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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sidorkin, Alexander M. (Editor), Warford, Mark K. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• 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.; Public Administration.

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...

Table of 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.