Wikidata:Property proposal/educational year

educational year edit

This property was requested after extensive consultation with the Wikidata community and experts on ed tech, OER, global and national curriculum, education policy, and digitization. Over the two rounds of the consultation, we received input from 31 individuals representing various global perspectives and areas of expertise to aid in the full implementation of the Wikidata for Education project.

Originally proposed at Wikidata:Property proposal/Generic

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DescriptionThe level a student has reached in their academic pursuit. For example, 3rd grade.
Data typeItem
Domainproperty in education (Q8434)
Example 1middle school (Q149566)seventh grade (Q43791171)
Example 2Junior High School (Q113000893)National curriculum of Ghana for Junior High School 1 (Q113463634)
Example 3middle school (Q149566)Year 7 (Q17010108)
Planned useRead more about the data model WD4E Data Model. Check out How it is used in the test environment Q224561.
Wikidata projectWikidata for Education

Motivation edit

This property will be used to specify the educational year of a specific curriculum. For instance a JHS 1 mathematics curriculum will have Junior High School (Basic 7) in the Ghanaian system as the value for the property Educational year which will be Year Seven in United Kingdom System.

Dnshitobu (talk) 13:05, 19 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion edit

  Comment are the examples correct? educational year (Q10291405) is a generic class used by more specific educational years... Abbe98 (talk) 10:59, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for prompt. I have corrected them now. Andrews Lartey (talk) 23:16, 24 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Grades at which people take courses vary WIDELY among schools, districts, programs, and universities. I'm not sure where you're getting this data that these courses are taken specifically during these grades... Lectrician1 (talk) 13:56, 26 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your point is factual. This property will allow one to state the expected grade for which the subject or content is suited for per the standard set by the governing body that developed the content. Hence, the usage of this property should be in consultation with the recommendation of the governing body that set the standards. For example, with AP Capstone, the program is targeted at student who are motivated and prepared for college-level coursework; in this case technically Grade 11 and 12 students are. There may be other regions who will also use the ISCED 2011 standards to determine what courses are meant for what grade level. Andrews Lartey (talk) 18:24, 26 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  Oppose The property description needs to be more specific. Is this restricted to saying what grades a school has or is also allowed to say what grades a class is taken during? Lectrician1 (talk) 06:59, 24 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]