Genesis and Predictive Ability of Ecosystem Approach in Education

The landscape of education is progressively diversifying, characterized by an influx of various new participants, products, technologies, and institutional configurations. The concept of a comprehensive educational ecosystem is increasingly invoked. Yet, our understanding of the educational ecosyst...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Diana Koroleva, Tatiana Khavenson, Daria Tomasova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Research University Higher School of Economics 2023-12-01
Series:Foresight and STI Governance
Subjects:
Online Access:https://foresight-journal.hse.ru/article/view/19155
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1850186354858655744
author Diana Koroleva
Tatiana Khavenson
Daria Tomasova
author_facet Diana Koroleva
Tatiana Khavenson
Daria Tomasova
author_sort Diana Koroleva
collection DOAJ
description The landscape of education is progressively diversifying, characterized by an influx of various new participants, products, technologies, and institutional configurations. The concept of a comprehensive educational ecosystem is increasingly invoked. Yet, our understanding of the educational ecosystem phenomenon remains fragmented and lacking structure. This limitation poses obstacles to both engaging in a scholarly discourse and fully harnessing the predictive potential inherent in the ecosystem approach. The objective of this article is to delineate the practices involving interaction, knowledge exchange, and the diffusion of innovation among participants and strata within the educational realm. These practices serve as the foundation for the processes underpinning its development and transformation, culminating in the educational sphere acquiring ecosystemic attributes. This paper contributes to the conceptualization of an educational ecosystem founded upon the principles of an open and dynamic social system. It emphasizes the coevolution of stakeholders, a high degree of resource and competency complementarity, and collaborative competition in the creation of novel educational products. We expound upon the evolutionary origins of the educational ecosystem concept, attributing its development to the emergence of new actors and the expansion of communication capabilities for information dissemination and interactive linkages.We also underscore the continuity of the educational ecosystem concept concerning the triple, quadruple, and five helix models. Consequently, we propose a methodology for applying the ecosystem approach to conduct foresight studies and engage in co-design endeavors aimed at realizing the Sustainable Development Goals within the realm of education. This methodology aligns with the foundational principles articulated in the UN Sustainable Development Goals for Education until 2030 (Strategic Development Goal 4 - SDG4). The ecosystem approach is harnessed in the selection of source materials, the interpretation of prospective indicators, and the description of foresight subjects. In doing so, we affirm the predictive capacity of the ecosystem approach in modeling novel forms of stakeholder interactions, delineating the coevolution of social, economic, technological, and cultural trajectories, and identifying equitable and collectively significant priorities for the advancement of the educational milieu.
format Article
id doaj-art-c9ad49a2fd5f43c29643b36278dcc96f
institution OA Journals
issn 2500-2597
language English
publishDate 2023-12-01
publisher National Research University Higher School of Economics
record_format Article
series Foresight and STI Governance
spelling doaj-art-c9ad49a2fd5f43c29643b36278dcc96f2025-08-20T02:16:22ZengNational Research University Higher School of EconomicsForesight and STI Governance2500-25972023-12-0117410.17323/2500-2597.2023.4.93.109Genesis and Predictive Ability of Ecosystem Approach in EducationDiana Koroleva0Tatiana Khavenson1Daria Tomasova2HSE UniversityHSE UniversityHSE University The landscape of education is progressively diversifying, characterized by an influx of various new participants, products, technologies, and institutional configurations. The concept of a comprehensive educational ecosystem is increasingly invoked. Yet, our understanding of the educational ecosystem phenomenon remains fragmented and lacking structure. This limitation poses obstacles to both engaging in a scholarly discourse and fully harnessing the predictive potential inherent in the ecosystem approach. The objective of this article is to delineate the practices involving interaction, knowledge exchange, and the diffusion of innovation among participants and strata within the educational realm. These practices serve as the foundation for the processes underpinning its development and transformation, culminating in the educational sphere acquiring ecosystemic attributes. This paper contributes to the conceptualization of an educational ecosystem founded upon the principles of an open and dynamic social system. It emphasizes the coevolution of stakeholders, a high degree of resource and competency complementarity, and collaborative competition in the creation of novel educational products. We expound upon the evolutionary origins of the educational ecosystem concept, attributing its development to the emergence of new actors and the expansion of communication capabilities for information dissemination and interactive linkages.We also underscore the continuity of the educational ecosystem concept concerning the triple, quadruple, and five helix models. Consequently, we propose a methodology for applying the ecosystem approach to conduct foresight studies and engage in co-design endeavors aimed at realizing the Sustainable Development Goals within the realm of education. This methodology aligns with the foundational principles articulated in the UN Sustainable Development Goals for Education until 2030 (Strategic Development Goal 4 - SDG4). The ecosystem approach is harnessed in the selection of source materials, the interpretation of prospective indicators, and the description of foresight subjects. In doing so, we affirm the predictive capacity of the ecosystem approach in modeling novel forms of stakeholder interactions, delineating the coevolution of social, economic, technological, and cultural trajectories, and identifying equitable and collectively significant priorities for the advancement of the educational milieu. https://foresight-journal.hse.ru/article/view/19155educational ecosystemplatformactors in educationForesight in education
spellingShingle Diana Koroleva
Tatiana Khavenson
Daria Tomasova
Genesis and Predictive Ability of Ecosystem Approach in Education
Foresight and STI Governance
educational ecosystem
platform
actors in education
Foresight in education
title Genesis and Predictive Ability of Ecosystem Approach in Education
title_full Genesis and Predictive Ability of Ecosystem Approach in Education
title_fullStr Genesis and Predictive Ability of Ecosystem Approach in Education
title_full_unstemmed Genesis and Predictive Ability of Ecosystem Approach in Education
title_short Genesis and Predictive Ability of Ecosystem Approach in Education
title_sort genesis and predictive ability of ecosystem approach in education
topic educational ecosystem
platform
actors in education
Foresight in education
url https://foresight-journal.hse.ru/article/view/19155
work_keys_str_mv AT dianakoroleva genesisandpredictiveabilityofecosystemapproachineducation
AT tatianakhavenson genesisandpredictiveabilityofecosystemapproachineducation
AT dariatomasova genesisandpredictiveabilityofecosystemapproachineducation