Papers
Keyword: knowledge
The schooled society and beyond: the modernizing role of formal education as an institution
Formal education - schooling from kindergarten well into adulthood at colleges and universities and other higher education institutions - transforms modern society in ways that were unimaginable at... Read more »
TOP KEYWORDS: school, society, knowledge, education
Knowledge, creativity and communication in education: multimodal design
The focus of this review is on the multimodal design of environments for knowledge construction, creativity and communication. In education, multimodal design refers to the use of different... Read more »
TOP KEYWORDS: technology, multimedia, design, society, creativity, knowledge, literacy
Summative report: Knowledge, creativity and communication
1 Introduction This report considers the potential effects of social and technological change on the character of knowledge, creativity and communication over the next three decades. It draws... Read more »
TOP KEYWORDS: knowledge, creativity, communication
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
Learning to work in the creative and cultural sector: new spaces, pedagogies and expertise
The paper questions the link that policymakers assume exists between qualifications and access to employment in the creative and cultural (C&C) sector. It (i) identifies how labour market... Read more »
TOP KEYWORDS: employment, creativity, skills, education, knowledge, industry, culture, politics
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
Technology and embodiment: relationships and implications for knowledge, creativity and communication
With the emergence of mobile and ubiquitous technologies there has been increased interest in exploring and thinking about the role of embodiment, and of particular relevance here, embodied... Read more »
TOP KEYWORDS: technology, knowledge, creativity, communication, interaction
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
Developing expertise – moving beyond a focus on workplace competence, assessment and qualifications
This paper intends to highlight key trends in the development of expertise in the workplace in a way that goes beyond the current obsessions of many people with... Read more »
TOP KEYWORDS: assessment, competence, knowledge, work, education, development, skills, Lifelong Learning
Affect: knowledge, communication, creativity and emotion
Concerns about emotional well-being have recently become the focus of social policy, particularly in education settings. This is a sudden and unique development in placing new ideas about... Read more »
TOP KEYWORDS: education, aspirations, communication, creativity, politics, curriculum, knowledge, education institutions
Changes in knowledge construction, participation and networks
Technological environments are not merely passive containers of people but are active processes that reshape people and other technologies alike. - McLuhan, 1962 The future is here. It’s... Read more »
TOP KEYWORDS: technology, communication, participation, culture, knowledge, robots
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
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 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
Forms of literacy
In this review, we outline ways in which literacy is changing due to developments in technology, and review the implications for educational institutions in the future. A number... Read more »
TOP KEYWORDS: literacy, technology, multimedia, design, society, creativity, knowledge
The dynamic relationship between knowledge, identities, communities and culture
This review outlines significant issues in current cultural and knowledge-related change in England, with particular emphasis on their impact on education and on young people. It draws together... Read more »
TOP KEYWORDS: culture, identity, knowledge, community, young people, creativity, social differentiation, ethnicity, class
