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Author: Forster, Judith A. × End date: 2008 × Start date: 2000 × Subject: Mathematics × Subject: Study and teaching (Primary) ×

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    A case study of the various influences on the development of an educational innovation
    Forster, Judith A. ( 2002)
    This thesis is a case study describing knowledge creation for education in Queensland. The final CD-ROM product: Space, Measurement, Chance and Data: Improving Learning Outcomes incorporates Common Learning and Teaching Sequences for space, measurement, chance and data. Commonwealth funding for this project was designated for the improvement of literacy and numeracy knowledge and skills in young students. The project brief dictated a consultative approach that would utilise feedback and input from key stakeholders to influence and shape the development of the final product. The study describes this knowledge utilisation and the impact on knowledge creation for education. The study then reflects on the processes adopted and attempts to generalise about processes considered for future innovations. It establishes that the continual involvement with stakeholders should begin at the point of conception of the idea that is, prior to establishing the specific need for the innovation. The need for the innovation should also be influenced and shaped by involvement with stakeholders. This process will ensure that the innovation meets the needs of its end-users and should have a direct influence on the potential for adoption. This thesis provides useful information when establishing processes for knowledge creation in education, which not only will influence and shape the end product but has the potential to improve the rate of adoption after dissemination.