The OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) focuses on forward-looking research to inform long-term education policy development. CERI conducts research on education at all levels to identify innovations in teaching and learning. Some of CERI's recent projects examine issues like the impact of technology on learning, innovative learning environments, teacher education for diversity, and measuring social outcomes of education. CERI works with member countries to improve quality, equity, effectiveness and efficiency of educational systems.

1. The OECD Centre for
Educational Research
and Innovation
Dirk Van Damme
Head of CERI – OECD/EDU

2. Why OECD focus on education?
Education contributes to:
 economic and social development
 innovation and sustainable growth
 social mobility and mitigating inequalities
Main OECD goal: to help
countries to improve the quality,
equity, effectiveness and
efficiency of their educational
systems

3. An integrated approach to education
Statistics &
indicators
Education
policy
Assessing
Learning
outcomes
Research &
Innovation
CERI
TALIS
PIAAC
Education at a Glance
Institutional
Management
in Higher
Education
AHELO
Thematic &
Country
reviews
CELE
PISA

4. Innovation and research: CERI
Centre for Educational
Research and Innovation
• Established in 1968; 40th
anniversary in 2008
• Mission: forward-looking
research on education at all
levels (micro, meso, macro),
with special focus on
innovation in teaching and
learning

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6. CERI – some basic facts
• Relies on its own ear-marked budget from members
plus voluntary contributions, diverse sources
• Aims to inform long-term policy development by:
– generating forward-looking research analyses and
syntheses;
– identifying and stimulating educational innovation;
– promoting international exchange of knowledge and
experience
• Approx. 20 staff based in Paris
• Programme overseen by a Governing Board of all
Member countries, meets bi-annually
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7. CERI’s 40 years
• 1970s: equality in education, innovation in
educational management, curriculum
development, recurrent education
• 1980s – 1990s: indicators, technology,
youth/youth unemployment, environmental
education
• 1990s: futures (schooling, HE), learning,
knowledge/the knowledge economy, the
international dimension
• 2000s: gradual shift of focus to innovation
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8. Examples of CERI work
• Analysis of mobility and
internationalisation in
higher education
• In context of debate on the
GATS and trade in
education services
• Leading to Guidelines,
adopted by OECD and
UNESCO (2005)
• Other publications and
quality assurance and
recognition

9. Examples of CERI work
Schooling for tomorrow
• Long-term project on
future’s thinking on
schooling
• Many products and
outputs, such as
– Demand-sensitive schooling
(2006)
– Personalising education
(2006)
– Innovating to learn,
learning to innovate (2008)

10. Examples of CERI work
Learning sciences and
brain research
• Attempt to integrate
findings from emerging
brain sciences into
learning sciences
• Successful publication
Understanding the
brain: the birth of a
learning science (2007)

11. Examples of CERI work
Systemic Innovation in VET
• Based on country reports
• Introducing a new model
of systemic innovation in
education
• Applied to the VET sector
• Twin-project with
‘Learning for jobs’
• Other work on SI: Beyond
textbooks, digital learning
resources (2009)

12. Examples of CERI work
University Futures
• Futures thinking on
higher education
• Development of
scenario’s for the future
of higher education
• 3 major publications on
Demography,
Globalisation and
Technology

13. Examples of CERI work
Knowledge management in
education
• Analysis of educational
R&D
• Project on evidence-based
policy and practice in
education

14. Examples of CERI work
Social Outcomes of Learning
• Project to analyse and
measure the non-
economic returns of
education
• Leading to new indicator
in EAG
• Links to Stiglitz
Commission and work on
progress of societies
• Final report 2010

15. Programme of Work 2009-10
• INES: EAG, TALIS, VET
• Innovation Strategy for Education
• Teacher Education for Diversity
• Educational R&D indicators
• New Millennium Learners
• Innovative Learning Environments
• Globalisation and Linguistic Competences
• Market Mechanisms in Education
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16. CERI work 2009-10
Teacher Education for
Diversity
• Following OECD work on
migration, analysis of
PISA results for migrants
• Need to focus on teachers
and diversity challenges in
classrooms
• Final report 2010

17. CERI work 2009-10
New Millennium Learners
• Work on the impact of
technology on learning
and performance
• Analysis of PISA data in
relation to technology
use, leading to focus on
‘second digital divide’
• Final report on
Connected Minds
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18. CERI work 2009-10
Innovative Learning
Environments
• Work on micro-context of
innovative teaching and
learning arrangements
• Synthesis of learning
sciences research
• In-depth analysis in cases
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19. CERI work 2009-10
Innovation Strategy –
Human Capital Strand
• CERI responsible in
horizontal OECD project
for ‘skills for innovation’
and ‘innovation of
education’
• Broader and more skills
oriented approach to
innovation
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20. CERI PWB 2011-12
• Innovation Strategy for Education and Training
• Effective Teaching Strategies
– Including Learning through Technology
• Innovative Learning Environments
• Governing Complex Education Systems
– Including Knowledge Options
• Education and Social Progress
• Education at a Glance
• Dissemination and Knowledge Mobilisation
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21. CERI work 2009-10
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22. Some concluding comments
• Impact of the crisis on educational research
• Funding difficulties
• Relations to member countries
• OECD new members and EE5
• …

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Thank you !
dirk.vandamme@oecd.org
www.oecd.org/edu/ceri