Format:
X, 249 S.
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graph. Darst.
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cm
ISBN:
0415615070
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9780415615068
,
9780415615075
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0415615062
Content:
"Educating for the Knowledge Economy The promise, embraced by governments around the world, is that the knowledge economy will provide knowledge workers with a degree of autonomy and permission to think which enables them to be creative and to attract high incomes. What credence should we give to this promise? The current economic crisis is provoking a reappraisal of both economic and educational policy. Policy makers and educationists across the world see education as central to economic competitiveness. However, this book asks fundamental questions about the relationship between the economy and education since, in contrast to policy makers' rhetoric, the relationship between the two sectors is not straightforward. An unorthodox account of the knowledge economy and economic globalisation suggests that autonomy in the workplace and permission to think will be only given to the elite. In this view many aspirant well-educated middle-class young workers are doomed to disappointment. In this book, leading scholars from the US, the UK, Australia and New Zealand discuss these issues and interrogate the assumptions and links between the different elements of education and how they might relate to the economy. Even if we assume that the official view of the knowledge economy is correct are we educating young people to be autonomous, creative thinkers? Are current policies relating to knowledge, learning and assessment consistent with the kinds of workers and skills required for the knowledge economy? This book will appeal to academics, policy makers, teachers and students interested in the central role of education in the knowledge economy"--
Note:
Enth. 13 Beitr
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Literaturangaben
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780203817698
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Educating for the knowledge economy? London : Routledge, 2012 ISBN 0203817699
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0415615062
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0415615070
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1136730958
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780203817698
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415615068
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415615075
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781136730955
Language:
English
Subjects:
Education
Keywords:
Bildungspolitik
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Globalisierung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Lauder, Hugh 1948-
