(P) Innovation in Education in 2022
Some Innovation tends to be an overused term these days. This is because everyone tries to do more, create more, and develop more resources and ideas = INNOVATE.
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Some Innovation tends to be an overused term these days. This is because everyone tries to do more, create more, and develop more resources and ideas = INNOVATE.
Innovation is "[…] the successful introduction of a new thing or method" (Brewer and Tierney, 2012, p. 15).
Why is this happening? This is happening as we all feel the need to learn, grow, do something new, create something different, and be the one that comes up with a solution.
Education more than ever wants to help the students take on challenges and discover more.
Why is innovation in education important?
Education is important for social and economic development; thus, it easily becomes indispensable. However, this everchanging globalised world puts a lot of pressure on education to keep up.
"It is widely believed that countries' social and economic well-being will depend to an ever greater extent on the quality of their citizens' education: the emergence of the so-called 'knowledge society, the transformation of information and the media, and increasing specialisation on the part of organisations all call for high skill profiles and levels of knowledge. Today's education systems are required to be both effective and efficient, or in other words, to reach the goals set for them while making the best use of available resources" (Cornali, 2012, p. 255).
This is where teachers and schools come in. They need to offer new and innovative solutions to learning, teaching, and courses. All of these solutions will eventually help students innovate at their turn. Offering more access to courses, having a slight if not more flexibility of choice, and giving students the freedom to engage in today's world are some of the innovative ways education can use.
These are extra besides the technological part of how education is delivered.
Innovation in education should focus on all the below:
- theory and practice,
- curriculum,
- teaching and learning,
- policy,
- technology,
- institutions and administration,
- institutional culture,
- teacher education.
The truth is that education at all levels needs improvement. And innovation and being innovative in innovating and improving the education system. "Higher education has to change. It needs more innovation" (Wildavsky et al., 2012, p. 1)
