The Ideology of Innovation Education and its Emergence as a New subject in Compulsory Schools

Vol. 3 No. 4

Year: 2008

Issue: Mar-May

Title: The Ideology of Innovation Education and its Emergence as a New subject in Compulsory Schools 

Author Name: Svanborg R Jonsdottir, Gisli Thorsteinsson, Tom Page 

Synopsis:

Innovation Education and Practical Use of Knowledge was introduced into the Icelandic National Curriculum for compulsory schools in 1999, where it is defined by the curriculum writers as a “school subject” but is not allocated any direct time in the recommended guidelines for subjects. This paper describes a master’s research project from the University of Iceland, Faculty of Pedagogy and Education which focuses on how Innovation Education emerged in Iceland and how the subject has developed; what makes the subject special; and what factors, internal and external, have influenced its dissemination. The paper will include an overview of the data collection and analysis methods and an overview of the findings.