Post on 29-Dec-2015
Can INNOVATION and EDUCATION be combined?
ANTONIO SILVA MENDES
Director Education and
Vocational TrainingDG Education and Culture
28 NOVEMBER 20131
WHY SHOULD EDUCATION AND INNOVATION BE COMBINED?
• Unemployment and economic crisis
• Skills mismatches and Adult skills survey
• Education panorama changing
• Budget constraints
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EDUCATION AND INNOVATION
2 SIDES :
• Innovation in education
• Innovation by education
Education
New models in education, new skills
for innovation
Innovation
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EDUCATION AND INNOVATION
2 SIDES :
• Innovation in education
• Innovation by education
Education
New models in education, new skills
for innovation
Innovation
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INNOVATION IN EDUCATION
In teaching and learning
• New models of learning • Opening up education
http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/
• Not only learning in the classroom
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INNOVATION IN EDUCATIONAccessibility : • Learning focused on the learner and educator
• flexible, playful, other sources,
• open pedagogical practices / Cooperation (all over the world)
• Foster creativity
European area of Skills & qualifications
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INNOVATION IN EDUCATIONEquity and efficiency : • Cost effective
• More access for disadvantaged groups
• Providing the right skills (PIAAC)
• Digital skills (90% of jobs will require IT)
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INNOVATION IN EDUCATION
In teaching and learning
• Supporting teachers' competences
• TWG on VET trainers
• More work based learning
European Alliance for apprenticeships
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INNOVATION IN EDUCATION
EUROPEAN ALLIANCE FOR APPRENTICESHIPS
• Better skills matching
• It allows smoother transition from education to employment
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INNOVATION IN EDUCATION
EUROPEAN ALLIANCE FOR APPRENTICESHIPS
• Cooperation between training providers and companies
• Change mind-set for all : students, families, teachers, companies,
• Alliance website: http://ec.europa.eu/education/apprenticeship/
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EDUCATION AND INNOVATION
2 SIDES :
• Innovation in education
• Innovation by education
Education
New models in education, new skills
for innovation
Innovation
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INNOVATION BY EDUCATION
Education that contributes to productivity, jobs, growth
• Entrepreneurship skills (for both employees and business creation)
Guide for educators on entrepreneurial training
• Cooperation with the world of work
• Entrepreneurship 360 for an innovative entrepreneurial ecosystem.
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INNOVATION BY EDUCATION
• Education promotes science and research
• Fuel innovation and productivity
• High skills, transversal skills : economic factor
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Date: in 12 pts
2014 EUROPEAN BUSINESS FORUM ON VET
Themes
• Skills needs in growing sectors
• Entrepreneurial VET
• Apprenticeships as a path to employment
Strong involvement of EU VET providers associations
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Date: in 12 pts
How can innovation and education be combined?
Key Role of Education & training providers
• Transform ideas into action
• Knowledge of the field and local reality
• Engage with the world of work !!!
• Engage with the policy makers
• Take advantage of Erasmus+ in the future
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Learning mobility of individuals
Staff mobility, in particular for teachers, trainers, school leaders and youth workers
Mobility for higher education student, vocational education and training students
Master degree schemeMobility for higher
education for EU and non-EU beneficiaries
Volunteering and youth Exchanges
Cooperation for innovation and exchange of good practices
Strategic partnerships between education/training or youth organisations and other relevant actors
Large scale partnerships between education and training establishments and business: Knowledge Alliances & Sector Skills alliances
IT-Platforms includinge-Twinning
Cooperation with third countries and focus on neighbourhood countries
Support forpolicy reform
Open method of Coordination
EU tools: valorisation and implementation
Policy dialogue with stakeholders, third countries and international Organisations
3 main types of actions in Erasmus+
Key action 2: Modernising education and training through cooperation
• Strategic partnerships between education institutions, youth organisations, training institutions and other actors
Focus:
• Take up of innovative practices, including ICT, OER, flexible learning, virtual mobility and others
• Entrepreneurship
• Large-scale coooperation between education, training establishments and business: ‘Knowledge Alliances’ and ‘Sector Skills Alliances’
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Date: in 12 pts
Key action 3 - Modernising education through policy support
• Peer learning and cross-fertilization between education systems
• Prospective initiatives
• Development of EU tools to assess and recognise skills (valorisation)
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Date: in 12 pts
THANK YOU
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