Through a short-term oriented, easily-done and narrow specialisation focus in our education systems, are we promoting a “gig economy”? Aren’t we risking our learners’ futures in a changing world by not giving a balanced education between broader knowledge and set of specific skills?
“Twenty years ago, professionals were generic,” he says. “These days, we’re demanding more specialist and niche skills. But companies can’t employ people with all the niche skills required, as they’d just have too many people.”
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