Scanning the Internet I found two interesting blog posts on the knowledge society. I have deep interest in the issues they cover.
The first is a abstract of a paper, submitted to a forthcoming conference in Romania, titled " Towards a durable knowledge society– a preliminary research on a quality indicator of the social knowledge for durable development" looks the concept of social knowledge in relation to ecological footprint and human development indicators. It will be interesting to see the final paper especially the indicator based analysis of the knowledge society.
The second blog post "The Information Society and Terrorism" concerns the application of organisational theoretical perspective to the issue of terrorist networks.
Like most other nations, New Zealand is transforming to a knowledge society. A knowledge society is a key driver of the economy. Knowledge has always been important, but never as pivotal as it is now.
We are transforming New Zealand to a knowledge-based economy and society; a country producing high-value goods and services; a country competing on the global stage; a country where all New Zealanders have a strong sense of identity and achieve to the best of their abilities.
The development of a knowledge society is of huge importance to education. It requires us to transform the way we think about education and the way we think about knowledge.
Learners will need more than "one shot" of education that will serve them for life. They will need the skills for life-long learning. They will need to sustain the dispositions for learning that you are helping them to develop through quality early childhood education: to be curious, to ask questions, to explore and find out, to persevere and to be resilient.
Knowledge Policy being an amalgam of economy, education, science and technology, industry and ICT policies is a hot policy topic. This site contains news about knowledge-related policy issues.
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