Daniel H. Jarvis, Glenda L. Black, Maria Cantalini-Williams
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Abstract
The Rideau Hall Foundation (RHF) in Ottawa, Canada selected the Schulich School of Education (SSoE) at Nipissing University to create educational resources to correspond with the release of two 2017 publications (Innovation Nation written for emergent readers; and Ingenious written for older readers. Both books were co-authored by The Right Honourable David Johnston (former Governor General of Canada) and Tom Jenkins as part of the Canada 150 sesquicentennial celebrations. The SSoE organized school teacher writing teams in summer 2017 and produced three cross-curricular Education for Innovation (E4I) resources (Early Learning; Grades 1-8; Grades 7-12) each of which included an Innovation Cycle model, sample key innovation learning experiences, and suggestions for culminating Innovation Celebrations. Teacher candidates from participating SSoE faculty classes also created curriculum-specific Innovation units which were subsequently revised by teacher teams and then implemented and reviewed by teachers from different educational contexts (e.g., public schools, private schools, homeschools). The E4I project collaboration involved university faculty, teachers, teacher candidates, and community partners. Based on participant survey data, researchers identified reported benefits and challenges relating to the overall developmental process. Findings indicate that the experiences of inquiring, ideating, incubating, and implementing the E4I resources closely reflected the phases found within the Innovation Cycle model. Feedback from teachers confirmed the usefulness of E4I for promoting innovation skills and mindsets in their students. Further themes emerging from the process survey data analysis include the evidence of, and need for: solid leadership, flexible support, iterative mindsets, and organic organizational structures.
Key words: Innovation, Education, Curriculum, Interdisciplinary
La Fondation Rideau Hall (FRH) a Ottawa, Canada, a selectionne la Schulich School of Education (SSoE) de l’Universite Nipissing pour elaborer des ressources didactiques dans le cadre de la publication de deux livres en 2017, Innovation Nation pour lecteurs debutants et Ingenious pour lecteurs plus âges. Les deux livres ont ete rediges par le tres honorable David Johnston, ancien Gouverneur general du Canada, en collaboration avec Tom Jenkins dans le cadre des celebrations du cent-cinquantenaire du Canada. La SSoE a organise des equipes de redaction pour enseignants a l’ete 2017 et a produit trois ressources multidisciplinaires portant sur l’education pour l’innovation (E41), chacune comportant un modele du cycle d’innovation, un echantillon des experiences d’apprentissage axees sur l’innovation et des suggestions axees sur les celebrations de l’innovation comme activite culminante. Des stagiaires suivant des cours avec l’equipe professorale de SSoE ont egalement cree des unites portant sur l’innovation alignees avec les programmes d’etudes. Par la suite, des equipes d’enseignants ont revise les unites et des enseignants de divers contextes educationnels (par exemple, ecoles publiques, ecoles privees, enseignement a domicile) les ont mises en œuvre et les ont commentees. Le projet E41 a implique la collaboration du personnel enseignant de l’universite, d’enseignants, de stagiaires et de partenaires communautaires. A partir des donnees de sondages, les chercheurs ont identifie les avantages et les defis de l’ensemble du processus de developpement. Les resultats indiquent que les experiences consistant a poser des questions, a imaginer, a reflechir et a mettre sur pied les ressources E41 correspondent etroitement aux phases du modele du cycle de l’innovation. La retroaction des enseignants a confirme l’utilite de E41 pour les competences et les mentalites en innovation chez les etudiants. L’analyse des donnees du sondage a egalement fait ressortir la presence, et le besoin, d’un leadership solide, d’un appui souple, de mentalites iteratives et de structures organisationnelles organiques.
Mots cles : innovation, education, curriculum, interdisciplinaire
期刊介绍:
The Alberta Journal of Educational Research is a quarterly journal devoted to the dissemination, criticism, interpretation, and encouragement of all forms of systematic inquiry into education and fields related to or associated with education