Higher education: core skills in a learning society
- 1 November 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Education Policy
- Vol. 12 (6) , 511-525
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0268093970120606
Abstract
This paper is based on the initial findings of the ESRC study on the acquisition and development of core skills in higher education and employment. The context for the study is provided by contested notions of a learning society apparent in the mismatch between the skills and knowledge that universities currently provide and what employers state that they want. The paper takes the form of a series of propositions and questions relating to the perspectives of those in higher education. It discusses the multiple interpretations, and lack of clarity, of the vocabulary of skills, and the difficulties for higher education in meeting the demands of a learning society. It is suggested that changes must be grounded in a more developed approach to the conceptualization of student provision and an enhanced understanding of how students learn.Keywords
This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- ’There's no such thing as society . . .’: some problems with an individual approach to creating a Learning SocietyJournal of Education Policy, 1997
- Graduates' WorkIndustry and Higher Education, 1997
- Core Skills: a critical examinationEducational Review, 1996