In pursuit of the knowledge worker
Educating for world risk society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12272004 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hasmet M Uluorta (University of Miami), H Uluorta, Lawrence Quill (0000-0002-7020-6106, San Jose State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 37-51 |
| Publication date | 2009-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Studies in Sociology of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0962-0214 • E-ISSN: 1747-5066 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09620210903057681 |
| OpenAlex | W1983632897 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 13 |
Higher education within the USA is increasingly perceived to be in a state of crisis. This crisis exposes the USA and its citizens to risks that spell out disaster whether it is from a loss of national global competitiveness, a reduction in the standard of living and/or deep challenges to social cohesion. The suggested remedy to this condition is to transform current educational practices and institutions to better produce ‘knowledge workers’ who in turn may harness the limitless potentials of a ‘global knowledge economy’. While this vision of education seems compelling we argue that the transition to a ‘knowledge economy’ is more fiction than fact. Instead we suggest that the ‘knowledge economy’ is better understood as part of risk society where education does not reduce the anxiety associated with developed post‐industrial economies, but serves to exasperate it
Cohesion (chemistry · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Higher education · Industrial society · Knowledge economy · Knowledge Society · Political economy · Political science · Public relations · Risk society · Social science · Sociology · Spell · State (computer science · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Higher Education Governance and Development · Law · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2020 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |