READING COMPETENCE AND ENGAGEMENT OF LATVIAN STUDENTS IN THE VIEW OF OECD PISA 2018 RESULTS

Students' reading competence determines the achievements of learners in all areas of school education as well as in their further education, professional activity and life. The results of the OECD Program for International Student Assessment - OECD PISA 2018 confirm the need to improve reading competence in Latvia (OECD, 2019).The aim of the study is to analyze the achievement of Latvia's fifteen-year-old students in OECD PISA 2018 and the previous international program cycles in relation to students' reading engagement and its changes. Reading engagement significantly influences not only students' reading competence but are in themselves one of the goals of modern education (Guthrie & …

Education

Izglītības zinātnes sekcijas materiāli: Latvijas Universitātes 56. zinātniskā konference ,1997.gada 3.oktobris

Saturs: prof., Dr. habil. phys. Juris Zaķis Izglītība: zinātne vai valsts pārvaldes funkciju sfēra? 4 doc, Dr. paed. Oskars Zids Izglītības pētniecība un izglītības iestāžu darbība 7 doc, Dr. phys. Andris Kangro Izglītības pētniecība un izglītības indikatori 14 doc, Dr. paed. Dainuvīte Blūma Paradigmas izglītības pētījumos 26 doc, Dr. phys. Andris Broks Kārtība, nekārtība, sakārtotība izglītībā 30 prof., PhD. Dāvids Džeims Jaunas pieejas klasiskiem uzdevumiem? Bourdieu's idejas izglītības pētniecībā 43 prof., PhD. Ebbc Vestergards Jaunas tendences izglītībā 45 prof, Dr. habil. med. Igors Puškarevs Eiropas Savienības izglītības vadlīniju īstenošana veselību veicinošajās skolās 50 prof, Dr. h…

Izglītības vadība (Latvijas Universitātes Raksti, 817. sēj.)

Rapid Reform and Unfinished Business: the development of education in independent Latvia 1991-2007

Education in Latvia has changed a great deal in the last 15 years. The development of an independent and democratic state system has creatively combined elements of foreign experience and influence with the enrichment and further development of features of the earlier Latvian system. This article outlines the main steps in this process of change and then goes on to argue that there is still much to be done: firstly, to consolidate and secure the developments to date, and secondly, to enable a successful functioning within the EU in a rapidly changing wider context.