geffers-Strübel (Projektleitung Thüringen), Prof. Dr. Gerhard de Haan (Projektleitung Koordinierungsstelle, FU Berlin), Melanie Helm (Projektleitung Saarland), Rainer Mathar (Projektleitung Hessen), Hilla Metzner (Projektleitung Berlin), Sabine Preußer (Koordinie- rungsstelle, FU Berlin), Rolf Schulz (Projektleitung Nordrhein-Westfalen), Jörg Utermöhlen (Landesschulbehörde Niedersachsen), Fritz Wimber (Projektleitung Schleswig-Holstein)Published by Angelika Eikel (Ed.), 2007 -Schulprogramm_BNE.pdf
• Samvardhan - Buuiling cadres for Sustainable Development Report on the unique Samvardhan project in Gujarat India. HOmepage of CEE India: www.india.org
• Avancées et propositions en matière d'éeducation pour le développement durable Actes du Colloque international, Paris 14 -16 juin 2006
• The Sustainable Development Strategy and Implementation Plan The Sustainable Development Strategy and Implementation Plan for Education and Training 2006-2014 is a joint plan amongst various participants,...striving to reinforce the importance of sustainable development in education and training, and to provide additional support to teachers, trainers and educators.Published by Finnish National Commission on Sustainable Development, Sub-committee for Education 2006, June 2006 -sustain_strategy.pdf
• Hidden Treasure Published by Majda Naji, The National Education Institute, and Nada Požar Matijašič, March 2006 -ESD_SKRITI ZAKLAD2TEKST 1.pdf
• Zukunft gestalten lernen durch Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung Didaktischer Leitfaden zur Veränderung des Unterrichts in der Primarschule -Didaktik_Leifaden.pdf
• Zukunft gestalten lernen – Mein Thema für die Grundschule Grundschule verändern durch Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung Information zur CD unter: http://wp1114724.wp150.webpack.hosteurope.de/transfer_21/gs4/index.html
• Bildung und Nachhaltige Entwicklung Empirische Studien zu SchülerInnensichtweisen Verlag Monsenstein&Vannerdat ISBN: 3-86582-151-0
• See change -Learning and Education for Sustainable Development Introduction/People, places and pressures on sustainablity/Explaining education for sustainability/Educating people for tomorrow,today/Further...sharpers in society/Waste not, want not/Future directions/Real sories/Background papers/Glossary Parliamentary Commissoner for the Environment, Wellington NZ www.pce.govt.nz ISBN:1-877274-12-7Published by Potter N;Douglas L;Rochelle S-N., 2004
• Toekomstperspectieven met betrekking tot de eindtermen Natuur- en Milieueducatie in Vlaanderen (Future prospects with respect to the attainment targets on environmental education in the Flemish educational system]. School en Samenleving April...2004 (5),101-114)Published by Willy Sleurs, 2004
• Environmental Education Policies in Austria – A Review , Revised Version Paris, January 1994. Available at: Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs