Knowledge society in 21st century
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| Year of publication | 2012 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Acta universitatis agriculturae et silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 60, 2012 |
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| Field | Sociology, demography |
| Keywords | education; knowledge; social qualification; three conceptions of a human in economics; responsibility; multi-disciplinary approach |
| Description | This paper is focused on the increasing need of education in 21st century and on some problems which emerged in this context - the economists prefer to emphasize the development and growth, profit and effectiveness, and they can overlook general, ethical, and essential problems and needs of the contemporary world. These problems are not resolved by simple algometrical approaches, but they require multi-disciplined paradigms, which can provide social sciences. This paper is focused on the increasing need of education in 21st century and on some problems which emerged in this context - the economists prefer to emphasize the development and growth, profit and effectiveness, and they can overlook general, ethical, and essential problems and needs of the contemporary world. These problems are not resolved by simple algometrical approaches, but they require multi-disciplined paradigms, which can provide social sciences. Especially in the 21st century we need wide-ranging critical thinking as a basis of responsible ethical behaviour. However in the current educational environment in the tertiary educational system we can observe over-emphasizing of utilitarian requirements. We produce professionals who are expected to be able to find quick, effective but also far-seeing solutions of any given problem, which is in obvious contradiction. |