What are linear statistical models?
Week 21Wednesday, 19th SeptemberUnit 0: Shopping Class Slide
#1Roadmap for todayHouse keeping How do the pieces fit
together?Indicators. What are they?Questions/AOB?
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Housekeeping - 3Final projects forumHighly encouraged to work in
groups for the papers.Paper I details (all in the syllabus)8 pgs.
(stick to the page limit. Add a cover page with your name &
paper title)Due Oct. 12th 5 p.m EST (dropbox closes @ 5 sharp)20%
of grade refer to rubric in syllabusIf a B- or less, option to
re-submit within a week. Avg. of grades will be
takenContent:Identify an issue pertaining to opportunities of
children to learnCountry/region specificWhy is this issue
importantEmpirical evidence to justifyEmpirical X AnecdotalAPA
citations
3Section LeadingMust sign-up today.S-040, Fall 2010 / Unit 9:
Regression in Practice Prof. Masyn (HGSE, 2010)4Resources5Journals
Comparative Education ReviewJournal of Comparative &
International EducationInternational EducationSubject based
journalsSociety for International Education Journal at Teachers
College
Blogs/Sites to followWorld Education Blog - UNESCOEducation for
Global Development World BankEduTech World BankChris Blattman
Brookings Center for Universal EducationSave the Children; UNICEF
etc.Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) and IPA
5Creating social value who defines social good? How do we judge
impact then? 6
6Creating social value who defines social good? How do we judge
impact then? Where are we-7
How do we measure progress?InputsPer pupil
SpendingProcessesStructures, CurriculumOutputsEducational
Attainment, LiteracyOutcomesEmployment and Productivity, Political
Participation, Social Capital
8Your first stop for education
datahttp://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/Pages/default.aspx?SPSLanguage=EN
Education at a Glance 2011: OECD
Indicatorswww.oecd.org/dataoecd/61/2/48631582.pdf
S-040, Fall 2010 / Unit 9: Regression in Practice Prof. Masyn
(HGSE, 2010)9Key IndicatorsGross Enrollment RatesNet Enrollment
RatesRepetition RatesStudent Flows completion
ratesLearningSkills10IndicatorsLiteracy :Adult (15+) literacy rate,
by sex, Youth (15-24) literacy rate, by sexPrimary education:
Primary net enrolment ratio, by sex, Girl's share of primary
enrolmentSecondary education: Secondary net enrolment ratio, by
sex, Girl's share of secondary enrolmentTertiary education:
Tertiary gross enrolment ratio, by sex, Women's share of tertiary
enrolmentSchool life expectancy:School life expectancy (primary to
tertiary education) by sex
11Today1. Analyze a policy document. A Global Compact for
learning.2. Review the Eightfold Path3. Discuss the role of
transfer in innovation4. Examine the role of modeling for
transfer
A Global Compact for LearningCore argument
What is the problem?
What are the solutions?Bardachs Eightfold PathWhat if we had to
develop the global compact, and decided to follow the Eightfold
path. What would that process look like? What would we do?How is
that different from the process followed to produce the Global
Compact?The Eightfold PathDefine the ProblemAssemble some
EvidenceConstruct the AlternativesSelect the CriteriaProject the
OutcomesConfront the TradeoffsDecideTell your Story15Transfer and
InnovationWhat is the argument?
What is contextualized transfer?
Where does it fit in the Eightfold Path?
In small groups, identify a particular country. You are a task
force tasked with designing a country approach to implementing the
Global Compact. Model the factors that influence the outcome you
wish to change?How would you use contextualized transfer to
stimulate educational innovation in any of the areas mentioned in
the report?
