Janet Looney

European Institute of Education and Social Policy · European Institute of Education and Social Policy

The European Union has set the goal to make lifelong learning a reality for more people through the creation of flexible pathways to improve access to higher levels of education and employment. Validation of non‐formal and informal learning (VNFIL), which is intended to make learning from everyday work and life visible, is an important means to thi...

After a decade of severe fiscal crisis also impacting education, Greece is looking ahead. Now is the time to invest effectively in education and define a forward-looking path for Greece. Building on the current reform agenda, this report offers an analysis of the context and underlying policy issues that once addressed, can contribute to raising th...

This year, EJE has marked its 50th anniversary with a special set of four linked issues, the organisation of which was inspired in part by the four pillars of learning first set out in the 1996 Delors Report, Learning: the treasure within. In this article, the authors highlight key themes that have emerged. Several of the contributing authors sugge...

Across continents, creativity is a priority for education and is central to the discourse on 21st century learning. In this article, we explore how a greater focus on ‘everyday creativity’ in schools changes the dynamics of teaching and learning. We look briefly at the main concepts in the literature on creativity in education. We then focus on exa...

As countries aim to ensure high achievement for all students, improving and sustaining the quality of the teacher workforce is a vital policy priority. Several studies have found that well‐designed teacher evaluation systems, aligned with professional learning and development, can contribute to improvements in the quality of teaching and raise stud...

The majority of OECD countries now implement one form or another of standards-based assessment and evaluation. The core logic of standards-based systems rests upon the alignment of three key elements: standards defining the knowledge and skills – or competences – students are expected to have attained at different stages of their education; curricu...

Promethean Thinking Deeper Research Papers provide sponsorship for global experts to conduct and report on cutting-edge thinking and state-of-the-art global academic/policy knowledge with respect to the role of new technologies (innovative tools and organization) in meeting the challenges of learning in the 21st Century.

Do some forms of student (and school) assessment hinder the introduction of innovative educational practices and the development of innovation skills in education systems? This report focuses on the impact of high-stake summative assessment on innovation and argues that it is possible to reconcile high-stakes assessments and examinations through in...

The paper reports on a multi‐country review of formative assessment in adult education settings with specific reference to basic literacy and numeracy. It reports many examples of emergent innovative practice in Europe and elsewhere but concludes that there is a real need to develop a stronger conceptual base for formative assessment, as well as to...

A long-held ambition for many educators and assessment experts has been to integrate summative and formative assessments so that data from external assessments used for system monitoring may also be used to shape teaching and learning in classrooms. In turn, classroom-based assessments may provide valuable data for decision makers at school and sys...

HIGHLIGHTS According to the 2003 Adult Literacy and Life Skills (ALL) survey, one third of the Norwegian adult population's literacy skills do not meet the needs of the labour market. 1 Individuals in this population also have difficulties in gaining necessary information for daily tasks, such as reading letters, understanding the local newspaper,...

Obra en que se revisan los programas de educación para adultos que tienen pocas habilidades lingüísticas, de lectura y numéricas. Su objetivo es comparar cómo se atienden las diferentes necesidades de este segmento de la población, así como las políticas que hay detrás de las prácticas más efectivas.