Preschool remodelling through systemic (ex)change
Lindberg, Malin ; Heikkilä, Mia ; Schaeffer, Jennie and Nordquist, Cecilia Y LU
(2020)
In International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation
5(3).
p.167-182
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Based on the experiences from a social innovation process ofSwedish preschool remodelling – aiming to enhance equal and inclusivelearning and play – the study investigates socio-material dimensions incomplex multi-actor/level (ex)change. Previous studies on systemic changethrough social innovation ecosystems help reveal dynamics and challenges inthe coordination of varying logics and interests among the involvedpreschools, municipality, architectural firm, universities and innovation agency.The shared appreciation of equal preschools as universally good and desirable,served to conceal contestations of th e principal aspirations of innovativesocio-material transformation, instead conceptualising it as conflictinginstitutional logics and... (More)
- Based on the experiences from a social innovation process ofSwedish preschool remodelling – aiming to enhance equal and inclusivelearning and play – the study investigates socio-material dimensions incomplex multi-actor/level (ex)change. Previous studies on systemic changethrough social innovation ecosystems help reveal dynamics and challenges inthe coordination of varying logics and interests among the involvedpreschools, municipality, architectural firm, universities and innovation agency.The shared appreciation of equal preschools as universally good and desirable,served to conceal contestations of th e principal aspirations of innovativesocio-material transformation, instead conceptualising it as conflictinginstitutional logics and lacking cross-institutional coordination. The studyfurther confirms that the large complex systems that characterise formaleducation may hamper innovation by its high degree of inertia, whiledistinguishing a potential for enhanced innovation through participatory,empowering approaches in social innovation ecosystems. (Less)
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- Lindberg, Malin
; Heikkilä, Mia
; Schaeffer, Jennie
and Nordquist, Cecilia Y
LU
- publishing date
- 2020
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
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- International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- volume
- 5
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 167 - 182
- publisher
- Inderscience Publishers
- ISSN
- 2043-8265
- DOI
- 10.1504/IJSEI.2020.113592
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- English
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