Estudio y análisis de la calidad de la educación secundaria en España desde una perspectiva geomática con herramientas de cartografía y SIG.

En el presente Trabajo Fin de Grado se realiza un estudio y análisis geomático de la calidad de la educación secundaria mediante procedimientos de Cartografía y SIG, con datos espaciales y temáticos de fuentes oficiales que garantizan la precisión y certeza necesaria para la obtención de unas conclusiones objetivas y de calidad. Dicha calidad de la educación secundaria será estudiada bajo el marco de referencia de los estudios dek informe PISA (por sus siglas en inglés: Programme for International Student Assessment), apoyado por el sistema de indicadores de la educación de la OECD (Organización para la Cooperación y el Desarrollo Económicos) y el Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y deporte, datos relevantes referidos a la educación de otras fuentes y datos socio-económicos que se encuentran en relación directa e indirecta con el foco del proyecto desarrollado. Todos ello será apoyado con la opinión y los estudios de los expertos, focalizando en Xavier Melgarejo y José Antonio Marina, que serán la piedra angular que sostenga el discurso de este Trabajo Fin de Grado. Al ser un proyecto de investigación, el análisis y estudio se realizará enfocando el proceso de discusión en cuatro preguntas: ¿Por qué?, ¿Para qué?, ¿Qué? Y ¿Cómo? Con la resolución de estas preguntas se formará el discurso objetivo, convincente y útil. El marco temporal se extiende entre el año de la primera participación en PISA de cada país y 2014, serie temporal de la que se tienen datos de las diversas fuentes de datos oficiales nacionales e internacionales en un marco geográfico compuesto por los distintos países miembros de las distintas agrupaciones y diversas divisiones administrativas de la que se han recopilado datos. Una vez recopilado los datos se llevará a cabo una normalización e integración de base de datos y cartografía para el análisis SIG y estudio de correlación entre las distintas variables que forman parte del proyecto. El presente Trabajo Fin de Grado permitirá, entre otros, descubrir las debilidades del sistema educativo español, observar las fortalezas de los demás países a estudio en el proyecto y su análisis para una posible implantación de las mismas en el ámbito local.

Avaliações de leitura em larga escala: (im)possibilidades de afetamento e experiência de leitura

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

The Analogy as a Cognitive Strategy that Encourages Reading Comprehension in Expository Texts

This research arises from the current state of reading in Mexico, because the contextual situation to local and national level has become critical on this issue. Results on standardized tests such as ENLACE (National Assessment of Academic Achievement in Schools) and PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) have shown that Mexican basic level students have text comprehension problems. Given this reality, this is a qualitative descriptive study on the use of analogies in reading as a strategy for reading comprehension, through application of an ethnographic survey, a questionnaire and the application of a pedagogical model for the use of analogies in reading. The study incorporates the theoretical tenets of Constructivism, referring to Piaget (1969), Vygotsky (1997) and Ausubel (2002). The results show that the use of analogies promotes reading comprehension in 4th grade students, from an expository text that compares the evolution of man and the metamorphosis of a butterfly.

Évolution des performances scolaires lors de la transition secondaire-Cégep : influences respectives des évaluations PISA, des performances scolaires antérieures et des contextes de vie

Dans le domaine des évaluations des performances des élèves en fin de scolarité obligatoire, et à côté des traditionnelles évaluations scolaires, s’est développé le Programme International pour le Suivi des Acquis (PISA), harmonisé par l’Organisation de Coopération et de Développements Économiques (l’OCDE). Ce programme a atteint une grande notoriété internationale et tente de s’imposer comme programme qui évalue les compétences des élèves. Ce mémoire explore dans quelle mesure les évaluations PISA permettent de prédire les performances scolaires des élèves lors de la transition de la fin des études secondaires vers les études collégiales au Québec. Nous avons construit une variable mesurant l’évolution des performances scolaires entre le secondaire et le Cégep. Nos résultats tendent à confirmer que les évaluations PISA sont en mesure de prédire en partie la continuité des bonnes performances scolaires après contrôle des variables contextuelles des parcours de vie. Cependant, les évaluations scolaires antérieures expliquent mieux cette continuité des bonnes performances scolaires réalisées en première année de postsecondaire que les évaluations PISA. Néanmoins, toujours après contrôle des variables contextuelles, les évaluations scolaires antérieures ne sont pas capables de prédire la différence entre des performances scolaires faibles et fortes lors de la transition secondaire-collégial. Seules les évaluations PISA conservent une faible part pour expliquer ces différences.

The direct-democratic challenge to evidence-based policy making: Questioning the governmental PISA narrative in Swiss school policy

The democratic deficit of evidence-based policymaking and the little attention the approach pays to values and norms have repeatedly been criticized. This article argues that direct-democratic campaigns may provide an arena for citizens and stakeholders to debate the belief systems inherent to evidence. The study is based on a narrative analysis of Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) reports, as well as of newspaper coverage and governmental information referring to PISA in Swiss direct-democratic campaigns on a variety of school policy issues. The findings show that PISA reports are discursive instruments rather than ‘objective evidence’. The reports promote a narrative of economic progress through educational evidence that is adopted without scrutiny by governmental coalitions in direct-democratic campaigns to justify school policy reforms. Yet, the dominant PISA narrative is contested in two counter-narratives, one endorsed by numerous citizens, the other by a group of experts. These counter-narratives question how PISA is used by an ‘expertocracy’ to prescribe reforms, as well as the performance ideology inherent to. Overall, these findings suggest that direct-democratic campaigns may make more transparent how evidence is produced and used according to existing belief systems. Evidence, on the other hand, may be a stimulus for democratic discourse by feeding the debate with potential policy problems and solution. Thus, direct-democratic debates may reconcile normative positions of citizens with the desire to base decisions on empirical evidence.

The International Student Experience at the University of Southampton

This video highlights aspects of the lives of international students at UG, PGT and PGR levels from all 3 faculties. It shows them responding to a range of authentic scenarios about the experiences and challenges of being an international student at the University of Southampton in the early 21st century from their perspective. The overall objective of this short film therefore is to capture experiences and viewpoints of international students currently at the University. By viewing this video, it is hoped that staff will be able to gain a better understanding and appreciation of what their international students are feeling and facing at various points along their student life cycle.

Oxford international student's atlas.

Es un recurso para los alumnos de secundaria, que ha sido aprobado para los exámenes internacionales de la Universidad de Cambridge para los planes de estudio de Geografía, y también para el título del International General Certificate Secondary Education (IGCSE). Incluye mapas temáticos del mundo y por continentes y mapas topográficos de todos los países, además de una sección para estadísticas y otra para banderas. Se acompaña de un cuaderno de ejercicios.

Oxford international student's atlas. Skills workbook.

Este cuaderno de ejercicios permite desarrollar habilidades y conocimientos de lugares y se utiliza con el atlas escolar correspondiente o con cualquier otro, cuyo objetivo cumpla con los planes de estudio más populares en el extranjero y con las escuelas internacionales que siguen el currículo nacional del Reino Unido.

Power and control: managing agents for international student recruitment in higher education

This multiple case-based study investigates the relationship between recruiting agents and the UK universities who act as their principals. The current extensive use of agents in UK higher education may be seen as an indicator of the financial impact made by international students. The study analyses the practice of agent management and explores the manner in which power and control interact. The study employed semi-structured interviews and group discussions involving up to 6 respondents from each of the 20 UK case institutions. The qualitative data reveal a considerable variation in the manner in which the universities manage their agency relationships. Through the joint consideration of control measures and use of power, five distinctive approaches have been identified. The study also reveals that over-dependence on agents reduces the power of the principal, and consequently, the principal’s ability to exercise control, particularly in highly competitive global and national markets.

Factors influencing the choice of a bank : An international student perspective

Purpose: The purposeof this thesis is to identify what factors influence international students in their choice of a bank.Literature review: A review of previous research about bank selection criteria related to students as well as a few examples of bank choice studies in the general population is presented. The review consists of studies from different years to illustrate criteria that reoccur in order to decrease the chances of overlooking important criteria that may be of importance for today‘s customers. Method: The thesis is based upon empirical data gathering through a non-probability sampling technique by distributing questionnaires through the Internet and in person. The data was analyzedwith the help of exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Conclusion: We found thatfive factors influence the choice of bank for international students. These factors are: cost of the bank services, use of technology, convenience, banks‘ reputation and marketing communication effectiveness. These factors could be helpful for banks who want to gain customers from international students, which are a relatively unexploited customer segment.