Week 8b February 28 Global Knowledge Economy

For each reading, you should prepare for class in the following way: 1. Attempt to summarize the author’s main point(s) in a sentence or two. 2. Identify specific terms, concepts, or passages that you found either confusing or interesting and enlightening (in other words, what would you like to bring up as a point of clarification or discussion). 3. Provide a reaction or two to the reading: What do you like or dislike about it? Agree or disagree with? How can you relate it to your experience?
These are the guide questions and dont need to answer--What KINDS of knowledge are now thought to be crucial to economic development and human well-being? How is such knowledge now taught and measured?
--What do you think of the concept of "lifelong learning" as part of the new "knowledge economy?"
--What is the interplay between national initiatives and international organizations in developing education for the new knowledge economy?
--Should information and knowledge be treated like other commodities as "property?"
--How does the new emphasis on student-centered pedagogies seem to fit the goal of creating a "knowledge economy"?