In pursuit of the knowledge worker: educating for world risk society

Uluorta, Hasmet M.; Quill, Lawrence

doi:10.1080/09620210903057681

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“…Yet, over half of all jobs (55.4%) or 80.7 million occupations in 2004 required only short or medium term training (Uluorta and Quill 2009). The most recent figures produced 5 The relevant numbers here are astonishing as the number of employable people has doubled since 1979 to 3 billion (see Mason 2009, p. 130).…”

Section: Life In Liquid Modernitymentioning

confidence: 95%

“…Amidst discussion of 'the new global economy' there is a clear and present need to create a more technologically literate society, a high-skilled society of 'knowledge workers.' Whether such a process is possible or desirable is something I have explored elsewhere (Uluorta and Quill 2009). Yet, for my present purposes, I want to suggest that even if the 'knowledge worker' is the new telos of education it still leaves the question of adulthood unanswered simply because it is such a terribly reductive and unimaginative answer to the question 'what is education for?…”

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The Disappearance of Adulthood

Quill

2011

Stud Philos Educ

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In 1982, Neil Postman wrote The Disappearance of Childhood. In that work, Postman recounted the invention of childhood in the modern world and its demise at the hands of, among other things, the electronic media (principally television). In Postman's view, television had transformed education into 'edutainment.' The implications of this loss were devastating. Taking up where Postman left off I wish to reexamine his claim and amend and update his thesis by suggesting that, after the latest electronic turn, we now live in societies where a meaningful conception of adulthood is disappearing. It is disappearing, in part, because of an impoverished conception of citizenship. Yet it is additionally undermined because, claims to the ascendancy of the 'knowledge worker' notwithstanding, the fundamental connection between education and employment is unraveling. In this climate, the purposes of education are constantly queried and scrutinized as its telos is redefined by criteria external to the practice of education: cost-effectiveness, value-formoney, and so on. I suggest that only be reclaiming a meaningful conception of adulthood can education be defended and only by so doing can individuals hope to understand the world around them.Keywords Postman Á Knowledge worker Á Childhood Á Adulthood Á Universities 'I call him happy who still hopes to rise To the surface in this sea of error.' Goethe, Faust, Part I

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Section: Life In Liquid Modernitymentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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The Disappearance of Adulthood

Quill

2011

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“…The current competitiveness among HEIs across the globe requires the construction of a knowledge economy through producing and/or hiring knowledge workers (Uluorta and Quill, ). Both the knowledge economy and knowledge workers are situated within the global economy, whose continued development is inevitable and which persistently aims to facilitate greater competition and the possibility of attaining the good life for individual knowledge workers.…”

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International Academic Mobility in Chinese Academia: Opportunities and Challenges

Larbi

Ashraf

2019

International Migration

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International academic mobility is an important dimension of the internationalization of higher education institutions, which aims to enact practical changes in economies and societies. Although many studies have investigated the mobility of international students, the mobility of international academics has been less investigated, particularly in the context of mainland China. This qualitative study explores the experience of international academics in Chinese academia. The study is based on semi-structured interviews with twenty-six international academics from different countries, working at different universities in Beijing. Through a fourstage systematic analysis, the study shows that international academics' engagement with mobility in Chinese academia can be characterized by a combination of gains and losses. This article explores how international academics view Chinese academia as either resourceful or restrictive for their academic career. It then discusses the hidden narratives concerning the challenges that international academics face in relation to mobility.

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Competing voices: a Figured Worlds approach to theorising graduate perspectives on career success

Christie

2019

International Studies in Sociology of Education

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In pursuit of the knowledge worker: educating for world risk society

Cited by 6 publications

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The Disappearance of Adulthood

The Disappearance of Adulthood

International Academic Mobility in Chinese Academia: Opportunities and Challenges

Competing voices: a Figured Worlds approach to theorising graduate perspectives on career success

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