Criteria for Empowering Innovation in Higher Education

Autor/in	Jakovljevic, Maria
Titel	Criteria for Empowering Innovation in Higher Education
Quelle	In: Africa Education Review, 16 (2019) 4, S.53-71 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Jakovljevic, Maria)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1814-6627
DOI	10.1080/18146627.2017.1369855
Schlagwörter	College Faculty; Teacher Role; Innovation; Higher Education; Teaching Methods; Technology Integration; Problem Solving; Business Administration; Barriers; Intellectual Property; Knowledge Level; Foreign Countries; Entrepreneurship; Communities of Practice; Interdisciplinary Approach; Policy Formation; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fakultät; Lehrerrolle; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Problemlösen; Business economics; Betriebswirtschaft; Geistiges Eigentum; Wissensbasis; Ausland; Unternehmungsgeist; Community; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Politische Betätigung; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Although academic staff have a key role to play in innovation at higher education institutions (hEIs), current innovation adoption among academic staff is disappointing. Most curricula at hEIs are stalled in the traditional pedagogical model of knowledge transmission for teaching and learning with little exploration of technologies for innovative/inventive outputs. This article explores the essential issues of innovation/invention in higher education and provides criteria for empowering innovation. Starting from reflections and perspectives on innovation at South African hEIs and the theories on innovative problem solving, the article provides arguments on multiple issues of innovation/invention that culminate in crucial criteria for innovation. The real dilemma for innovation is caused by external and macro-level factors that require the analysis of existing business models. The management of HEIs have to take into account the underlying barriers, such as knowledge of patenting and academic valorisation, when they create policies that encourage academic staff to explore innovative endeavours. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01