Reimagining Educational Innovation and Improvement (Coursera)

Reimagining Educational Innovation and Improvement (Coursera)

Reimagining Educational Innovation introduces local change agents to collaborative, continuous improvement – a locally grounded approach to innovation that empowers teachers, leaders, families, and community members to advance new ambitions for educational access, quality, and equity.

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Learners disrupt common conceptions of educational innovation as the exclusive province of policy, academic, and market actors, and explore how collaborative, continuous improvement empowers local innovators to address local educational opportunities, needs, and problems. Participate in a “virtual world tour” of collaborative, continuous improvement as enacted in diverse national contexts by teachers, family and community members, and school and system leaders, with guidance from leading researchers and support partners. Throughout, learners work systematically to construct a new, inclusive image of educational innovation in their local contexts anchored in norms of mutual respect, relational trust, and collective empowerment.

What you'll learn

  • Explore leading methods of educational innovation.
  • Analyze educational innovations across national contexts.
  • Build local innovation teams to pursue new visions for educational access, quality, and equity.

Syllabus

Course Kickoff
Thank you for joining us in Reimagining Educational Innovation! Please continue for a warm welcome to begin your learning journey.

1. Foundational Principles
Welcome to Lesson 1: Foundational Principles! Please continue to "1. Introduction" to begin this lesson.

2. Fundamental Routine
Welcome to Lesson 2: The Fundamental Routine! Please continue to "1. Introduction" to begin this lesson.

3. Reimagining Teachers
Welcome to Lesson 3: Reimagining Teachers as Innovators! Please continue to "1. Introduction" to begin this lesson.

4. Reimagining Families
Welcome to Lesson 4: Reimagining Family and Community Members as Innovators! Please continue to "1. Introduction" to begin this lesson.

5. Reimagining Leaders
Welcome to Lesson 5: Reimagining School and System Leaders as Innovators! Please continue to "1. Introduction" to begin this lesson.

6. Reimagining Yourself
Welcome to Lesson 6: Reimagining Yourself as an Innovator! Please continue to "1. Introduction" to begin this lesson.

Course Wrap-Up
Welcome to our Course Wrap-Up!

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