Arthur M. Recesso (amrecess@valdosta.edu)
Wed, 30 Jun 1999 11:33:58 -0500
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 11:33:58 -0500 From: "Arthur M. Recesso" <amrecess@valdosta.edu> Subject: lifelong learning
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Arun-
> Your statement..."Learning should be a lifelong
> process allowing people to engage in authentic activities as those
> activities arise in their lives as thinkers, workers, collaborators
and
> players." Is very relevant to issues we are facing with education and
changes in industry and the economy. We are
> continually moving towards an employment scenario where people are
changing jobs/careers more often and more rapidly.
> The concern has been that our graduate will have at least 7 career
changes before retirement. I would guess that this
> number is continuing to grow. In addition, not only is the labor
force
changing careers rapidly, but the actual
> jobs/careers themselves are transforming causing people to lose
employment where they are no longer functional.
> Considering this evolution of our labor and industry lifelong learning
continues to grow in importance. It is the
> continuum of learning that will enable the future employee to remain a
participant in the labor force. Those that do
> not continue their development will be less likely to keep their
current job, let alone access a new career. Consider
> the car repair person.
> This lifelong learning continuum is tied closely to the online
learning
environment and the ability of the worker to
> continue development and remain in their current position while
preparing for the next wave of change.
> I believe it was David Wiles who presented the idea of mobile "cadre"
of workforce people who would move from
> work-environment to work-environment, having generalized knowledge,
but
trainable in a large array of work
> environments. Are we seeing this become a reality? And does the
expansion of the Internet and online learning enable
> the labor force to be that "lifelone learner" and at what level of
quality?
>
>
> Art
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