Knowledge Society

EU Policies for the Knowledge Society

Bernard Smith

Knowledge Society Calls for Changes in Contemporary Education

Minister Hermans & State Secretary Adelmund, Netherlands

Learning and Training for Work in the Knowledge Society

International Labour Organisation (ILO),

UN.

Creating a Knowledge Society in New Zealand

Ministry of Research, Science and Technology, New Zealand

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Learning for the Knowledge Society: An Education and Training Action Plan fo the Information Economy

by Commonwealth Dept. of Education, Science and Training, Australian National Training Authority.

Rethinking Teaching for the Knowledge Society

by Diana Laurillard, EDUCAUSE Review, Jan/Feb. 2000.

The Liberal Arts and the Knowledge Society

by Paul Davenport, (2000), University of Toronto, Canada.

The Use of Knowledge in Society

by Freidrich Hayek, American Economic Review,

XXXV, No. 4, Sept. 1945. 519-530.

Increasingly, nations have been informed that they need to evolve into a knowledge society and the knowledge economy will dominate in the decades to come. The industrial or factory model will give way to an economy and society that places important on knowledge as an asset, commodity and resource. However, it is still unclear what is the 'knowledge society' and 'knowledge economy'?. The follwing list of resources attempt to explain what is the knowledge society.