This paper examines teacher self-efficacy in the classroom in relation to 3 competencies: classroom management, instruction, and student engagement. It focuses on differences in these competencies between novice teachers (5 years’ experience or less) compared to their experienced colleagues (5 years’ experience or more). It finds novice teachers report significantly lower levels of confidence than...

This report contains student performance and proficiency data on creative thinking and explores the relationship between performance and socioeconomic, geographic and cultural factors. The data shows significant variation between countries and a clear relationship between socioeconomic advantage and creative thinking.

The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is an international comparative study of student performance directed by the OECD. Volume II of the PISA 2022 national report examines the similarities and differences between a number of participating countries and economies on issues involving student wellbeing, student/teacher relationships, exposure to bullying, and the availability and access...

The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a key part of Australia’s National Assessment Program. This report presents the results for Australia as a whole, for the Australian states and territories and for the other groups in PISA 2022.

Motivating students to achieve is one of the major challenges teachers face in the classroom. Teachers provide their students with a plethora of learning opportunities in the hope of spurring enthusiasm, sparking curiosity and capturing and inspiring interest to pursue goals for their future aspirations.