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    Adapting the Research Development and Innovation (RD & I) Value Chain in Psychology to Educational Psychology Area


    de la Fuente, Jesús and Kauffman, Douglas and Díaz-Orueta, Unai and Kauffman, Yashu (2018) Adapting the Research Development and Innovation (RD & I) Value Chain in Psychology to Educational Psychology Area. Frontiers in Psychology, 9 (1188). ISSN 1664-1078

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    Abstract

    Educational Psychology, as an area of Psychology that specializes in formative processes, faces several important challenges in the information and knowledge society of this twenty first century. One of these challenges is to facilitate a paradigm shift from a nearly exclusive focus on social science to the scientific-technological approach of a discipline that produces innovation and meaningful transfer of science and technology. The Research, Development, and Innovation (RD & I) value chain means pursuing these three endeavors in both the academic and professional lines of Educational Psychology. It is a strategy of innovation that leads us to integrate academic or research activity (R), research-related or professional scientific-technological development of innovation (D) and transfer and entrepreneurship activity (I). Generating innovation and transfer, applicable to educational contexts, can be an important stimulus of activity for new practicing psychologists in Educational Psychology. The RD & I value chain can become an academic, research-related or professional advantage in different activities, since it pertains to the processes, products and services found in the sphere of Educational Psychology. Several examples of how the RD & I chain can help improve psychoeducational activities are presented. First, we analyze competitive improvements that the RD & I chain can offer in competitive bids. Second, we give examples of the RD & I chain in the development of new processes, products and services in Projects of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Educational Psychology, specifically illustrating the chain in each case. In order for this conception to take shape, a new cross-functional area must be created in professional and educational organizations. Specifically, this means creating an RD & I Department, or some area that branches across the other functions. The mission of this cross-functional unit is the actual implementation of the RD & I chain in the educational organization, as well as an incentive for innovative activities: use of ICT applications, organizational improvement, improved assessment, analysis of information produced by the organization itself, cost-benefit analysis, strategic decision-making processes, and so on.

    Item Type: Article
    Additional Information: Cite as: de la Fuente J, Kauffman D, Díaz-Orueta U and Kauffman Y (2018) Adapting the Research Development and Innovation (RD & I) Value Chain in Psychology to Educational Psychology Area. Front. Psychol. 9:1188. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01188
    Keywords: educational psychology; RD & I value chain; RD & I projects; RD & I department; innovation and entrepreneurship projects;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology
    Item ID: 12135
    Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01188
    Depositing User: Unai Diaz-Orueta
    Date Deposited: 10 Jan 2020 17:54
    Journal or Publication Title: Frontiers in Psychology
    Publisher: Frontiers Media
    Refereed: Yes
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    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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