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Question: Thinking about your teaching in the class, how often do you the following: I refer to a problem from everyday life or work to demonstrate why new knowledge is useful.
Choices: "Never or almost never" "Occasionally" "Frequently" "Always"
Data: % of "Frequently" "Always"
Period:
Area:
48 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Portugal93.10%
2 Colombia92.05%
3 China91.70%
4 Brazil91.35%
5 Croatia90.12%
6 Mexico89.17%
7 Latvia88.51%
8 Chile88.23%
9 Viet Nam87.20%
10 Lithuania87.14%
11 Turkiye86.63%
12 United Arab Emirates84.98%
13 Hungary84.70%
14 Taiwan84.32%
15 South Africa83.47%
16 Romania83.07%
17 Cyprus82.54%
18 Italy82.52%
19 Kazakhstan82.40%
20 Republic of Korea82.12%
21 Bulgaria81.92%
22 Spain81.24%
23 Slovenia80.06%
24 Russian Federation79.45%
25 Saudi Arabia77.81%
26 Malta77.29%
27 Argentina74.81%
28 Austria74.76%
29 Canada74.58%
30 Georgia74.42%
31 New Zealand72.62%
32 Australia72.10%
33 Slovakia71.97%
34 United States71.34%
35 Israel71.19%
36 Singapore70.85%
37 Czech Republic69.17%
38 Belgium68.35%
39 Estonia68.20%
40 Finland68.19%
41 Norway66.52%
42 United Kingdom65.17%
43 Netherlands64.25%
44 Denmark60.90%
45 Sweden58.56%
46 France57.54%
47 Japan 53.91%
48 Iceland40.50%

Note
Argentina: Buenos Aires only. Canada: Alberta only. China: ShangHai only. United Kingdom: England only.

No data for 190 countries.

Source
OECD (2019) TALIS 2018 Results (Volume I) Table I.2.1

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data48
Regression equation
Y = -3.158520 X +8.896
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.578
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.334

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data48
Regression equation
Y = -134718.519302 X +138064.908
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.654
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.428

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = -22.556921 X +95.348
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.508
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.258

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = -0.199455 X +1.817
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.052
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.003

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data47
Regression equation
Y = -4.601193 X +13.553
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.105
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011