1. Introduction
The need for formal education to foster students’ competence to participate in the creation of innovations is widely recognized (e.g., Keinänen et al., 2018; OECD, 2019). It is argued that individuals must learn to use knowledge in innovative ways to cope with current and future ecological, social, and economic problems (Sinervo et al., 2021). Specifically, current research knowledge posits that students’ opportunities to engage in innovation activities in school can enhance students’ ability to identify needs, explore alternative solutions, and collaborate to solve problems (Kangas et al., 2013; Yrjönsuuri et al., 2019). Therefore, several flagship initiatives in Europe have set innovation as a key priority in formal education (Bocconi et al., 2012; OECD, 2019), and in Finland, innovation competence is set as a learning objective in the national curriculum….
