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ERIC Number: EJ463405
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
The Transformation of Work and Educational Reform Policy.
Johnston, Bill J.
American Educational Research Journal, v30 n1 p39-65 Spr 1993
A general overview is provided of the structural transformation of work from a goods-based to a services-based economy, and suggestions are offered for reconsidering educational reform policy in light of the demand for schooling the new structure creates. The central problem of educational reform has become facilitating critical thinking. (SLD)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Economic Impact, Economics, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Employment, Futures (of Society), Human Capital, Labor Force, Political Influences, Public Policy
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Reform Efforts; Service Based Economy; Structural Change