Innovation and Change in Education – A Cross-cultural Perspective

Nowadays educational institutions are being challenged when professional competences and expertise become progressively more complex. This is mainly because problems are more technology-bounded, unstable and ill-defined with the involvement of various integrated issues. To solve these problems, it requires interdisciplinary knowledge, collaboration skills, innovative thinking among other competences. In order to facilitate students with the competences expected in professions, educational institutions worldwide are implementing innovations and changes in many aspects.

This book series include a list of research projects that document innovation and change in education. The topics range from organizational change, curriculum design and innovation, pedagogy development, to the role of teaching staff in the educational change process, and quality issues, among others. A cross-cultural perspective is taken in this book series, which include two layers. Firstly research contexts in these books include different countries with various educational traditions, systems and societal backgrounds. Secondly, the impact of professional and institutional culture such as engineering, medicine and health, and teachers’ education are also taken into consideration in these research projects.