Posted on 11/29/2012 8:48:03 AM PST by Kaslin
Very little of what she will do will pertain to what her courses are doing. She needs to make sure she has the skills of doing stuff when she gets out over and above what they actually teach her.
Combine
As this new paradigm gains ascendancy, and with its high degree of specialization determined by the learner (as opposed to cookie-cutter education), and with business owners themselves taking a structured autodidactic approach to learning and therefore preferring it in their colleagues/employees, the traditional university will fade into a more limited and specialized role.
It will, for many of us, be a most welcomed day, a day of true equal opportunity, a day that demarcates the end of the Ivy League hegemony - a day when merit is determined by objective knowledge. For some, of course, the day will not be so welcomed because they will be expected to demonstrate skill now, today, rather than point to a piece of paper earned 20 years ago. For all, it will be wonderful as it will raise overall competition and productivity.
Then - when America jettisons the traditional pedagogic paradigms in favor of one which leverages the advantages of the 21st Century - we can push toward restoring American exceptionalism in the world.
‘Child and Family Studies
Formally known as parenthood. ‘
Uh no, not exactly.
These are the people that destroy families.
‘Child and Family Studies
Formally known as parenthood. ‘
Uh no, not exactly.
These are the people that destroy families.
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