Open AccessAfter the EDEN Genova 2018 Conference - Suggesting a new relevance fronteer
Author(s) -
Claudio Dondi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
opus et educatio
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2064-9908
DOI - 10.3311/ope.283
Subject(s) - accreditation , relevance (law) , mainstream , ranking (information retrieval) , curriculum , face (sociological concept) , political science , pedagogy , public relations , sociology , engineering ethics , computer science , social science , engineering , law , machine learning
The fact is not that the “mainstream education” does not see the challenges and the change that is occurring in society, but the key strategy to face change is considered to be the updating of taught contents and the standardisation of learning outcomes, while using more or less the same teaching, evaluation and organisation processes, if necessary supported by technological devices.The questions of learning methods, central role of learners, open-endedness of learning programmes, shift in the assessment and credentialisation methods are frequent in the research agenda and in the international policy debate on education innovation, but, when it comes to actual decision making, the focus is on contents of curriculum, qualifications, standard testing, accreditation, ranking and funding.