Pedagogical innovation in higher education

The valorisation of university teaching is of key concern to this institution’s academic and political actors and is a foundation of pedagogical innovation. In this qualitative research we explored how thirty-two professors, recipients of the I.A.U of Jieroft and Kahnouj excellence in teaching award, define their conception of pedagogical innovation. An analysis of the data allowed us to identify seven distinct notions of the concept of pedagogical innovation, to construct an updated definition and to propose a pedagogical innovation conception cycle.

Keywords:

Pedagogical Innovation , Higher Education , Innovation Concept , Valorising Teaching , Educational Innovation