Autor según el artículo: Cascón-Pereira R, Moral Martín J, Brunet Icart I

Departamento: Gestió d'Empreses

Autor/es de la URV: Brunet Icart, Ignacio / Cascón Pereira, Rosalia Montserrat / MORAL MARTIN, JOSÉ DAVID

Palabras clave: Vocational education and training Social actors Smes Meanings Innovation

Resumen: © 2019, © 2019 The Vocational Aspect of Education Ltd. Innovation has been at the forefront of the reforms and changes in the vocational education and training (VET) system in Spain and is defined as a necessary competence to be developed in students to improve their adaptation to the work context. However, there is still only limited knowledge about the role VET plays in the innovation process. Given that meanings are considered the base of all human expression, such as attitudes to innovation or innovative behaviours, this study qualitatively explores the meanings 42 VET teachers, 20 Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) managers and 24 VET students in Catalonia (Spain) give to innovation, with the purpose of clarifying the ‘black box’ of the innovative process. A diversity of meanings for innovation was found among the social actors in the study. In particular, SMEs shared a homogeneous and neo-Schumpeterian view of innovation. VET teachers held diverse views with the majority ascribing to the neo-Schumpeterian view and a minority sharing a broader view that included the social dimension of innovation. Finally, VET students were characterised by having an idealistic and vague idea of innovation. The theoretical and practical implications of the different meanings in fostering innovation are discussed.

Áreas temáticas: Psicología Pedagogical & educational research General o multidisciplinar Education & educational research Education Educació Ciencias sociales

Acceso a la licencia de uso: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 17475090

Direcció de correo del autor: ignasi.brunet@urv.cat rosalia.cascon@urv.cat

Identificador del autor: 0000-0003-4148-2264 0000-0002-1989-0889

Fecha de alta del registro: 2023-02-18

Versión del articulo depositado: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion

Enlace a la fuente original: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13636820.2019.1575894?journalCode=rjve20

URL Documento de licencia: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Referencia al articulo segun fuente origial: Journal Of Vocational Education And Training. 71 (4): 623-644

Referencia de l'ítem segons les normes APA: Cascón-Pereira R, Moral Martín J, Brunet Icart I (2019). An exploration of the meanings of innovation held by students, teachers and SMEs in Spain. Journal Of Vocational Education And Training, 71(4), 623-644. DOI: 10.1080/13636820.2019.1575894

DOI del artículo: 10.1080/13636820.2019.1575894

Entidad: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Año de publicación de la revista: 2019

Tipo de publicación: Journal Publications