Results and publications 2014

Planned output and dissemination

Descriptive report about data, trends, correlations. Presented at 2 Nordic conferences targeted at policy makers, practitioners, media.

8 research papers for scientific journals. Presented at research seminars, Nordic network meetings  and international scientific conferences.

1 book summarizing results in non-technical terms. Closing discussion on the Education for tomorrow theme. Presented at 2 Nordic conferences for policy makers, practitioners, media.

Publications and output 2015

Books and reports

• Malin, A. (Ed.) 2014. Associations between age and cognitive foundation skills in the Nordic countries. A closer look at the data.University of Jyväskylä, Finnish Institute for Educational Research. [http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-39-5959-3]
• Gabrielsen, E., Lundetræ, K., Gustafsson, J.-E. & Myrberg, M. 2014. Background. In A. Malin (Ed.) Associations between age and cognitive foundation skills in the Nordic countries: A closer look at the data. University of Jyväskylä, Finnish Institute for Educational Research. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-39-5959-3
• Gabrielsen, E. & Lundetræ, K. 2014. Distributions of skills in the Nordic countries – a comparison. In A. Malin (Ed.) Associations between age and cognitive foundation skills in the Nordic countries: A closer look at the data. University of Jyväskylä, Finnish Institute for Educational Research. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-39-5959-3
• Albæk, K., Fridberg, T. & Rosdahl, A. 2014. Use of skills at work, cognitive foundation skills, and age. In A. Malin (Ed.) Associations between age and cognitive foundation skills in the Nordic countries: A closer look at the data. University of Jyväskylä, Finnish Institute for Educational Research. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-39-5959-3
• Sulkunen, S. & Malin, A. 2014. Adult education and training in the Nordic countries In A. Malin (Ed.) Associations between age and cognitive foundation skills in the Nordic countries: A closer look at the data. University of Jyväskylä, Finnish Institute for Educational Research. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-39-5959-3
• Lind, P. 2014. Educational mismatch, skills, and age. In A. Malin (Ed.) Associations between age and cognitive foundation skills in the Nordic countries: A closer look at the data. University of Jyväskylä, Finnish Institute for Educational Research. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-39-5959-3
• Mellander, E. 2014. The role of work experience for skills: Findings for the Nordic countries based on the PIAAC survey. In A. Malin (Ed.) Associations between age and cognitive foundation skills in the Nordic countries: A closer look at the data. University of Jyväskylä, Finnish Institute for Educational Research. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-39-5959-3
• Lundetræ, K., Sulkunen, S., Gabrielsen, E. & Malin, A. 2014. A comparison of PIAAC and PISA results. In A. Malin (Ed.) Associations between age and cognitive foundation skills in the Nordic countries: A closer look at the data. University of Jyväskylä, Finnish Institute for Educational Research. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-39-5959-3
• Malin, A. 2014. Summary – Skills and age. In A. Malin (Ed.) Associations between age and cognitive foundation skills in the Nordic countries: A closer look at the data. University of Jyväskylä, Finnish Institute for Educational Research. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-39-5959-3

• Rosdahl, A. 2014. Fra 15 år til 27 år. PISA 2000 eleverne I 2011/12. SFI – The Danish National Centre for Social Research.

• Rosdahl, A. 2014. Summary of Danish PIAAC Results. SFI – The Danish National Centre for Social Research. http://uvm.dk/~/media/UVM/Filer/Udd/Voksne/PDF14/Marts/140317%20English%20summary%20of%20Danish%20PIAAC%20results.pdf
• Larsen, M. & Rosdahl, A. 2014. Færdigheder i læsning, regning og problemløsning med it i LO-målgruppen PIAAC-analyse på LO-området. SFI – The Danish National Centre for Social Research. The report is published both by LO (The national Danish confederation of unions) and SFI. http://www.sfi.dk/danskernes_kompetencer-7149.aspx

Presentations

• Presentation of the project at NordForsk Annual Conference “Education for Tomorrow” in Reykjavik 19 May 2014
• Presentation of the project at NordForsk Kick-off Conference “Education for Tomorrow” in Oslo 17 June 2013
• Fridberg, T. 2015. Literacy proficiency from IALS to PIAAC in Denmark and the Nordic countries. IALS PIACC seminar. OECD Headquarters, Paris, France. 04.02.2015.
• Fridberg, T. 2014. How to access PIAC data and the Nordic PIAAC database. Seminar on PIAAC and a new Nordic PIAAC database. Stockholm, 26.03.2014.
• Fridberg, T. 2014. PIAAC in Denmark and the Nordic project. PIAAC Research Conference 2014. GESIS, Mannheim, Germany. 05.05.2014.
• Gabrielsen, E. 2014. PIAAC-results; why worry? Conference 22.1.2014. Adult Education in Rogaland county, Norway.
• Gustafsson, J.-E. 2014. Relativa prestationsskillnader mellan ålderskohorter i olika länder [Relative performance differences between age cohorts in different countries]. Vad kan vi lära oss av den internationella under­sökningen av ungdomars och vuxnas färdigheter, PIAAC? [What can the PIAAC survey tell us about the skills of adolescents and adults?], conference arranged by the Institute for Evaluation Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU) and Statistics Sweden, November 24, Stockholm, Sweden
• Gustafsson, J.-E. 2014. What does PIAAC tell about the results of the Swedish educational system? Seminar at the Centre for Vocational Skills and Knowledge, University of Gothenburg, December 9, 2014.
• Hämäläinen, R. & Malin, A. 2014. Adults with vocational education have serious shortage of problem solving skills (in Finnish). Annual Conference of the Finnish Educational Research Association 20.–21.11.2014 Oulu, Finland.
• Malin, A. 2014. Comparing the competencies of working-aged adults: PIAAC 2012 (in Finnish). 18.3.2014. Helsinki, Finland.
• Malin, A. 2014. Finnish adult education in the European comparisons: PIAAC 2012 (in Finnish). Training & Work 2014. 1.8.2014, Savonlinna, Finland.
• Malin, A. 2014. International Survey of Adult Skills. PIAAC 2012 (in Finnish). Conference about adult education and learning, The Finnish Lifelong Learning Foundation – KVS, 21.3.2014, Helsinki, Finland.
• Malin, A. 2014. PIAAC 2012: What does it tell from Finnish competencies (in Finnish). Annual conference of the open universities in Finland, Jyväskylä 28.–29.10.2014.
• Malin, A. 2014. Skills and earnings in the Nordic countries. Some preliminary results. Training & Work 2014. 1.8.2014, Savonlinna, Finland.
• Malin, A. & Sulkunen, S. 2014. Participation in adult education and training in the Nordic countries (in Finnish). Annual Conference of the Finnish Educational Research Association 20.-21.11.2014 Oulu, Finland.
• Mellander, E. 2014. Betydelsen av yrkeserfarenhet för uppbyggnaden av färdigheter [The importance of work experience in skill formation]. Vad kan vi lära oss av den internationella under­sökningen av ungdomars och vuxnas färdigheter, PIAAC? [What can the PIAAC survey tell us about the skills of adolescents and adults?], conference arranged by the Institute for Evaluation Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU) and Statistics Sweden, November 24, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Mellander, E. 2014 The Nordic region: of interest in general and, in particular, in relation to PIAAC. Seminar on PIAAC and a new Nordic PIAAC database, March 26, 2014, Stockholm, Sweden, organized by Statistics Sweden.
• Mellander, E. 2014. The role of work experience for skills: Findings for the Nordic countries, based on the PIAAC survey. Seminars at the Dept. of Education, Uppsala University, Sweden, October 1, 2014, and at the Institute for Evaluation Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU), Uppsala,  October 22, 2014.
• Mellander, E. & Lind, P. 2014. Föreläsning om PIAAC: Hur du som forskare kan använda undersökningen [Lectures on PIAAC: How you, as a researcher, can make use of the survey]. i) March 13, 2014, Linköping University, Sweden. ii) April 2, 2014, Stockholm University, Sweden. iii) April 8, 2014, Umeå University, Sweden.
• Mellander, E. & Lind, P. 2014. Learning in school and/or learning at work – what are the implications for skills? Annual Nordic conference on adult education and training, organized by Arbeidslivets opplaeringssenter, Iceland, and the Nordic network for adult learning, December 4, Reykjavik, Iceland.
• Myrberg, M. 2014. Reading achievement among young adults in a developmental perspective. Presentation at the Nordic Dyslexia Conference in Stockholm August 15th, 2014.
• Rosdahl, A. 2014. Fra 15 til 27 år. PISA 2000 eleverne i 2011/12. Landsforeningen af læsepædagoger, Munkebjergkonferencen, November 2014, Vejle, Denmark. (National Association for Reading Paedagogics).
• Rosdahl, A. 2014. Fra 15 år til 27 år. Resultater fra PISA-PIAAC undersøgelsen. Two presentations in June 2014. The Danish Ministry of Education and the Danish PISA and PIAAC reference groups.
• Rosdahl, A. 2014. From 15 to 27 years old, The Danish PISA 2000 students in PIAAC 2011/12. Presentation. OECD. Dublin. November 2014. PISA Governing Board.
• Rosdahl, A. 2014. PISA 2000 eleverne i 2011/12. 2014. PIAAC analyse på LO-området. Presentation. Uddannelsesforbundet, FVU- og Ordblindekonference, November 2014, Odense, Denmark. (Association for teachers in basic skills for adults).
• Rosdahl, A. 2014. The Danish PISA-PIAAC Survey. Presentation, OECD, Paris, December 2014, Board of Participating Countries. PIAAC.
• Sulkunen, S., Luukka, Malin, A. & Luukka, M.-R. 2014. Multiliteracy in PIAAC survey (in Finnish). Annual Conference of the Finnish Educational Research Association 20.–21.11.2014 Oulu, Finland.

Other publications

• Albæk, K. 2014. Age, skills and use of skills in major occupations in 21 developed countries. SFI – The Danish National Centre for Social Research.
• Fridberg, T. 2014. Literacy proficiency from IALS to PIAAC in Denmark and the Nordic countries. SFI – The Danish National Centre for Social Research.
• Malin, A. & Hämäläinen, R. 2014. PIAAC data provides new possibilities to investigate human capital (in Finnish). Hyvinvointikatsaus, 25 (3), 24-29. Statistics Finland.
• Myrberg, M. 2014. PIAAC – Ett ljus i skolmörkret. [PIAAC – a beam of light in the PISA darkness?] Dyslexi-Aktuellt om läs- och skrivsvårigheter nr 2 2014.
• Rosdahl, A. 2014. Datavejledning. (Guidelines for PISA, PIAAC and PISA-PIAAC data - in English.) Ministry of Education, Homepage. http://uvm.dk/~/media/UVM/Filer/Udd/Folke/PDF15/Jan/150115%20Datavejledning%20PISA%20PIAAC%20og%20PISA%20PIAAC.pdf
• Rosdahl, A. 2014. Danskernes kompetencer, Resultater fra PIAAC. I: Strategiske fokusområder. Rådet for Voksen- og Efteruddannelse. VEU-rådet, Undervisningsministeriet, Danmark. The Danish Ministry of Education, The Council for Adult Education. http://uvm.dk/~/media/UVM/Filer/Udd/Voksne/PDF14/Juni/140618%20VEU%20publikation.pdf
• Rosdahl, A. 2014. Udviklingen i læsefærdigheder fra 15 år til 27 år. Læsepædagogen, nr. 4. Læsepædagogen nr. 4, 2014 (Danish Paedagogical Journal). 
• Rosdahl, A. & The Ministry of Education, Denmark. 2014. Summary of the Summary of Danish PISA-PIAAC Survey. Ministry of Education, Homepage. http://uvm.dk/~/media/UVM/Filer/Udd/Folke/PDF14/Jun/140617%20PISA%20PIAAC%20Resultatnotat.pdf