Pedagogy for Economic Competitiveness and Sustainable Development

Autor/inn/en	Sahlberg, Pasi; Oldroyd, David
Titel	Pedagogy for Economic Competitiveness and Sustainable Development
Quelle	In: European Journal of Education, 45 (2010) 2, S.280-299 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0141-8211
Schlagwörter	Economic Progress; Sustainable Development; Teaching Methods; Competition; Creativity; Innovation; Business; Educational Change; Educational Policy; Educational Environment; Educational Principles; Role of Education; Educational Development; Economic Development; Global Approach; Economics; Educational Practices + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Economic growth; Wirtschaftswachstum; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Wettkampf; Kreativität; Business studies; Wirtschaft; Betriebswirtschaft; Bildungsreform; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Bildungsprinzip; Bildungsauftrag; Bildungsentwicklung; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Globales Denken; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Bildungspraxis
Abstract	Accelerating threats to a sustainable relationship between economic growth and the capacity of the global social-ecological system to support it require that the implications of competitiveness be reassessed. Today, the capacities that underlie economic competitiveness must also be brought to bear on policy and pedagogy to prepare the coming generation to face an unprecedented and dangerous global future. This article argues that the bureaucratic "industrial", standards-driven model of schooling currently fails to release the talents of students either for the competitiveness or collaboration that will be crucial in facing the demands of the decades ahead. It argues for policies, schools and pedagogies that promote creativity and a human capacity for innovation, not the relentless pursuit of externally imposed measurable standards. The types of necessary learning experiences are explored and examples are provided of principles and practices that teachers and schools need to develop further. Education for economic competitiveness on one hand and education for sustainable development on the other both require similar open minds, creative skills and teaching methods to prepare students for the transformations and innovations ahead. In answering the question "what do competitiveness and sustainable development require from schools and teachers?" We conclude that most elements of appropriate pedagogies are available but they need to be extended. Managing their extension on a large scale to transform complex education systems is a major challenge for policy-makers and educators at all levels. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10