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  One of the most contested issues in public discourse concerns the proper scope of state intervention in citizens’ education. Different schools of thought offer divergent perspectives. Some regard the provision of public education, including at advanced levels, as a core function of the state, justifying this position on the grounds of its contribution to […]

  Mit der Regelmässigkeit eines Schweizer Uhrwerks kehrt sie wieder, die öffentliche Empörung über die schockierend schlechten Pisa-Ergebnisse im deutschsprachigen Raum. In der Schweiz, in Deutschland und in Österreich zeigen die Pisa-Erhebungen bereits über viele Jahre hinweg immer dasselbe ramponierte Bild. In der Schweiz erreichen 19 Prozent der 15-Jährigen die von der OECD beschriebenen Mindestanforderungen […]

  True education is not about filling the mind with knowledge, but about training it to think. Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835)     TAKE AWAY Though participating 15 year old students must be able to apply their accumulated knowledge to solve problems, the kind of input/output methods used in the PISA Study always have been […]

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