Educating Higher Education Students for Innovative Economies: What International Data Tell Us
As innovation increasingly fuels economic growth, higher education institutions and systems face the challenge of equipping students with the skills required by innovative economies. Using two international surveys of tertiary education graduates five years after their graduation, we show that the i...
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| description | As innovation increasingly fuels economic growth, higher education institutions and systems face the challenge of equipping students with the skills required by innovative economies. Using two international surveys of tertiary education graduates five years after their graduation, we show that the innovative, tertiary-educated workforce comprises a mix of graduates holding degrees from all disciplines. The contribution to innovation of different graduates varies by type of innovation. When they assess the strong and weak points of their university education, graduates give a mixed picture of the quality of the education they have received. We then link the propensity to participate in innovation to the relative emphasis on theory and practice in university programmes and conclude by highlighting the importance of a competence-based approach to curriculum and pedagogy |
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| spelling | doaj.art-122be887a1b2418c8310b8268f80f0bb2022-12-21T19:26:46ZengUniversidad de DeustoTuning Journal for Higher Education2340-81702386-31372014-04-011122324010.18543/tjhe-1(1)-2013pp223-24014Educating Higher Education Students for Innovative Economies: What International Data Tell UsFrancesco Avvisati0Gwenaël Jacotin1Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin2Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)As innovation increasingly fuels economic growth, higher education institutions and systems face the challenge of equipping students with the skills required by innovative economies. Using two international surveys of tertiary education graduates five years after their graduation, we show that the innovative, tertiary-educated workforce comprises a mix of graduates holding degrees from all disciplines. The contribution to innovation of different graduates varies by type of innovation. When they assess the strong and weak points of their university education, graduates give a mixed picture of the quality of the education they have received. We then link the propensity to participate in innovation to the relative emphasis on theory and practice in university programmes and conclude by highlighting the importance of a competence-based approach to curriculum and pedagogyhttp://www.tuningjournal.org/article/view/27higher educationinnovationpedagogyskillsinternational comparisonqualificationssystem evaluationcurriculum |
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| title | Educating Higher Education Students for Innovative Economies: What International Data Tell Us |
| title_full | Educating Higher Education Students for Innovative Economies: What International Data Tell Us |
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