We need to review the role that existing school-focused programmes play in innovation, and how these link in with initiatives beyond the school gate.
Innovative individuals derive confidence from their mastery of the basic skills that are the building blocks of all good education, and possess the deep subject knowledge that allows them to create new ideas.
These skills and attitudes are best developed in young people where both formal and informal influences play a significant role.
More should be done to facilitate learning between schools on how the best among them encourage and enable innovative behaviour. In the longer-term, soft skills for innovation need to be embedded across the curriculum and into the culture of schools.
Published:
April 2007
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