ED_ON is a public information program aimed at everyone with an interest in education. Education Initiative uses ED_ON to promote scientific knowledge about education: articles and reviews of statistical and multimedia publications that are curated by reputable scholars and made available in an intuitive and open access portal available at iniciativaeducacao.org.
Goals
ED_ON aims to fight the shortage of objective and science-based information about education - fundamental to everyone, young or old, who wants to reason and reflect about education in a modern and open fashion.
Methodology
ED_ON will gather and publish information about three key topics:
- cognitive psychology and learning: what we know about the learning processes, and how to apply this knowledge in schools and other learning environments
- economics of education: the study of various measurable issues related to education, such as the impact of class size in learning outcomes
- statistics about education: a selection of statistics that improve our knowledge of the education system
School Year 2023/2024
In the 2023/2024 school year, the production of scientific dissemination content has remained the main focus of the ED_ON program. As of August 2024, 21 articles, 26 podcast episodes had been published.
In the 2023/2024 school year, a new partnership was forged with the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS), an Australian think-tank with some of the world's most renowned academics. Similar to what had been done with the French Scientific Council for Education (CSEN) in the 2022/2023 school year, an agreement was celebrated to promote the translation and dissemination of articles and other scientific resources on best educational practices.
The ED_ON program has developed several partnerships to produce and curate content. These partners, most of whom are international, share with Iniciativa Educação the aspiration to promote a culture that is anchored in science as well as an approach which is based on the best available information. These partnerships aim to share specialized content and personalities that would be inaccessible to the Portuguese public otherwise.