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| Autor/in | Gallagher, Paul |
|---|---|
| Titel | Canada's Community Colleges, the Next Five Years: "Redirecting College Education." |
| Quelle | (1987), (11 Seiten) |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Monographie |
| Schlagwörter | Stellungnahme; Change Strategies; College Role; Community Colleges; Economic Change; Educational Needs; Educational Planning; Educational Trends; Foreign Countries; Futures (of Society); Modernization; Social Change; Two Year Colleges; Canada |
| Abstract | It is predicted that over the next five years 80% of the people in the industrial world will be doing jobs differently from the way these jobs have been done in the previous 50 years. Most people will have to go back to school to relearn these jobs. If these forecasts prove accurate, Canada's community colleges will be well positioned to play a more central role in the Canadian society of the future. Among the emerging social and economic changes facing Canada are a transfer from an industrial-based to a knowledge-based economy, from a culture that values conformity to one that values individuality, from preparation for employment to preparation for self-employment, and from remuneration to satisfaction as the dominant reward. Functioning successfully in the society of the future will require: (1) the ability to be understood and to understand others; (2) the ability to work with others; (3) positive work attitudes; (4) critical thinking skills; (5) an understanding of the fundamentals of mathematics, science, and social sciences; (6) the ability and willingness to learn independently; and (7) technical and/or productive skills. The discord between these needs and expectations and the results of contemporary formal education necessitates a redirection of college education toward integrated curricula, direct rather than indirect learning, basic skills programming, lifelong learning, and non-technical skills upgrading. Colleges can begin the process of redirection by determining precisely what students need to learn, and by reconsidering traditional forms of credentialling and administrative and instructional methods. (EJV) |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
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