Knowledge Economy and Lifelong Learning

This book presents some of the most trenchant critical analyses of the widespread claims for the recent emergence of a knowledge economy and the attendant need for greater lifelong learning.
The book contains two sections: first, general critiques of the limits of current notions of a knowledge economy and required adult learning, in terms of historical comparisons, socio-political construction and current empirical evidence; secondly, specific challenges to presumed relations between work requirements and learning through case studies in diverse current workplaces that document richer learning processes than knowledge economy advocates intimate. Many of the leading authors in the field are represented.
There are no other books to date that both critically assess the limits of the notion of the knowledge economy and examine closely the relation of workplace restructuring to lifelong learning beyond the confines of formal higher education and related educational policies. This reader provides a distinctive overview for future studies of relations between work and learning in contemporary societies beyond caricatures of the knowledge economy.

Aceasta carte prezinta unele dintre cele mai grozave analize critice ale pretentiilor pe scara larga pentru aparitia recenta a unei economii a cunoasterii si nevoia insotitoare de o invatare mai mare pe tot parcursul vietii. Cartea contine doua sectiuni: prima, critici generale ale limitelor notiunilor actuale ale unei economii a cunoasterii si invatarea necesara a adultilor, in ceea ce priveste comparatiile istorice, constructia socio-politica si dovezile empirice actuale; in al doilea rand, provocarile specifice presupusei relatii intre cerintele de munca si invatare prin studii de caz in diverse locuri de munca actuale care documenteaza procese de invatare mai bogate decat sustin intimitatea economiei cunoasterii.