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Reforms and Innovation in Education : Implications for the Quality of Human Capital /

This book investigates the interrelationship between educational reforms and pedagogical and technological innovations, as well as the implications of this relationship for the quality of human capital. By analyzing recent educational reforms in Russia and the US, the authors shed new light on how t...

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Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Group Author: Sidorkin, Alexander M; Warford, Mark K
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Science, Technology and Innovation Studies
Subjects:
International education
Comparative education
Educational policy
ducation and state
Education > Philosophy
Public administration
Economic policy
Economics
R & D/Technology Policy
International and Comparative Education
Educational Philosophy
Educational Policy and Politics
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60246-2
Summary: This book investigates the interrelationship between educational reforms and pedagogical and technological innovations, as well as the implications of this relationship for the quality of human capital. By analyzing recent educational reforms in Russia and the US, the authors shed new light on how these reforms may help or hinder innovations, such as the introduction of computer technologies into classrooms, new methods of teacher evaluation, constructivist teaching methods, and governance in public schools. Taking labor economics as a useful lens for conceptualizing the diffusion of innovat
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(V,142pages): illustrations.
ISBN: 9783319602462
Index Number: JF20
CLC: G511
Contents: Introduction -- 1 Educational Innovation Diffusion: Confronting Complexities -- 2 The Nature of Educational Innovation -- 3 People Matters: Innovations in Institutionally Weak Context -- 4 Innovators from Within and from Without the Education System -- 5 Identifying Factors Associated with the Survival and Success of Grassroots Educational Innovations -- 6 Understanding Technology Integration Failures in Education: The Need for Zero-Order Barriers -- 7 Human Capital and Innovations in Education -- Conclusion.

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