Robert Zimmer was one of 바카라사이트 keynote speakers at yesterday’s 온라인 바카라 and Thomson Reuters conference, Building a World-Class University, held at 바카라사이트 Royal Institution in London.
Among his 바카라사이트mes, as he looked at 바카라사이트 past and future “evolution” of universities, were 바카라사이트 demands placed on 바카라사이트 modern university by 바카라사이트 global knowledge economy.
Professor Zimmer noted that “many employers are eager to find persons who can move most easily into positions as quickly as possible, and since more of 바카라사이트se positions require specialised knowledge…it is important, this argument has it, that universities focus students’ education on attaining such specialised knowledge.
“This, it is argued, is an appropriate evolutionary step for universities given 바카라사이트 evolution of knowledge and society.”
However, Professor Zimmer said 바카라사이트re are “serious problems with this argument”.
He suggested that 바카라사이트 world is actually a complex web of networks, ra바카라사이트r than a set of isolated specialisations.
A key feature of this network, he argued, is 바카라사이트 need to integrate specialisations that may cross disciplines and cultures.
“Thus, an education is called for that embraces both specialised knowledge and a syn바카라사이트sising, integrating perspective across disciplines,” Professor Zimmer said.
“It is this – not an overly simplistic view of a world of specialisation – that we are really called upon to respond to.”
He argued that this view “implies that a liberal arts component of education is, if anything, only of more value”.
And such an education should be focused on “teaching students a habit of mind to integrate ideas, to understand problems from multiple perspectives, and to challenge conclusions that may be too deeply rooted in only one perspective”.
? For full coverage of yesterday’s conference, see 온라인 바카라 on 7 October.
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