Educational Research and Innovation : a New Perspective.

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Publisher: OECD Publishing
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Leaves: 335
Series: Educational Research & Innovation.
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Do teachers innovate? Do they try different pedagogical approaches? Are practices within classrooms and educational organisations changing? And to what extent can change be linked to improvements? A measurement agenda is essential to an innovation and improvement strategy in education. Measuring Innovation in Education offers new perspectives on addressing the need for such measurement. This book's first objective Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Table of contents
Executive summary
Overview
Why and how to measureinnovation in education
Objectives of the book
Why measure innovation in education: context and rationales
How innovation in education is measured in this publication
Better understanding the role of innovation in education
Summary of the main findings
How to improve the measurement of innovation in education
References
Reader's guide
PART I
Comparing innovation in educationwith other sectors
CHAPTER 1
Highly innovative workplacesin education and other sectors. Innovation occurrence and types within the education sectorInnovation occurrence within the education sector compared with other sectors
Innovation types within the education sector compared with other sectors
Innovation within the education sector by level of education
CHAPTER 2
Employee participationin innovation in educationand other sectors
Innovation occurrence and types within the education sector
Innovation occurrence within the education sector compared with other sectors
Innovation types within the education sector compared with other sectors. Innovation within the education sector by level of educationCHAPTER 3
Speed of adoption of innovation in education and other sectors
Level of Innovation within the education sector
Lead innovation within the education sector compared with other sectors
Innovation within the education sector by level of education
CHAPTER 4
Highly innovative jobs
Innovation occurrence and types within the education sector
Innovation occurrence within the education sector compared with other sectors
Innovation types within the education sector compared with other sectors. Innovation within the education sector by level of educationPART II
Innovation as changein classrooms and schools
CHAPTER 5
Innovation in teaching style
Use of front-of-class teaching
Independent work
Summary
CHAPTER 6
Innovation in instructional practices
Relating lessons to real-life
Data and text interpretation
Reasoning
Summary
CHAPTER 7
Innovationin class organisation
Group work
In-class ability grouping
Self-directed work
Individualisation
Summary
CHAPTER 8
Innovationin the use of textbooks in classrooms
Use of textbooks as primary resources. Use of textbooks as supplementary resources Summary
CHAPTER 9
Innovationin the methods of assessmentused in classrooms
Test based assessment
Non-test based assessments
Summary
CHAPTER 10
Innovationin the availability of computersand the internet in the classroom
Computer availability
Network accessibility
Summary
CHAPTER 11
Innovationin the use of computersin the classroom
Use of computers for practising skills and procedures
Use of computers for information research
Use of computers for data analysis and scientific experimentation.

✦ Subjects

Education and globalization -- Congresses;Education, Higher -- Congresses;Multicultural education -- Congresses

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