TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lauder,Hugh
ED  - Askews & Holts
TI  - Educating for the knowledge economy?: critical perspectives 
SN  - 9780203817698 (e-book)
AV  - LC65 .E313 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Education
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Education and globalization
KW  - Knowledge workers
KW  - Industry
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Educational strategies & policy
KW  - thema
KW  - Moral & social purpose of education
KW  - Political economy
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - lcsh
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Electronic reproduction; Askews and Holts; Mode of access: World Wide Web
N2  - Leading scholars from the US, the UK, Australia and New Zealand interrogate the assumptions and links between the different elements of education and how they might relate to the 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?  Educating for the Knowledge Economy? will appeal to academics, policy makers, teachers and students interested in the central role of education in the knowledge economy
UR  - http://www.vlebooks.com/vleweb/product/openreader?id=BradfordC&isbn=9780203817698
ER  -