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Refracted economies: New thinking for PSET beyond the focus on skills and entrepreneurship Sharlene Swartz | 17 September 2019. Education in 4IR. What's coming down the line? What new areas of work are on the horizon especially with the growth of the fourth industrial revolution?
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Refracted economies: New thinking for PSET beyond the focus on skills and entrepreneurshipSharlene Swartz | 17 September 2019
Education in 4IR • What's coming down the line? • What new areas of work are on the horizon especially with the growth of the fourth industrial revolution? • How should the post school education system respond? • What meaning do young people attribute to work, and how do they see the future? • How do we address uneven starting points?
Economies • Skilled/Unskilled • Entrepreneurial • Formal/Informal • Knowledge • Private/Public • Professional • Artisanal • Gig • Sustainable
Current Refracted Economies
Current Refracted Economies
TypesCharacteristics of Each Refracted Economy • Skilled --------------------Semi-Skilled ------------------- Unskilled • Entrepreneurial (Innovate) --------Business As Usual (Imitate) • Formal -------------------------------------------------------- Informal • Knowledge ---------------------------------------------------- Physical • Private -----------------------------Third Sector -------------- Public • Professional ------------------------------------------------- Artisanal • Individual ---------------------------------------------------- Collective • Permanent ------------------------------------------------------------Gig • New ----------------------------------------------------------Traditional • Sustainable ------------------------------------------------------ Limited
Education in the 4IR • Skills in the school system to focus on: • Cognitive skills; ICT Skills; Relational skills (empathy, creativity, innovation, social skills, managing complexity, socio-technical analysis AND Imagination • Mainline new theory and innovations from the South • Reimagine TVET colleges as hubs of innovation in refracted economies • A sectoral analysis x economies’ characteristics along a continuum x tech innovations = deeper thinking & strategies beyond a focus on entrepreneurship and skills
TVET hubs Current Refracted Economies innovation skills imagination decolonisation
TVET hubs Current Refracted Economies innovation skills imagination decolonisation
TVET hubs Current Refracted Economies innovation skills imagination decolonisation
Refracted economies: New thinking for PSET beyond the focus on skills and entrepreneurshipSharlene Swartz | 17 September 2019