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Alan McCluskey

Consistency and coherence key to successful innovation policy, says Potocnik - 0 views

  • '[Innovation policy] requires policy-makers and politicians to innovate in the way they conduct and implement policy,' commented Mr Potocnik.
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    A speech by Commissioner Potocnik about innovation policy in Europe.
vainas

What do you think about Catalan issue? - 35 views

I found in my college works (V.Rupainiene, 2003) some definition of innovation: educational innovation is a new idea, practice and process, something what is understood as newly implemented at the ...

Alan McCluskey

Overview / Finland's future strategy - 1 views

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    Details of the new Finnish Innovation Strategy which is not just about education but mainly about entrepreneurship and industry.
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    In the page about implementation of the strategy it pleads for a holistic apporach to policy-making about innovation: "The key recommendations of the national innovation strategy will apply to the co-ordination of a broad-based innovation policy at the government level, and especially the co-ordination of the implementation of sector-specific development and innovation programmes. The objective of intensified co-ordination is to increase synergies between policy sectors in the promotion of innovations and to accelerate innovation activities especially in the public sector. The strategy will also outline how to promote the preconditions of Finnish enterprises and entrepreneurs in a comprehensive way."
Alan McCluskey

Innovative Minds Don't Think Alike - New York Times - 0 views

  • As our knowledge and expertise increase, our creativity and ability to innovate tend to taper off
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      Some of the ideas expressed here (in Chip's book) might be useful in thinking about how policy-hsapers can have more impact on policies adopted by policy-makers.
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      Only available second hand on Amazion.co.uk
  • it becomes nearly impossible to look beyond what you know and think outside the box you’ve built around yourself.
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  • People who design products are experts cursed by their knowledge, and they can’t imagine what it’s like to be as ignorant as the rest of us.
  • once you’ve become an expert in a particular subject, it’s hard to imagine not knowing what you do
  • Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die.
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    About how expertise can hinder innovation and creativity because it tends to fence in ideas and limit possibilities, especially within specific areas of expertise. So thought has to be given to stepping outside existing frameworks and how new ideas are communicated to others.
Alan McCluskey

Encouraging Innovation in Our Schools | Edutopia - 0 views

  • Once again, the policy makers have it wrong. How can you gather policymakers to discuss innovation in education without teachers and their professional associations?
  • Once again, the policy makers have it wrong. How can you gather policymakers to discuss innovation in education without teachers and their professional associations?
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    The author says: "Once again, the policy makers have it wrong. How can you gather policymakers to discuss innovation in education without teachers and their professional associations?"
Laia Martín

Meeting P2V BCN February - 0 views

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    Information related to the Catalan issue to be discussed on 20-22th February
Alan McCluskey

The Innovation Unit - Home - 0 views

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    The UK Innovation Unit promotes innovation to improve education and children's services. It acts as a catalyst for change and draws on expertise from both the public and private sectors, combining practitioner expertise with the ambition of policy makers.
Alan McCluskey

Presentation Zen: If your idea is worth spreading, then presentation matters - 0 views

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    (Alan) This article about how to make good presentations might be useful in preparing the presentation of the policy soution for the end of the P2V visit to Barcelona.
Alan McCluskey

Futurelab - Innovation in education - 0 views

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    transforming the way people learn through innovative technology and practice
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    The Futurlab site contains sections about projects: - the innovate award scheme; - the Models of Innovation project investigating conditions and strategies to support innovation in the design and development of digital learning resources; - teachers as innovators in teaching and learning with digital resources; - Why don't you? .. a porject about providing tested new tools and approaches that could be used to try something in a new way ... and available resources (reports; handbooks; articles,...)
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