The
results of the test, known as PISA (for Programme for International Student
Assessment), which is administered every three years by OECD to assess math,
science, and reading proficiency were disclosed a few days ago. China ranks first.
- First of all and in what concerns the amazing Chinese performance let´s not forget that even the well-known Jack Ma already said that the pedagogic strategy of his own country is a mistake https://pacheco-torgal.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-role-of-academia-towards-type-1.html
- Secondly, it´s
rather strange that when we read a Physics Professor at the Oxford University who wrote that: “With regard to the
climate crisis, yes, it’s time to panic” https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00963402.2019.1654255
we
keep sleepwalking into the climate apocalypse giving high value to bizarre things like PISA assessments.
Moreover in what concerns the OECD capacity to predict what´s the best education to deal
with the future ahead let´s not forget the text below that criticizes the OECD2030 Learning Framework: "To
address major challenges such as climate change or migration or
technological disruptions, the current and future generations need to have the
skills to create and innovate new solutions (and jobs) while holding
themselves to high ethical and moral standards to ensure a more equitable and humane world.”
So can someone please explain to me how a top performance in math, science, and reading will be able to create innovators with high ethical and moral standards ?
