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3 must-read blogs on education innovation this year

Christensen Institute

Applying innovation theory lenses to the trends, patterns, news bites, and field data gathered over the course of 2022, here are our education researchers’ favorite blogs that either they or their colleagues have written this year, and the reasoning behind their picks. Robert Markle, research project manager, education.

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How to keep the history of learner-centered education from repeating itself

Christensen Institute

Key point: This week, the Christensen Institute and Education Reimagined released a new paper on how value networks either help or hinder learner-centered models. In the 1920s, an educator named Helen Parkhurst set out to create a new instructional model to correct shortcomings in the relatively new system of age-graded public schools.

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Why you need a faster, more nimble culture

Jeffrey Phillips

They are the people that leaders turn to when they need an important project done. Educating and modifying culture One should not speak about changing a culture, because culture like bureaucracies is highly resistant to change and has strong defenses. There are powerful people in every organization at every level of the business.

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University Education – A New Model for a New Era

IdeaSpies

University Education – A New Model for a New Era. The consequence to the student is painful, and the cost to our economy is profound: these graduates are taking roles that someone without an expensive university education can easily fill. University education is currently focussed on the Knowledge Model. Healthcare.

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3 models for making sure minority preferences don’t get marginalized

Christensen Institute

In all the buzz about education in times of COVID, here’s some news you might not have seen: According to our recent survey conducted in partnership with Bay View Analytics, 97% of teachers reported in April 2022 that they were teaching in-person. A La Carte: Prioritize in-class time for key courses and subjects.

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Building and refining the interfaces in learning ecosystems (Part 4)

Christensen Institute

The pandemic sparked unprecedented interest in new models of learner-centered education, such as learning pods and microschools. Yet as school buildings have reopened, many families have returned to schools as their primary education providers. Their reasons for going back to conventional schooling are telling. Click To Tweet.

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Innovation in action: CBE and bridging the college to career gap

Christensen Institute

At the end of each piece, we ask one of our education researchers to weigh in on what Theories of Disruptive Innovation have to say about the innovation. Education has no shortage of challenges. With CBE, students understand how the competencies they master are preparing them for their next course and ultimately their next job.

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