Changing pedagogy and driving innovation in emerging economies: The role of national development strategy, policy and innovation instruments – Case Study Kosovo
Session
Education and Development
Description
This paper examines the link between national development strategies, educational policy and innovation lab instruments in emerging economies. Innovations lab instruments are synonymous here for innovation processes and coordination. Using Kosovo, the youngest state in Europe as a case (53% youth), this research employed document analysis, surveys and key actor interviews as methods to examine why national development strategies and policy drive social and development innovation, particularly through activities of international agents like UNICEF and its Innovations lab in Kosovo. Based on initial results of a comprehensive study of innovation activities developed and facilitated by UNICEF’s Innovations lab, it concludes that strategic plans and policies are important contingent factors fostering pedagogical change and innovative processes, whilst making instruments of innovations labs effective; allowing innovation to occur. Effective is here synonymous for successful.
Keywords:
National development strategies, educational policies, development innovation, innovation labs, social innovation and processes, Kosovo, UNICEF
Session Chair
Mary M. Somerville
Session Co-Chair
Karoly Nagy
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-437-54-7
Location
Durres, Albania
Start Date
28-10-2017 11:00 AM
End Date
28-10-2017 12:30 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2017.127
Recommended Citation
Darkwa, Immanuel; Murphy, Susan P.; and Mugaju, James, "Changing pedagogy and driving innovation in emerging economies: The role of national development strategy, policy and innovation instruments – Case Study Kosovo" (2017). UBT International Conference. 127.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2017/all-events/127
Changing pedagogy and driving innovation in emerging economies: The role of national development strategy, policy and innovation instruments – Case Study Kosovo
Durres, Albania
This paper examines the link between national development strategies, educational policy and innovation lab instruments in emerging economies. Innovations lab instruments are synonymous here for innovation processes and coordination. Using Kosovo, the youngest state in Europe as a case (53% youth), this research employed document analysis, surveys and key actor interviews as methods to examine why national development strategies and policy drive social and development innovation, particularly through activities of international agents like UNICEF and its Innovations lab in Kosovo. Based on initial results of a comprehensive study of innovation activities developed and facilitated by UNICEF’s Innovations lab, it concludes that strategic plans and policies are important contingent factors fostering pedagogical change and innovative processes, whilst making instruments of innovations labs effective; allowing innovation to occur. Effective is here synonymous for successful.