Creating effective teaching and learning environments : first results from TALIS.

OECD's Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) provides the first internationally comparative perspective on the conditions of teaching and learning, providing groundbreaking insights into some of the factors that lie behind the differences in learning outcomes that OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) has revealed. It aims to help countries review and develop policies to make the teaching profession more attractive and more effective.  Read more...