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Catching the Knowledge Wave: The Knowledge Society and the Future of Education

Thu, 02/07/2008 - 14:08 -- admin

Jane Gilbert says that knowledge is now a verb, not a noun – something we do rather than something we have – and explores the ways our schools need to change to prepare people to participate in the knowledge-based societies of the future.
Read our staff review of Catching the Knowledge Wave?, below.

About the author
Jane Gilbert is a chief researcher with the New Zealand Council for Educational Research. She has a background in teaching at both secondary and tertiary levels.

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Read the article by clicking on the live link to the Canadian Education Association website, below.

Jane Gilbert, formerly a secondary teacher, is a chief researcher with the New Zealand Council for Educational Research.

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