according to the PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) Report‚ in 2000‚ Australia’s education system was ranked number two in the world for reading and mathematics and ranked three for science. Today‚ we’re number eight for science‚ number ten for reading and number seventeen for mathematics. The decline is equivalent to more than half a year of schooling. Why did this happen and why did our education system fail? We have to find the answer to these
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The Use of Student Assessment for Policy and Learning Improvement Education Policy and Reform Unit (EPR) Education Policy Research Working Document No. 1 Published by UNESCO Bangkok Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education Mom Luang Pin Malakul Centenary Building 920 Sukhumvit Road‚ Prakanong‚ Klongtoey Bangkok 10110‚ Thailand © UNESCO 2013 All rights reserved The designations employed and the presentation of material throughout this publication do not imply the expression
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on Wire is a documentary directed by James March about a Philippe Petit and his journey to walk across in the middle of the World Trade Center on a wire back in 1974. What made me interested in the film in a point of view of student who is freshly leaning elements of film is how the director managed to tell this story without making the audience confused of timeline. Often times in our lives‚ when we are listening to such a long story like Petit’s journey‚ we get lost in time frame. On the top of that
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Galileo was an extremely influential figure in the field of science during the Renaissance period. He was born as Galileo Galilei on February 15‚ 1564‚ in Pisa‚ Italy. Galileo died on January 8‚ 1642‚ at the age of 77‚ in Arcetri‚ Italy‚ where he was under house arrest. He is most commonly known for inventing the telescope‚ however‚ he accomplished much more than that. Galileo’s childhood was fairly pleasant‚ as he was born into a family of nobility‚ even though his family was not particularly
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Soil Mechanics Soil is the most misunderstood term in the field. The problem arises in the reasons for which different groups or professions study soils. Soil scientists are interested in soils as a medium for plant growth. So soil scientists focus on the organic rich part of the soils horizon and refer to the sediments below the weathered zone as parent material. Classification is based on physical‚ chemical‚ and biological properties that can be observed and measured. Soils engineers think
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Fibonacci Sequence Fibonacci‚ also known as the Leonardo of Pisa‚ born in the early 1770’s AD in Pisa‚ Italy‚ has had a huge impact on today’s math‚ and is used in everyday jobs all over the world. After living with his dad‚ a North African educator‚ he discovered these ways of math by traveling along the Mediterranean Coast learning their ways of math. With the inspiration from the “Hindu-Arabic” numerical system‚ Fibonacci created the 0-9 number system we still use to this day. One of his
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towards mathematics when he was young. He attended secondary school in Venice where he showed that he was brilliant in mathematics. It was then clear that from this stage he would follow this career. In 1896 Guido entered the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. There he was taught by Dini and Bianchi‚ who quickly influenced Guido to undertake research in geometry. He presented his doctoral thesis Clifford’s Parallelism in Elliptic Spaces in 1900. Most young doctoral students take a few years to make themselves
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mathematics was essential. With the new system‚ people could compute sums and differences more quickly‚ giving them a competitive edge. Fibonacci realized the advantages of this new system‚ as did most who were exposed to it‚ so when he returned to Pisa‚ he wrote a book about it that he finished in 1202. Titled Liber abbaci‚ meaning "Book of Calculating‚" the work dealt with the methods of arithmetic in the decimal system (now taught to all elementary school children) and it eventually persuaded European
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Patriarchal society and its effect on language and literature. Patriarchy as an ideology: Pam Morris‚ in her book Literature and feminism has defined ideology in two ways. The first is that ‘ideology’ is a consciously held system of beliefs which people knowingly choose or reject‚ like a religion. The second definition says that an ideology is used to refer to the way we perceive reality. The second term rests on the assumption that as we enter society‚ we absorb and assume its perceptions
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life. He took control of the family at the age of twenty. However‚ Lorenzo began to work diplomatically on the family’s behalf at an even younger age. Quoting Harold Acton: During his adolescence Lorenzo was often sent on diplomatic missions – to Pisa to meet Federigo‚ the cultured younger son of King Ferrante of Naples; to Milan to represent his father at the marriage of Ferrante’s eldest son to Francesco Sforza’s clever daughter Ippolita‚ later to prove a loyal friend in need; to Bologna‚ Venice
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