New Technologies and Emerging Careers. Trends and Issues Alerts.

Autor/in	Kerka, Sandra
Institution	ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education, Columbus, OH.
Titel	New Technologies and Emerging Careers. Trends and Issues Alerts.
Quelle	(1994), (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Reihe	ERIC Publications
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Bibliografie; Annotated Bibliographies; Career Change; Career Education; Economic Change; Educational Change; Educational Needs; Emerging Occupations; Employment Patterns; Employment Practices; Futures (of Society); Organizational Change; Postsecondary Education; Role of Education; Technological Advancement; Vocational Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bibliography; Bibliographies; Bibliografie; Career changes; Berufswechsel; Arbeitslehre; Ökonomischer Wandel; Bildungsreform; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Berufspraxis; Future; Society; Zukunft; Organisationswandel; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Bildungsauftrag; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung
Abstract	Technological innovations are giving rise to structural changes in the economy that are in turn creating profound changes in the nature of work and work organizations. Predicted changes are: traditional hierarchical organizations in the workplace will give way to network or weblike forms of organization; customary vertical divisions of labor will be replaced by horizontal divisions characterized by collaboration among autonomous teams; customized manufacturing will replace mass production; new service industries and occupations will evolve; the numbers of specialists and integrators will increase; and a "freelance economy" will emerge. The following are some implications of these changes for education and training: more occupations will deal with abstract information and procedural or mathematical reasoning; preparation for work will include formal education plus contextual or craft knowledge; formal education may impart just a disciplined way of thinking and the habits/skills of lifelong learning; the increased value of experiential learning will require new forms of tech prep and apprenticeship for youth and adults alike; and individuals will need to develop new attitudes about the cyclical nature of careers, career paths, and continuous learning. (An annotated list of 17 related publications is included.) (MN)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01