Educational innovation in universities; a quantitative study of student perception and faculty performance in northwestern Mexico.
Abstract
This research analyzes the relationship between two key actors in higher education, faculty and students, regarding educational innovation. This relationship is viewed as predetermined by theory and the actions of both actors within the educational process itself. The study aims to determine the degree to which both influence educational innovation through multiple linear regression analysis, conducted in southern Sonora. The results confirm this relationship, demonstrating the influence of both independent variables through positive and significant coefficients in both cases. It concludes that faculty, through their daily practice, exhibited a greater degree of influence on educational innovation.
References
Al-Husseini, S., & Elbeltagi, I. (2016). Transformational leadership and innovation: a comparison study between Iraq's public and private higher education. Studies in Higher Education, 41(1), 159- 181. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2014.927848
Alarcón Amparano, María Fernanda; Lozano Rodríguez, Armando; Ochoa Alcántar, José Manuel; Reyna Isabel Piza Gutiérrez (2019) Innovación en los estilos de enseñanza en Ciencias de la Educación: un estudio cualitativo. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52501/cc.383.03
Angulo-García, K. E. (2022). Gestión de la innovación educativa: una pieza clave para alcanzar la calidad educativa. Sapienza: International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 3(6), 226-236. https://doi.org/10.51798/sijis.v3i6.553
Blass, E. & Hayward, P. (2014). Innovation in higher education; will there be a role for “the academe/university” in 2025? Eur J Futures Res 2, 41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40309-014-0041-x
Bowman, N.A., Wolniak, G.C., Seifert, T.A. et al. (2023). The Long-Term Role of Undergraduate Experiences: Predicting Intellectual and Civic Outcomes. Res High Educ 64, 379–401. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11162-022-09708-5
Breetzke, J., Özbagci, D. & Bohndick, C. (2023). “Why are we learning this?!” — Investigating students’ subjective study values across different disciplines. Higher Educatiom. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-023-01075-z
Buabeng, C. & Yidana I. (2005). Innovation in Education: Students’ Perceptions of Implementing ICT in Learning in Second-Cycle Institutions in Ghana. Procedia. Social and Behavioral Sciences. 197, 1512-1519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.07.103
Cai, Yuzhuo. (2017). From an Analytical Framework for Understanding the Innovation Process in Higher Education to an Emerging Research Field of Innovations in Higher Education. The Review of Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1353/rhe.2017.0023
Carbonell, S. J. (2013). La aventura de innovar: el cambio en la escuela. La aventura de innovar, 1- 124. Madrid: Ediciones Morata.
Clack, L. & Ellison, R. (2018). Innovative Approaches to Management Education. Journal of Management Policies and Practices. 6 (1), 6-9. http://doi:10.15640/JMPP.V6N1A2
Cogan, Morris L. (1976) Educational innovation: Educational wasteland. Theory Into Practice, 15 (3), 220-227. https://doi.org/10.1080/00405847609542635
Dai, K. & Matthews, K. (2023) ‘Students as partners rather than followers but … ’: understanding academics’ conceptions of changing learner-teacher relationships in Chinese higher education. Higher Education Research & Development, 42 (6), 1362-1376. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2022.2135690
De Pablo Redondo, R., García, R. M., Arias, J. G., & Sanz, R. A. (2011). Teaching Innovation Network: An educational virtual model\. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 15, 4053-4058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2011.04.41
Dollinger, Mollie; Coates, Hamish; Bexley, Emmaline; Croucher, Gwilym & Naylor, Ryan (2018). Framing international approaches to university–industry collaboration. Policy Reviews in Higher Education, 2 (1), 105-127. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322969.2018.1424560
Ellis, R.A. (2022). Strategic directions in the what and how of learning and teaching innovation—a fifty-year synopsis. Higher Education, Vol. 84, p.p.1267–1281. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-022-00945-2
Etzkowitz, H., & Leydesdorff, L. (1995). The Triple Helix--University-industry-government relations: A laboratory for knowledge based economic development. EASST Review, 14(1), 14-19.
Gambardella, A., Raasch, C.; Hippel, E. (2017). The User Innovation Paradigm: Impacts on Markets and Welfare. Management Science. Vol.63 (59), pp 1450.1451.
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI), (2025) Educación, características educativas de la población. Censos Económicos. https://www.inegi.org.mx/app/mapa/denue/
Könings, K.; Seidel, T.; Brand-Gruwel, S. & Merriënboer, J. (2011). Students’ and Teachers’ Perceptions of Education: Differences in Perspectives. Paper presented at 14th Biennial Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction of EARLI, Exeter, England.
Lu, Jing. (2020). Data Analytics Research-Informed Teaching in a Digital Technologies Curriculum. INFORMS Transactions on Education. Vol.20 (2). Pp 58-59. https://doi.org/10.1287/ited.2019.0215
Ma, J. & Cai, Y. (2021). Innovations in an institutionalised higher education system: the role of embedded agency. High Educ 82, 897–915. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-021-00679-7
Manea, A. D. (2015). Innovation in the Management of Educational Institutions. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. Vol.209 (3), p.p. 310 – 315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.11.239
Martín, P., Potočnik, K., & Fras, A. B. (2015). Determinants of students’ innovation in higher education. Studies in Higher Education, 42 (7), 1229-1243. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2015.1087993
Martínez, M. F. C., Pozo, K. E. B., Gilces, L. L. B., Barriga, Y. D. R. S., Suárez, A. B. G., & Fernández, A. A. Z. (2026). Integración de tecnologías educativas para fortalecer la innovación en los procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje. Revista Latinoamericana de Calidad Educativa, 3(2), 53-65.
Marx, R. (1983). Student perception in classrooms. Educational Psychologist, 18 (3):145-164. https://doi.org/10.1080/00461528309529271
Mas, T. O. (2012). Las competencias del docente universitario: la percepción del alumno, de los expertos y del propio protagonista. REDU: Revista de Docencia Universitaria. Vol.10 (2), pp. 299-318
Melamed-Varela, E., Navarro-Vargas, L., Blanco-Ariza, A. B., & Olivero-Vega, E. (2019). Vínculo Universidad-Empresa-Estado para el fomento de la innovación en sistemas regionales: Estudio documental. Revista de Estudios Regionales, 114.
Menzli, L. J., Smirani, L. K., Boulahia, J. A., & Hadjouni, M. (2022). Investigation of open educational resources adoption in higher education using Rogers’ diffusion of innovation theory. Heliyon, 8 (7). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09885
Miroshkinova, T. (2020). Innovative Technologies in Education. E3S Web of Conferences: Innovative Technologies in Science and Education. 210, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202021018135
Morales, P. (2010). Investigación e innovación educativa. REICE. Revista Iberoamericana sobre Calidad, Eficacia y Cambio en Educación, vol. 8, núm. 2, pp. 47-73
Pomares, E.; Barrios, L.; Vázquez, O.; Arencibia, L.; Lastayo, L. & Pérez, C. (2020). Percepción estudiantil sobre una innovación evaluativa utilizando la plataforma Moodle. EDUMECENTRO, 12 (2), 92-109. Recuperado de: http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S207728742020000200092&lng=es&tlng=es
Ríos-Cabrera, P. & Ruiz-Bolívar, C. (2020). La innovación educativa en América Latina: lineamientos para la formulación de políticas públicas. Revista Innovaciones Educativas, 22 (32), 199-212. https://dx.doi.org/10.22458/ie.v22i32.2828
Seidel, V., Marion, T. y Fixson, S. (2020). Innovating How to Learn Design Thinking, Making, and Innovation: Incorporating Multiple Modes in Teaching the Innovation Process. INFORMS Transactions on Education. Vol.20 (2) pp. 73-84. https://doi.org/10.1287/ited.2019.0220
Senge, P. M. (2011). La Quinta disciplina. (2da ed.). Buenos Aires: Ediciones Granica.
Sigüenza-Orellana, S. C., Álava-Atiencie, N. G., Pinos-Ramón, L. D. y Peralta-Vallejo, X. K. (2022). Percepción de estudiantes universitarios frente al ecosistema emprendedor y la intención emprendedorasocial. Retos Revista de Ciencias de la Administración y Economía, 12 (24), pp. 248- 266. https://doi.org/10.17163/ret.n24.2022.04
Tang, E.; Alif, I. & Noor, E. (2015). Students’ Perception: Student Feedback Online (SuFO) in Higher Education. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. 167. pp. 109-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.12.651
Traver-Martí, J. A., & Ferrández-Berrueco, R. (2016). Construcción y validación de un cuestionario de actitudes hacia la innovación educativa en la universidad. Perfiles educativos, 38 (151), 86-103.
UNESCO (2016). Innovación Educativa. Serie “Herramientas de apoyo para el trabajo docente” Editora y Comercializadora CARTOLAN E.I.R.L.
UNESCO. (2016). Innovación educativa: Herramientas de apoyo para el trabajo docente. Recuperado en: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000247005
Vinicius, I.; Oliveira, M.; Noronha, L.; Ramos, A.; Guedes, V. & Gentil, V. (2017). Student’s Perception of the Teaching-Learning Process at an Institution of Higher Education and Technology in Tocantins. The international journal of learning. pp. 237-242. https://doi.org/10.18178/IJLT.4.3.237-242
Westera, W. (2004). On strategies of educational innovation: Between substitution and transformation. Higher Education 47, 501–517. https://doi.org/10.1023/B:HIGH.0000020875.72943.a7
