Title: Human Resources, Education and Innovation Workshop on Advancing Innovation: Human Resources, Education and Training 17
1 Human Resources, Education and
InnovationWorkshop on Advancing Innovation
Human Resources, Education and Training17 18
November 2008Bonn, Germany
- Dirk Van Damme
- Head, Centre for Educational Research and
Innovation, OECD/EDU
2Education for Innovation
- What we know
- Educational attainment matters
- Human capital investment
- Human capital utilization
- Differences between and within countries in
education and skills - Human capital moves
- Human capital formation diversifies
- Not only tertiary education, but also vocational,
adult education, workplace training and learning
3Source Education at a Glance 2008
4Projected growth of the tertiary educational
attainment of 25-64 population an asset for
the future of innovation
Source Higher education to 2030, vol. 1
Demography
5Source Lisbon Council (2006)
6Source PISA 2006
7Cross-border higher education fueling innovation
Growth in the number of foreign students within
the OECD (2000-2006, 2000100)
8Education for Innovation
- What we have to look at
- What kind of skills and competences matter?
- Science, maths, but also problem solving
skills, social capital, collaborative learning
skills, leadership, creativity, entrepreneurial
skills, - Basic skills
- Transferable skills and competences,
meta-cognition and trans-disciplinary knowledge - Also attitudes, preferences, norms and social
values - Open innovation not only the skilled matter
- Skills materialize in networks
- Social receptiveness for innovation
- Inequity affects innovation-friendly environment
9Education for Innovation
- What we have to look at
- Not only educational attainment, but also (and
more importantly) learning outcomes - PISA, PIAAC
- AHELO
- Not only formal education, but also informal
learning, lifelong learning
10Innovation in Education
- Learning to innovate requires innovative
education and learning arrangements - CERI has produced vast knowledge base on
educational innovation - Will continue to do so in next programme of work
11Innovation in Education
- Should be part of innovation strategies
- But
- What kinds of educational innovation are relevant
for open innovation systems? - What kinds of educational innovation beyond
technological innovation? - How to overcome the many barriers to educational
innovation? - How to innovate informal learning environments,
workplace learning, etc.