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Interview with Gunda Tire, Head of International Assessments, Education and Youth Board Estonia

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In this episode, I spoke to to Gunda Tire who is head of international assessments for the Education and Youth Board in Estonia.  She tells me about her role in leading the PISA programme for international student assessments.  We go on to discuss the education model in Estonia and how it is different.  Estonia is a country with 1.3 million people and it has a very innovative model. She reveals her thoughts and ideas on the future of education and learning which include:

  • A strategy to provide individualised learning for pupils by 2035.
  • Each school having an education technologist.
  • ICT is seen as a skill and not a separate unit.
  • The country is using digital learning to fill the learning gap from the pandemic.

    • Listen to analysis of the converation at 19 minutes 46 seconds.

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    Class FuturesBy Jonathan Lloyd