A creative learning ecosystem, quality of education and innovative capacity: a perspective from higher education
Globally, governments recognize the importance of creativity and innovation for sustainable socioeconomic development, and many invest resources to develop learning environments that foster these capacities. This paper provides a systematic framework based on Nair’s Innovation Helix model for study...
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| author | Crosling, Glenda * Nair, Mahendhiran Santha Vaithilingam, |
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| description | Globally, governments recognize the importance of creativity and innovation for sustainable socioeconomic development, and many invest resources to develop
learning environments that foster these capacities. This paper provides a systematic framework based on Nair’s Innovation Helix model for studying the factors of a country’s creative learning ecosystem (CLE), the quality of its education system (QES), and its innovative capacity (IC). The CLE factors are infrastructure/infostructure (physical and digital infrastructure), intellectual
capital, interaction, integrity systems, incentives, and institutions. Using a composite CLE index for 113 countries, the findings indicate a strong correlation
between a country’s CLE, QES and IC. Through brief case studies of countries that measure highly in CLE, QES and IC, this study points out their higher education strategies and their best practices for other countries to emulate, in
order to facilitate creativity and innovation through higher education. |
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| spelling | sunway-3202017-10-26T03:41:40Z http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/320/ A creative learning ecosystem, quality of education and innovative capacity: a perspective from higher education Crosling, Glenda * Nair, Mahendhiran Santha Vaithilingam, LB Theory and practice of education Globally, governments recognize the importance of creativity and innovation for sustainable socioeconomic development, and many invest resources to develop learning environments that foster these capacities. This paper provides a systematic framework based on Nair’s Innovation Helix model for studying the factors of a country’s creative learning ecosystem (CLE), the quality of its education system (QES), and its innovative capacity (IC). The CLE factors are infrastructure/infostructure (physical and digital infrastructure), intellectual capital, interaction, integrity systems, incentives, and institutions. Using a composite CLE index for 113 countries, the findings indicate a strong correlation between a country’s CLE, QES and IC. Through brief case studies of countries that measure highly in CLE, QES and IC, this study points out their higher education strategies and their best practices for other countries to emulate, in order to facilitate creativity and innovation through higher education. Teylor & Francis 2014-08 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/320/1/Crosling%20et%20al.%20-%20A%20creative%20learning%20ecosystem%2C%20quality%20of%20educatio.pdf Crosling, Glenda * and Nair, Mahendhiran and Santha Vaithilingam, (2014) A creative learning ecosystem, quality of education and innovative capacity: a perspective from higher education. Studies in Higher Education, 40 (7). pp. 1147-1163. ISSN 0307-5079 http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cshe20 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2014.881342 |
| spellingShingle | LB Theory and practice of education Crosling, Glenda * Nair, Mahendhiran Santha Vaithilingam, A creative learning ecosystem, quality of education and innovative capacity: a perspective from higher education |
| title | A creative learning ecosystem, quality of education and innovative capacity: a perspective from higher education |
| title_full | A creative learning ecosystem, quality of education and innovative capacity: a perspective from higher education |
| title_fullStr | A creative learning ecosystem, quality of education and innovative capacity: a perspective from higher education |
| title_full_unstemmed | A creative learning ecosystem, quality of education and innovative capacity: a perspective from higher education |
| title_short | A creative learning ecosystem, quality of education and innovative capacity: a perspective from higher education |
| title_sort | creative learning ecosystem, quality of education and innovative capacity: a perspective from higher education |
| topic | LB Theory and practice of education |
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