Learning throughout the innovation journey: a new dimension to learning as a search process Online publication date: Fri, 08-Oct-2021
by Gitte Miller Balslev
International Journal of Innovation in Education (IJIIE), Vol. 7, No. 2, 2021
Abstract: This paper explores learning processes of professionals in a case of innovation in education. Learning of professionals is here defined as a collective search process - in contrast to a predominant understanding of innovation in the public sector where learning primarily leads to knowledge gain and can be limited to the idea-generating phase. Based on a case study of a concrete innovation process in an educational network the working hypothesis is that practice learning comes as iterative search processes through discovery and takes place throughout innovation. A key finding points to learning through search has different characteristics and dimensions, and hence has effect on organisational culture and identity. The author argues that there is an until now uncovered part of the learning process with implications for understanding learning in funded public sector projects, and hence the paper contributes to a change in the way learning can be understood in educational innovation.
Existing subscribers:
Go to Inderscience Online Journals to access the Full Text of this article.
If you are not a subscriber and you just want to read the full contents of this article, buy online access here.Complimentary Subscribers, Editors or Members of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Innovation in Education (IJIIE):
Login with your Inderscience username and password:
Want to subscribe?
A subscription gives you complete access to all articles in the current issue, as well as to all articles in the previous three years (where applicable). See our Orders page to subscribe.
If you still need assistance, please email subs@inderscience.com
Our Blog 
Follow us on Twitter 
Visit us on Facebook