Educational Research and Innovation : a New Perspective.

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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 is informative: it gives readers new international comparative information about innovation in education compared to other sectors. And it documents change in a variety of dimensions.  Read more... 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.