Papers
Keyword: economics
Work and employment challenge ‘quick reviews’
This paper was commissioned as part of a series of reviews for the Working and Employment Challenge of the Beyond Current Horizons project on the future of education.... Read more »
TOP KEYWORDS: science, technology, engineering, maths, children, innovation, economics
The boundaries between informal and formal work
It is assumed that as time progresses the formal economy becomes ever more important to everyday life. Whereas in the past people often worked on a subsistence... Read more »
TOP KEYWORDS: work, home, economics, family, community
Learning to learn
“One of the core functions of 21st century education is learning to learn in preparation for a lifetime of change”. This vision of the future of education, which David... Read more »
TOP KEYWORDS: knowledge, creativity, communication, economics, education, curriculum
The relationship between the constitution/construction of knowledge and identities, community
There is a great variety of contexts within society that continuously create, recreate and reproduce knowledge. The knowledge that is produced in society is enormously diverse as... Read more »
TOP KEYWORDS: Internet, skills, creativity, economics, knowledge, community
The growing importance of generic skills
Although it is generally recognised that modern economies require the use of continually greater skills, the notion of skill is often translated to mean education. Thus, a more... Read more »
TOP KEYWORDS: skills, economics, work, education, technology
The meaning of work
The purpose of this paper is to examine the notion of meaning as it relates to working life, with a view to extrapolating some implications for thinking about... Read more »
TOP KEYWORDS: economics, work, employment, education, friendship
Labour market structures and trends, the future of work and the implications for initial E&T
Does the veracity of trends matter? Are there not circumstances where the analysis is wrong, the trend a meaningless fake, but which is nevertheless a useful catalyst... Read more »
TOP KEYWORDS: knowledge, economics, employment, occupations, business, work, technology
Future horizons for work-life balance
Work-life balance can be defined from a legislative point of view drawing upon statutes and case law, and from an economic perspective where individuals make trade-offs between the... Read more »
TOP KEYWORDS: work, economics, employment, home, childcare, lifestyle
How will technological change affect opportunities for creating new economic activities, new sectors and new industries to the year 2025?
‘Apparently there are potholes in the road to the future.’ ... Read more »
TOP KEYWORDS: technology, business, work, IT, economics
The consequences of global expansion for knowledge, creativity and communication: an analysis and scenario
There are striking parallels between the stories that were told to justify economic policy over the past decade in Britain and America and the stories that have been... Read more »
TOP KEYWORDS: globalisation, economics, competition, knowledge economy, capitalism
The future of learning in the age of innovation
We are entering the innovation age. The innovation age requires very different citizens from the industrial age that dominated the globe for over a century: people who... Read more »
TOP KEYWORDS: creativity, innovation, learning, education, school, collaboration, knowledge, economics, learning environments
Reworking the web, reworking the world: how web 2.0 is changing our society
Web 2.0 refers to a suite of technologies that have dramatically lowered the interaction costs of two-way communication over the World Wide Web, which has democratized the production... Read more »
TOP KEYWORDS: Internet, identity, politics, economics, education, democracy, society, community, citizenship, communication, networks
Re-imagining the future: young people’s construction of identities through digital storytelling
This review paper explores a relationship between young people’s identity construction and digital storytelling in the learning environment, especially those who are disaffected and at risk of being... Read more »
TOP KEYWORDS: young people, disaffection, identity, storytelling, knowledge, economics, teaching, engagement
The millennial generation: generation y and the opportunities for a globalised, networked educational system
The paper explores the changing educational needs and expectations of Generation Y, people born roughly between 1977 and 2000. The first part of the paper reviews existing research... Read more »
TOP KEYWORDS: work, education, generations, economics, society, technology, social change, personal development
The R&D, knowledge, innovation triangle: education and economic performance
While the Lisbon Strategy states that the EU should “… become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world, capable of sustainable economic growth with more and... Read more »
TOP KEYWORDS: population, knowledge, innovation, society, education, economics, technology
