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APEC Education Network's Accomplishments 2000 Through 2004

GENERAL PROGRESS
Support Leaders Priority of a Knowledge-Based Society
  • There was an obvious movement by the EDNET members toward a research-based agenda from 2000-2004 for all EDNET business
  • This movement toward a research-based agenda is best exemplified by the participation of 18 out of 21 economies at the APEC Education Summit, "Striking Balance from East and West."
  • In addition, there was a huge response to the policy surveys developed for the 3rdAEMM in each of the four priority areas: 16 in math, 15 in English, 11 number in IT, 13 number in governance. This is in stark contrast to a total of 7 surveys submitted in IT for the 2000 Ministerial.
  • EDNET members agreed upon an adopted a common core of definitions for promising practice and evidence-based practice.
  • The Knowledge Bank provides the opportunity to access research-based information in each of the priority areas by economy, as well as topic area

Growing Participation

  • EDNET projects represented 50% of all HRDWG funded projects over the last four years.
  • EDNET participation is broadening to offices beyond MOEs' International Cooperation offices to frontline developers and implementers of policy reform and research within the Ministries.

Increased Focus

  • The group has decisively moved beyond general cooperation to cooperation in key areas of common concern (particularly improving teaching in key content areas - Math and Science, Language Instruction).
  • There is one gateway into all APEC education projects - across Fora - via the portal: Knowledge Bank of Policy and Practices.

Strategic Cooperation

  • Together: Economies chaired each of the four sub-themes at the Summit and have served as a management team for the Ministerial
  • With Foundations: AEF on ACEC, Hewlett Foundation and Sun Wah
  • With each other: Building on bi-national partnerships formed out of APEC cooperation (e.g., e-language)
  • With the research community: Economy researchers able to talk with one another via email in their own language and have it translated via the Knowledge Bank.