Social innovation and educational innovation

A qualitative review of innovation’s evolution

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ID15070588
AuthorsKarina Maldonado-Mariscal (0000-0002-4670-1182, TU Dortmund University, Social Research Center (sfs), Department of Social Sciences, Dortmund, Germany, corresponding author), Iwan Alijew (0009-0009-6452-0332, University of St Andrews)
Year2023
Volume36
Issue3
Pages381-406
Publication date2023-07-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInnovation The European Journal of Social Science Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1351-1610 • E-ISSN: 1469-8412
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13511610.2023.2173152
OpenAlexW4322008284
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited64

The paradigm of innovation has evolved over the last decades worldwide. The old conception of innovation as technological change has become more diversified and specialised. Current debates express the need to provide a holistic view of innovation, with its pros and cons, including all dimensions of innovation in society and different fields. This paper consists of a qualitative review focusing on three concepts: ‘innovation’, ‘social innovation’ and ‘innovation in education’. This research includes a historical analysis within 1939–2019 as the base period of analysis. This article is based on 108 different sources, which were carefully selected. The analysis was carried out with content analysis in our main sample. This paper contributes to our understanding of innovation more holistically, by discovering how innovation is understood and used, but also by looking at the different stages it has gone through in historical debates and evolutionary trends. This article presents different perspectives on innovation over time and helps to recognise the evolution of the concept of innovation and the emergence of social innovation as a field of its own. Furthermore, the relevance of innovation in the field of education is presented and current debates on the understanding of innovation are situated

Innovation Management · Knowledge management · Political science · Public relations · Situated · Social innovation · Sociology · Computer Science · Diverse Educational Innovations Studies · Higher Education and Sustainability

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