Today I worked, again with father, on the research section of the product. Looking at a website that displayed the mathematics, science and languages results of an equivalent test for various countries, members of the OECD, I encoutered various ideas for my product. One of the statistical informations within this study was the comparison between the grades achieved in the country and the expected results, considering the socioeconomic factors of the country. Portugal, for instance displayed results exceedingly below the expectations, such as Spain and Italy did (2008). Nevertheless, and to my surprise (due to the stereotypes created around this idea), the country with the highest results was not an Asian one, such as Japan, which is known to be extremely rigid with education, but Finland, which overcame the grade expectations greatly. Knowledge of such data provided that my ideas concerning the research paper to be completed as the product to be altered. Because Portugal has a problem in academic achievements not only as raw data, but also in comparison to the socioeconomic expectations, I believe that it would be interesting to, by comparing Portugal's results with other countries, modify the project goal, in order for it to focus on:
"what measures can be employed in order to improve the academic results in Portugal?"
Thus, the product would require questioning the following individuals:
- Teachers in portuguese schools,
- Teachers that have taught in both Portuguese and international schools, and
- Representatives of the Portuguese Ministery of Education.
I will remain informing this journal on every aspect of my work sessions and decisions, regarding the Personal Project.
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