The learning challenge of the knowledge economy. / David Guile.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guile, David, author.

Series:

The Knowledge Economy and Education ; 3.

The Knowledge Economy and Education ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Economic aspects.

Education.

Knowledge management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam, Netherlands : Sense Publishers, 2010.

Summary:

This book introduces a new perspective on the knowledge economy and the learning challenge it presents for individuals, communities and societies. It demonstrates that the debate about the role of knowledge in the economy has been framed in terms of Cartesian notions of objective and subjective knowledge and human capital notions that the aim of learning is to support people to adapt to a pre-given economic reality. The book argues that these framings rest on questionable assumptions about knowledge and learning and, in the process, deflect us from asking questions about our future economic, political and social direction. Taking ideas from Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT), Social Theory and the Philosophy of Mind as its starting point, the book rethinks the relation between knowledge, learning and human activity. It explores this rethinking through the form of learning—Professional, Vocational and Workplace—most closely associated with the use of knowledge for economic, political and social purposes.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

The Knowledge Economy and the Challenge for Education

Scientific Knowledge and the Economy

Tacit Knowledge and the Economy

Problems Around the Role of Knowledge in the Economy

Higher Education and the Two Worlds of Knowledge

Thinking Differently about the Two Worlds View of Knowledge

Developing the Mediated Basis of Learning

Thinking Differently about Mediation by Activity and Semiotic Mediation

Learning as Remediation

The New Learning Challenge of the Knowledge Economy

Afterword

Bibliography.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

94-6091-259-1

OCLC:

1096240499

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789460912597 DOI