Insights

Education, careers and more

Education, careers and more

Fresh insights into school education policy and practice in Europe

Practice article |

30.06.2016

Using digital tools for inclusive education

What happens when children in a remote area want to develop their talent in music, but the cost is too high for the school to cover? How do we offer education and equal opportunities to children who travel constantly because of the profession of their parents? How does a child keep up with school and social life when he or she is not able to go to school for a long period of time due to illness?

Disadvantaged learners

Distance learning

Online learning

News item |

17.05.2016

Can heritage contribute to cultural awareness and expression?

Knowing your history is important for knowing your identity. Located in Amsterdam, the Rijksmuseum is the Netherlands’ largest museum of art and history. The capital also happens to be the most international city in the world. It is home to 800,000 inhabitants and over 178 different nationalities.

Cultural heritage

Learning space

Non-formal learning

A book is floating in the air in a dark book storage room

News item |

29.03.2016

PL2020: public libraries transforming educational paradigms

Europe’s network of libraries is a largely-untapped resource that can help the European Union in achieving its Education and Training 2020 objectives.

Learning space

Non-formal learning

Practice article |

20.07.2015

Key competences for 21st-century citizens

What are ‘21st century’ or ‘key competences’? Why are they important in school education? What are European countries doing to ensure these competences are taught in schools?

Learning space

Policy development

Third-party publication |

04.03.2015

The impact of classroom design on pupils' learning: final results of a holistic, multi-level analysis

Assessments of 153 classrooms in 27 schools have been made in order to identify the impact of the physical classroom features on the academic progress of the 3766 pupils who occupied each of those specific spaces. This study confirms the utility of the Naturalness, Individuality and Stimulation (SIN) conceptual model as a vehicle to organise and study the full range of sensory impacts experienced by an individual occupying a given space. The muted impact of the whole-building level of analysis provides some support for the importance of “inside-out design”.

Learning space