TY - JOUR
T1 - Is a schools’ performance related to technical change? – A study on the relationship between innovations and secondary school productivity
AU - Haelermans, Carla
AU - Blank, Jos L.T.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This paper examines the relation between innovations and productivity in dutch secondary schools. Innovation clusters are directly included in the production model. In order to correct for differences between schools, we add school type, region and year controls. The results indicate that process innovations, teacher professionalization innovations and education chain innovations are positively related to productivity, whereas new courses innovations and pedagogic innovations are negatively related to productivity. The results also show that innovations are directly related to productivity, but also through student performance. The positive results of teacher professionalization, education chain and process innovations are similar to what is found elsewhere in the literature.
AB - This paper examines the relation between innovations and productivity in dutch secondary schools. Innovation clusters are directly included in the production model. In order to correct for differences between schools, we add school type, region and year controls. The results indicate that process innovations, teacher professionalization innovations and education chain innovations are positively related to productivity, whereas new courses innovations and pedagogic innovations are negatively related to productivity. The results also show that innovations are directly related to productivity, but also through student performance. The positive results of teacher professionalization, education chain and process innovations are similar to what is found elsewhere in the literature.
U2 - 10.1016/j.compedu.2012.03.027
DO - 10.1016/j.compedu.2012.03.027
M3 - Article
SN - 0360-1315
VL - 59
SP - 884
JO - Computers & Education
JF - Computers & Education
IS - 3
ER -