Educational Innovations in Switzerland: Traits and Trends. Experiments and Innovations in Education, No. 33.

Autor/inn/en	Blanc, Emile; Egger, Eugene
Institution	United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France).
Titel	Educational Innovations in Switzerland: Traits and Trends. Experiments and Innovations in Education, No. 33.
Quelle	(1978), (98 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Comparative Education; Compulsory Education; Course Content; Educational Change; Educational Innovation; Educational Objectives; Educational Policy; Educational Trends; Elementary Secondary Education; Foreign Countries; International Organizations; Mathematics Instruction; Postsecondary Education; School Organization; Second Language Learning; Teaching Methods; Vocational Education; Switzerland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Schulpflicht; Kursprogramm; Bildungsreform; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Bildungsentwicklung; Ausland; International organisation; International organisations; International organization; Internationale Organisation; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; School organisation; Schulorganisation; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Schweiz
Abstract	Educational innovation in Switzerland is discussed according to complexity and flexibility of educational policy, the amount and nature of innovations, and the place of Swiss educational innovations in international education. Areas in which innovations have occurred include school organization, course content, and teaching objectives and methods. Specifically, innovations encompass reorganization of the final years of compulsory education, experiments in early instruction of the second national language, modernization of mathematics instruction, reorganization of diploma level schools, and new federal laws improving vocational training. Conclusions about the impact of educational innovations are that: (1) despite the complexity of educational policy in Switzerland, the cantons welcome innovations in most fields; (2) because of the federal nature and pluralism in Switzerland, educational innovation moves slowly; (3) the economic recession and population decline should not affect innovation; and (4) Swiss educational innovation owes much to international organizations. (Author/KC)
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