How can lessons learned from senior social studies developments ...

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How can lessons learned from senior social studies developments inform teaching and learning in year 9 and 10 social studies classrooms? Dr Rowena Taylor Massey University College of Education Palmerston North 4442 New Zealand Abstract Since the introduction of senior social studies for the National Certificate in Educational Achievement [NCEA] in 2002, some progress has been made towards developing a unique identity for social studies. An increased emphasis on conceptual learning, clarification of terminology, and progress towards a unifying theme based around social justice issues has provided greater internal cohesion for the subject.

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mapping talent
in Latin America
a study to quantify and map the quality of
human capital in 2008 and 2013
Argentina DominicanRepublic
Brazil Ecuador
Chile Mexico
Colombia Peru
CostaRica Venezuela
Developedinco-operationwiththecontents
Introduction,1
LatinAmericaTalentIndexmap,2
Findings,3
Methodology,6
TalentIndexweightings,8
Demographics,9
Qualityofcompulsoryeducation,10
Qualityofuniversitiesandbusinessschools,11
Qualityoftheenvironmenttonurturetalent,12
Mobilityandrelativeopennessofthelabormarket,13
StockandfowofForeignDirectInvestment,14
Proclivitytoattractingtalent,15
OurcapabilityinLatinAmerica,16
TheHeidrick&Struggles Talen tIndexseries,17
Copyright ©2009 Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.
All rights reserved. Reproduction without permission is prohibited.
Trademarks and logos are copyrights of their respective owners.mapping talent
in Latin America
If we consider talent to be a global commodity, as precious as oil or
water, then it should be possible to analyze it as a commodity; to
predict its supply and demand. The Global Talent Index, developed
in collaboration with the Economist Intelligence Unit, explored the
distribution of talent in the world in 2007 and 2012.
WhenwedevelopedtheGlobal Talen tIndex,onlythreeLatinAmericancountries–Argentina,Braziland
Mexico–wereincluded;theirlowperformancewithintheglobalcontextcameasno ThesurLaprtin ise.
America Talent Indexusesthesamemethodologybutallowscloserexaminationoftheregion’stalentpool
byassessing:Argentina,Brazil,Chile,Colombia,CostaRica,DominicanRepublic,Ecuador,Mexico,Peruand
Venezuela.
Inthepast,thechallengeforLatinAmericancompanieshasbeenaccesstocapitalandtechnologyin
amarketdominatedbyexporting,miningandagribusiness,oligopoliesandgovernmentcontrolled
companies.Businessinterestsweredependentongovernmentactionsandviceversa.Leadershipwas
important,butnotakeysuccessfactorinfosteringcorporategrowthandproftability.
Unprecedentedadvanceshaveoccurredsincetheearly-1990s,helpedbytheopeningupofmarkets,
deregulation,themodernizationofeconomies,greaterintegrationandinteractionwithglobalmarkets,
thedevelopmentoflocalfnancialandcapitalmarkets,andthecreationoflargeglobalcompanies
headquarteredintheregion(‘multi-latinas’).Asaresult,leadershipandtalenthavestartedtoemergeas
importantcompetitivefactors.
The2008globalfnancialdownturnhascreatednewprioritiesandplacednewdemandsonthecurrent
leaders.Intheshortterm,companiesmaybeconcernedwithquarterlyresultsbutinthelongtermthe
diferentiatorwillbetheirabilitytoidentify,developandretainhighlyqualifedT hetalenLa t.tin America
TalentIndexrevealssuchtalentwillcontinuetobescarceoverthenextfveyears,posingachallengeto
companiesandeconomieseagertocontinuetheirgrowthandconsolidation.Permanentlyreversingthis
trendreliesheavilyongovernmentpolicies,businessstrategiesandculturalvalues,andpracticalresultsmay
taketimetoappear.Butassoonasawarenessisraisedamongstbusinesses,governmentsandindividuals,
andafrmativeactionadopted,thepresentandprojectedtalentshortfallwillstarttobeT rhiseversedstudy .
representsanimportantfrststepinthisprocess.
Manoel Rebello,Regional Managing Partner, Latin America, June 2009
Heidrick&Struggles 1Latin America
Talent Index map
Dominican RepublicCubaMexico
Jamaica
Belize Haiti
Honduras
Guatemala
El Salvador Nicaragua
Trinidad & Tobago
Panama
Costa Rica
Venezuela
Guyana
French Guiana
Colombia Suriname
Ecuador
2008
Peru
Brazil
Bolivia
Paraguay
Chile
Argentina
Uruguay
Talent Index rankings in 2013
21 26 31 36 41 46 51
to to to to to to tocooler red hot
25 30 35 40 45 50 55
The map uses color to represent the overall talent ranking
in 2013 of each of the ten measured countries,
indicating at a glance how they score.
2 Mapping Talent in Latin Americafndings
Our regional grouping can be broadly
Talent Index rank
rank country (Ti) rating change
categorized into three groups of
2013 2008 2013 RC nations. The top group consists of
Chile 54.8 57.2 n 01 fve countries with a small range in
Mexico 52.2 55.9 n 02 overall scores. Two of these countries,
Brazil 51.8 52.8 n 03 Chile and Costa Rica are relatively
CostaRica 49.6 50.1 n 04 small open economies. Chile is also
Argentina 48.5 44.7 n 0 the most economically developed in 5
terms of GDP per capita. Costa Rica is Peru 38.0 39.8 s 16
boosted by its relatively high quality of Venezuela 41.4 38.6 t 17
compulsory education and openness. 8 Colombia 35.9 36.9 n 0
The other three countries in the 9 DominicanRep. 28.6 29.2 s 1
top group are the regional giants of 10 Ecuador 29.9 28.2 t 1
Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. However,
Overall rankings showing movement scale is not so important here. Without
between 2008 and 2013 for each of the
the demographic category Mexico, measured ten countries
Brazil and Argentina would still remain
in the top fve. These three are also
more developed economically with
some of the highest levels of GDP per
capita within the regional group.
Heidrick&Struggles 3Thenextgroupconsistsofthreecountries:Peru, atthetopofourrankingsinbothtimeperiods,Chile
VenezuelaandColombia.PeruandColombiahavescoressurprisinglyweaklyinoneofourcategories,
similarlevelsofeconomicdevelopmentandGDPperthe qualityofcompulsoryeducation.Ther eismuch
capita,lowerthanthoseinourtopgVroupenezuela,. potentialforittomovetowardsthehigherranked
closertothoseinthetopgroupintermsoflevels countriesinthiscategory.Insodoing,Chilewould
ofGDPpercapitaisletdownbyrelativelypoor strengthenitsfrstplaceposition.
environmentstonurtureandattracttalent,thelower
internationalopennessofitslabourmarketand Countrybycountryperformance
verylowrelativeratesofForeignDirectInvestment
ThefndingsofthisIndexbroadlyconfrm
(FDI).Thesefactorsprecludeitfromreachingthetop
conclusionsfrompreviousversionsofTthealen t
group.
Index:absoluteandrelativepoolsoftalentare
ThefnalgroupconsistsoftheDominicanRepublicmostlikelytobefoundin,andareattractedtothe
andEcuadorwhicharetwooftheleastdevelopedec onomicallydeveloped,wealthiereconomies.
countrieseconomically.T hegapbetweenthesetwoThereisoneexception:Venezuela.Althoughitsoil
countriesandthesecondgroupispredominantly industryhasgeneratedconsiderablewealththishas
causedbymuchweakercategoryscoresforthe nothelpedtodeveloptheconditionsnecessaryfor
qualityofcompulsoryeducationandtertiary aregionallysignifcanttalentpool.Overtheforecast
education. periodVenezuelaisexpectedtofallfromsixthto
seventhplaceintheIndex.
Overtheforecastperiodthereareafewchanges
inranksuggestingthatthevariationsinrelative Chileprovidesthemostattractiveenvironment
strengthsandweaknesseswillremainentrenched. fortalent.Despitethelowestdemographicrating
Collectivelythoughweareexpectingabsolute andpoorcompulsoryeducationscoresitismost
improvementsinmostofourmeasures,especiallyabletonurturetalent,withthehighestlevelofFDI
ineducation.Incontrast,Venezuela sufersfroma andarelativelystrongeconomy;itisabletouse
noticeabledowngradetoitsexpectedeconomic itsstrongermacroeconomicfoundationstoattract
prospectsandfallsonerank.Asimilarrelative talentfromoverseas.Mexicoscoresrelativelywell
weaknessineconomicprospectsforEcuador comparedtoitscompetitorsinmostareasexcept
explainsitsfall. initsabilitytoattractFDI(whereitisthirdfrom
bottomin2008,thoughrisingby2013).Brazilis
Intermsofrelativegrowthpotentialfortalent
supportedbythestrongestdemographicsand
Mexicoseemstopromisethemostintheforecast
thebestuniversitiesinthegroup.Brazilispoorat
periodwithmorepotentialtoimproveonits
attractingFDIasaproportionofitsoverallgross
compulsoryeducationsystem,FDIfowsandstocks,
domesticproduct(2ndlowest)andhasarelatively
andgeneraleconomicgrowth. Weexpectallthese
closedlabormarketinternationally.If‘theQualit y
measurestoimproveatamuchfasterratethanits
oftheenvironmenttonurturetalenca tt’egorywas
regionalcompetitorsupto2013,despitethemalign
removedBrazilwouldrankfrstoverallin2008.
globaleconomicoutlook;by2013Mexicoisonlyjust
behindChileinouroverallrankings.Althoughitsits
4 Mapping Talent in Latin AmericaAswehavediscoveredinpreviousglobaland Venezuelahasagoodeducationsystemandgood
regionalversionsoftheTalen tIndex,demographics potentialforattractingtalentfromoverseas.Other
playanimportantrole.Chile,forexample,haspercategoriesaremuchpoorerhowever:FDIisverylow;
capitathebestscoresinourIndexforhumancapital the,environmentisnotconducivefordeveloping
butitsrelativelysmallsizeandlowpopulation andretainingdomestictalent,and;thelabormarket
growthlimittheabsolutesizeofitspotentialtalenistrelativelyrigid T.he bottomthreecountriesin
pool.Thisholdsitbackfromwhatwouldotherwisethe group–Colombia,theDominican Republic
beamoreregionallydominantposition.Costa Ricaand Ecuador–haveatbestaveragescoresinmost
wouldbesecondintheoverallranking(behind categories.ThemainexceptionisFDIforwhichthe
Chile)ifpopulationwerenotbeingusedasasizing Dominican Republicscoreswell(althoughthisisnot
andcorrectivefactor.Brazilwoulddroptwoplacesenoughtoboostitsfnalposition).
toffthifitspopulationdidnotsodominatethe
Thegreatestdisturbancetotherankingbetween
region.
2008and2013comesfromthediverseoutlookfor
CostaRicaranksrelativelyhighlyinfourthplacewithGDP