This collection of case studies is intended to explore the nature of innovation in language education. It deals with the content of innovatory practice - accounts of projects which have researched and implemented new approaches to organising language teaching and learning - and the process - what factors have made some innovations successful? Why have some not had the anticipated effect.
The work is in four parts:
- A study of innovation done in the context of project 1.1.1 "The organisation of innovation in language education: A set of case studies"of the ECML
- A collection of case studies, with introduction and comments by the editor
- An analysis of a set of questionnaires in which the authors reflected on the process of innovation
- A conclusion drawing the consequences for future policy and innovation in the organisation of language education.