Training creative and collaborative knowledge-builders : a major challenge for 21st century education 28 February 2009. "What is specific to human beings is their great ability to adapt" Socrates download the report

This report is a contribution to the OECD Innovation Strategy on the features of educational approaches and systems that appear to stimulate creativity, initiative, and risk-taking among students.

The paper (58 pages) examines selected theoretical contributions from natural and social science and compare
selected features of educational approaches and systems across OECD countries.
Based on this review, the paper develops the main implications for measurement and policy.

This paper has been prepared as a background paper for the OECD Innovation Strategy. The views expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official views of the OECD or of the governments of its member countries.

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Centre de Recherches Interdsciplinaires
Faculté de Médecine Paris Descartes
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The press speaks about it :
"Six milliards d'autodidactes" par Corinne Bensimon pour Libération Sciences du 14 avril 2009
François Taddei « Le travail en groupe promeut une culture où l'intelligence collective peut s'épanouir »

Interview on line :
Chat Le Monde 15/09/2009 : Ecole : "Il vaut mieux des têtes bien faites que des têtes bien pleines", Le Monde de l'Education, 16/09/2009

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