Returning our education to learning

EMPLOYABILITY, employability, employability. This has been the chant that is repeated annually when it comes to determining how successful the education system is. It is largely led by the marketplace which over time has come to be the driver of education while the educationists slowly recede int...

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Main Author: Abd Razak, Dzulkifli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/32835/
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description EMPLOYABILITY, employability, employability. This has been the chant that is repeated annually when it comes to determining how successful the education system is. It is largely led by the marketplace which over time has come to be the driver of education while the educationists slowly recede into the background and abdicate their academic leadership. Backed by shortsighted politicians, the marketplace is emboldened to demand even more tailoredmade courses that must grease the industrial cogs and wheels. The ultimatum—either be "marketable" or be condemned as "irrelevant". Overnight, the purposes of education are fixated on "earning" rather than "learning".
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spelling usm-328352017-04-05T07:13:50Z http://eprints.usm.my/32835/ Returning our education to learning Abd Razak, Dzulkifli L Education (General) EMPLOYABILITY, employability, employability. This has been the chant that is repeated annually when it comes to determining how successful the education system is. It is largely led by the marketplace which over time has come to be the driver of education while the educationists slowly recede into the background and abdicate their academic leadership. Backed by shortsighted politicians, the marketplace is emboldened to demand even more tailoredmade courses that must grease the industrial cogs and wheels. The ultimatum—either be "marketable" or be condemned as "irrelevant". Overnight, the purposes of education are fixated on "earning" rather than "learning". 2009-02-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/32835/1/DZUL174.pdf Abd Razak, Dzulkifli (2009) Returning our education to learning. New Sunday Times.
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Returning our education to learning
title Returning our education to learning
title_full Returning our education to learning
title_fullStr Returning our education to learning
title_full_unstemmed Returning our education to learning
title_short Returning our education to learning
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url http://eprints.usm.my/32835/
http://eprints.usm.my/32835/1/DZUL174.pdf