Category Archives: Educational system

Education Systems in Historical, Cultural, and Sociological Perspectives

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Giorgio Bertini

For nearly half a century, research on education systems has been increasingly popular. However, this popularity was long restricted primarily to internationally linked policymakers and education planners often backed up by international organizations such as the OECD but also by … Continue reading →

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Chaos Theory and the Sciences of Complexity: Foundations for Transforming Education

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Giorgio Bertini

An understanding of chaos theory and the sciences of complexity is crucial to systemic transformation of our educational systems to better meet the rapidly changing needs of our children and communities. Helpful concepts include co-evolution, disequilibrium, positive feedback, perturbance, transformation, … Continue reading →

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Schools and Complexity

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Giorgio Bertini

In order for complex systems to change sustainably, agents at various levels of those systems must interact with each other, and control must be distributed in such a way as to “promote individual autonomy and enrich communication” amongst the systems’ … Continue reading →

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Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland?

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Giorgio Bertini

Finnish Lessons is a first-hand, comprehensive account of how Finland built a world-class education system during the past three decades. The author, Pasi Sahlber, traces the evolution of education policies in Finland and highlights how they differ from the United States … Continue reading →

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Goldman Sachs foray into Higher Education – A Predatory Pursuit of Students and Revenues

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

Just as the subprime mortgage bubble was giving way to a bust that would help trigger a devastating financial crisis, Goldman Sachs, a firm that had been at the center of Wall Street’s rampant mortgage speculation, found its way to … Continue reading →

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Desescolarizarse para aprender

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

Estos últimos meses a lo largo de todo Chile ha quedado de manifiesto un generalizado descontento por parte de todos los actores sociales, quienes han salido innumerables veces a protestar y manifestarse exigiendo una educación de calidad, laica y gratuita. … Continue reading →

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Education: Our True Homeland Security

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

Read Today’s students see education as a means to an end, the end being a respectable job with decent pay and benefits. And who can blame them? With the national unemployment rate at 9.1 percent (a percentage that doesn’t include … Continue reading →

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All-round education for life – a “truly outstanding school” in one of the highest performing education systems in the world

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

Hong Kong-China is one of the leading performers in the OECD PISA survey. It’s in the top 4 for reading, mathematics and science along with Shanghai-China, Korea and Finland, (while the UK’s results are in line with the OECD average … Continue reading →