practices, business models and forms of economic and social organisation. Innovation,
which fuels new job creation and economic growth, is quickly becoming the key factor
in global competitiveness. Innovation fundamentally means coming up with new ideas
about how to do things better or faster.
In the traditional approach teacher was considered as knowledge diffuser or
knowledge creator and learner as a mere user or consumer of that knowledge. In the
modern approach in a knowledge society information resources are available equally to
the teacher and learner and both collaboratively create new knowledge
EDUCATION FOR KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
The prosperity of a knowledge society depends on the ability of educational
system to create and maintain knowledge infrastructure, growth and exploitation of new
knowledge. The successful implementation of knowledge in a knowledge society is
formulated by the preparedness, readiness and competence of teachers. There is a
paradigm shift. The new approach of education in a knowledge society promoted the
notions of teacher as ‘a guide on the side’ rather than the ‘sage on the stage’ and
conceived of the student’s role as one of the independent self directed learner. So the
challenge is to align teaching with sound pedagogy and instructional design in an
innovative manner at all levels of school environment.
OBJECTIVES OF EDUCATION IN A KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
To empower learner to choose, to select, to challenge, to question and to become
conscious about what is going around.
To empower learner to use research materials, libraries and virtual environments
to master complex skills.
To enable creation of new knowledge by providing qualitative pedagogical
experiences based on technology
To empowering learners to greater productivity, increased profitability to make
self directed workers in an information economy.
To encourage for the utilization of multiple cognitive abilities.
Dr. George Varghese, MTTC Pathanapuram 2