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Vicentini, Letizia; Day, Laurie; Gill, Valdeep; Lillis, Johnny; Komers, Selina; Olausson, Niklas – UK Department for Education, 2022
In December 2021, the Department for Education (DfE) appointed Ecorys UK to undertake a research project: Future opportunities for education technology in England. The project aimed to provide insights to the future of the EdTech market in England, considering likely developments in digital technology and education policy. This report presents the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
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Hermans, Frans; Klerkx, Laurens; Roep, Dirk – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2015
Purpose: We investigate how the structural conditions of eight different European agricultural innovation systems can facilitate or hinder collaboration and social learning in multidisciplinary innovation networks. Methodology: We have adapted the Innovation System Failure Matrix to investigate the main barriers and enablers eight countries…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interdisciplinary Approach, Rural Extension, Extension Education
Révai, Nóra – OECD Publishing, 2020
The paper investigates two -- often disconnected -- policy questions: how can we scale the use of evidence in teaching practice, and how can we generate and scale innovation? Both questions necessitate understanding how teachers and schools connect with each other, and with other organisations and professionals. The paper thus explores the role of…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Educational Innovation, Educational Research, Educational Policy
Karkkainen, Kiira – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2012
Innovation is essential for the education sector. The ways in which curriculum decision making is organised reflects different implicit approaches on how educational systems pertain to promote innovation in education. Curriculum holds an outstanding place when seeking to promote innovation in education, as it reflects the vision for education by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Innovation, Curriculum Development, Secondary Education
GOLDBERG, STANLEY – 1968
COMPARED ARE THE RESPONSES TO EINSTEIN'S THEORY OF RELATIVITY IN FOUR COUNTRIES BETWEEN THE YEARS 1905 AND 1911. THE COUNTRIES STUDIED ARE GERMANY, FRANCE, ENGLAND, AND THE UNITED STATES. ON THE BASIS OF THE RESPONSE, NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC STYLES ARE IDENTIFIED, AND THESE STYLES ARE RELATED TO PREVIOUS NATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF DOING SCIENCE AND…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Educational History, Innovation, Physics
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Shinn, Terry – Industry and Higher Education, 1998
Comparison of countries with strong industrial achievement (Germany, Japan, United States) and weaker growth (England, France, Russia) reveals a strong association between economic development and policies supporting industry-education collaboration. Positive and inhibiting mechanisms for industrial innovation were identified. (SK)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Economic Development, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1979
The report presents a rationale for School Based Curriculum Development (SBCD). SBCD is defined as any school initiated process which brings about a redistribution of power, responsibility, and control between central and local educational authorities. The result would be that the schools would acquire legal and administrative autonomy and…
Descriptors: Books, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Administration
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1999
This document contains 15 papers from a conference on preparing youth for the 21st century that was organized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The following papers are included: "Giving Young People a Good Start: The Experience of OECD Countries" (Norman Bowers,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Role, Articulation (Education), At Risk Persons