The Metaphor in the Conceptualization of Innovation in Lim Kok Wing's Writings

The concept of innovation is prevalent and has been discussed in varied disciplines and published in various documents, such as educational magazines, books, and blogs. One example of such documentation is the writing on innovation by the late Tan Sri Dr Lim Kok Wing, compiled in a book titled "The Future is Coming". In education, innovation is required to transform the education system to prepare future generations for an innovation-driven economy. This study examined the concept of innovation using metaphorical expressions in writing on innovation in education. Specifically, it aimed to unravel the metaphor in the writings and to examine how the unravelled metaphors reflect the conceptions of innovation in education. In total, 42 written texts on innovation were included as data of the study. The data were analyzed based on Lakoff and Johnson's Conceptual Metaphor Theory. The findings of the study revealed seven salient conceptual metaphors underlying the expressions related to innovation in education. These metaphors involve the mappings of the source domains of JOURNEY, WAR, OBJECT, HUMAN BEING, SPORT, BUILDING, and FORCE to the target domain of INNOVATION. The unravelled metaphors underlying the writings on innovation suggest that innovation is conceived as a long process, which requires careful planning. The findings of the study provide insights into how innovation is conceived using metaphor, reflecting the ideas of a renowned brainchild of innovation in education in Malaysia, Lim Kok Wing.

PROBLEMS OF IMPLEMENATION OF INNOVATION IN EDUCATION

Рассматриваются проблемы использования инноваций в образовании, определяются основные причины, препятствующие развитию инновационных процессов в образовании. The problems of using innovations in education are considered, the main reasons that impede the development of innovative processes in education are determined.

The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Smart Classrooms during Covid-19 Pandemic and its impact on Education

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology has revolutionized the education sector in terms of conducting classes. Especially during Covid-19 which affected significantly the education community resulting in the shift towards online learning rather than conventional classroom teaching. This study involves experiential learning during Covid-19 lockdown situation in the field of education, learning and teaching. It discusses how education practitioners can deal with Covid19 pandemic using the benefits of AI. AI innovation in education sector has contributed not only in education but also on human development. This research aims to identify the current situation of online classes and to propose a hybrid model of Education Management System (EMS) and Machine Learning (ML).

Android Based Animation Video Using Millealab Virtual Reality Application for Elementary School

Innovation in education is necessary for teachers and students to follow the learning process because of the limited laboratory facilities in elementary schools; science learning is done. This study aims to analyze student acceptance and understanding concept in using android-based animated videos on Millealab virtual reality in grade V elementary school. The research method process is carried out in several stages, starting from expert testing conducted on three media experts, three subject matter experts, and three teachers from 3 different schools. Test the use of virtual reality video with a sample size of 65 students. Collecting data using a Likert scale questionnaire 1 to 5, and treatment in descriptive analysis. Testing the acceptance of virtual reality videos to students showed that students received virtual reality video media during the learning process. The application of virtual reality (VR) technology in science learning in elementary schools can improve conceptual understanding so that student acceptance of VR is excellent and teachers also feel helped by using VR media to support the learning process. VR technology is better than AR because it is more comprehensive and easier to use by teachers and students.

INNOVATIVE CULTURE DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHERS AND PUPILS AS A PEDAGOGICAL IDEA REALIZATION OF THE AUTHOR SCHOOL ON LINGUISTICS AND SPIRITUALITY

The article presents theoretical and methodological, organizational and pedagogical prin-ciples of innovative culture of teachers and pupils as a realization of the pedagogical idea of the author's school of linguistics and spirituality of Zarifa Aliieva Irpin specialized secondary school I-III Grades №12 with foreign languages (school of linguistics) of Kyiv region; The author's school model is seen as a prototype of qualitative changes in education, which depends on a team of professionals who expand the space of educa-tional opportunities for pupils development. The leading idea of the Author's School of Linguistics and Spirit-uality is the formation of a competitive, socially mobile, innovative, tolerant and spiritual personality. Gradu-ally realizing this goal, the teaching staff made every effort to create a positive image of the educational in-stitution, which determines: the presence of a relevant concept of the school of linguistics; implementation of long-term educational strategy; development of innovative culture of teachers and pupils; favorable moral and psychological climate in the team; availability of proper modern material and technical base; caring highly professional teaching staff; functioning of the school pupils organization «Country Roxolania». The introduction of the pedagogical idea of the author's school of linguistics and spirituality in the context of the development of innovative culture of teachers and pupils is based on current regulations. Personal and pro-fessional characteristics of a teacher with a high level of innovation culture (stable interest in technological innovation, motivation for creative activity, self-improvement and self-realization in professional activities, overcoming difficulties in innovation; values of professional self-expression in innovation, psychological atti-tude to innovation; innovative technologies, understanding the goals of innovation in education, knowledge of modern innovations in the practice of working with pupils)

Attitude to innovations and the stress of innovations in higher education

This article focuses on the attitude to innovations and the stress of innovations in higher education. Numerous researchers identify different types of learning (teaching) focused on more or less innovativeness, including more or less procedural, methodological, etc. creation. Thus, the traditional, reproductive and “theoretically oriented” type of education is associated with the retransmission, reproduction of social experience, the second, “practically oriented” – with a creative search based on the existing experience and thus with its enrichment. However, in reality it is impossible to find such forms and formats of teaching and upbringing, in which the practice of teaching was reduced only to the organization of pure reproduction of knowledge and skills, it is even more unrealistic to imagine teaching on an exclusively creative, practical, research, meta-subject basis beyond the reproductive retransmission of the most important knowledge and skills left by the predecessors to the living generations. We are usually talking about the quality and focus of education, its moral, ideological, social, psychological and other conditions and results. The authors discuss the concept of the stress of innovations. The stress of innovations in educational institutions is the stress that occurs in the process and as a result of the introduction of innovations in education. The innovations cause a situation that gives rise to stress and post-stress disorders in students and teachers (didactogenies in the forms of pediogeny, mathetogeny, eductogeny). The main goal of the study is to comprehend the types of people’s attitudes towards innovations in education in the context of the concept of innovation stress. The main method of this research was a theoretical analysis of the problematics of people’s attitudes to innovation in education in the context of the concept of innovation stress. All productive and effective innovations in education are connected by one idea – the creation of conditions under which the development of a person as a person, partner and student/professional is inevitable, and not just stated or impossible. When developing an integrative model for the prevention and overcoming of the stresses of innovation for students and teachers (in case of mathetogeny, pediogeny and eductogeny) it is important to set and solve the tasks of prevention and correction of stress in the context of the development of subjects of education in different contexts: in the context of educational, professional, personal and interactive development. Prevention and correction of stress in innovative education (and in the stress from innovation) is associated with the prevention and correction of pediogenies (harm caused by the wrong, destructive and pathological attitude of teachers to students), mathetogenies (harm caused by the wrong, destructive and pathological attitude of students to teachers), and eductogenies (harm associated with the deformation of organizational conditions and forms of training and education). One of the components of the work is psychological (psychotherapeutic) assistance to the subjects of education (in the form of one-time consultations and trainings, coaching and systematic support). Such assistance, even in the form of one-time consultations, should nevertheless be aimed at systematic, integrative prevention and correction of stresses in education, including the stresses of innovation.

Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Efforts to Improve Basic Education Before, During, and After the Pandemic

This chapter details FGV’s contributions to basic education during the pandemic. FGV created in 2003 an accessible tool that addresses the managerial gaps that schools and education departments face to evaluate and assess its students, called FGV High School. Since March 2020, when school closures took place, the rapid demand for digital education tools placed FGV High School in an advantageous position to establish partnerships with education departments across Brazil, benefiting millions of high school students. In the state of São Paulo alone, the FGV High School platform gives access to approximately 3.5 million students. In 2008, FGV became a member of Open Education Global (OEG), a consortium of educational institutions from different countries that provide online content and teaching materials free of charge. Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the demand for FGV’s online courses has substantially increased. In March 2020 alone, the program’s website registered more than 1.6 million hits, and the number has since then consistently increased. Additionally, FGV has recently created two policy centers that focus on basic education: The Center for Excellence and Innovation in Education Policy (CEIPE), created in 2016, and the Center for the Development of Public Management and Educational Policy (DGPE), in 2018. Since the beginning of the pandemic, both centers have organized a series of webinars and publications to support policymakers in the education sector to make better decisions regarding reopening of schools, online and digital education options, curriculum, etc. The high number of views and engagement that the FGV webinars attract reflects the desire for reliable information that education professionals have been seeking, despite the overwhelming number of online events that have surfaced with the pandemic.

INNOVATION IN EDUCATION – ADMINISTRATION AND ACTIONS OF ENCOURAGEMENT & SUPPORT IN PRIMARY EDUCATION

<p>The promotion and implementation of educational innovations by the principal of a school organization is an important challenge that he is called upon to undertake together with the teachers of the educational organization. This paper focuses on leaders̉ actions to encourage the organization and implementation of innovations in the school organization. In the present work, an attempt is made to investigate in a sample of 104 directors of Primary Education in the Region of Western Greece issues related to the necessity and climate of introducing innovative actions in the school organization they serve, the suitability of specific models - leadership style for implementing innovations in school organization and encouraging and supporting actions to implement innovations in schools. The research highlighted the need for education through the implementation of innovative actions with an important factor being the existence of a positive communication climate through a democratic leadership style. Innovation incentives seem to be related to having a relevant master's degree, training and years of management, while in-school training as an innovation support action seems to be related to the years of management. In fact, the success of an innovative action is never guaranteed, but it depends on many factors, making the role of the principal in the school organization crucial.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0847/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

Design of Computerized Adaptive Testing Module into Our Dynamic Adaptive Hypermedia System

By the end of the 20th century, the most common and traditional paper and pencil tests (PBT) were faced with an increasing set of difficulties and drawbacks. Proceed and meet the measurement and evaluation needs of the 21st century; it is mandatory to have radical and qualitative changes. The accelerating pace of technological innovation in Education shows a clear path to computer-based testing, which offers a more engaging and innovative testing environment, as well as the ability to obtain instant results and feedback, the use of dynamic, multimedia learning objects (LO), and the implementation of adaptive, individualized assessment approaches. In this sense, this paper presents an adaptive formative assessment framework in which test adaptation is based on multiple criteria. The presented system bases its adaptation on the test takers' proficiency, schemata, desirable learning goal, cognitive level, and learning style. The main objective of this paper is to discuss the value of the adaptive testing system. Therefore, it presents the design and implementation of the system and the adaptive rules employed.