„Beyond competence, thinking through the changes: Economy, work and neo-Liberalism” (Prof. Dr. James Avis)

The paper considers workplace learning, vocational pedagogy, education and knowledge, and the transformation of practice. It sets the discussion within the wider socio-economic context characterised by an increasingly turbulent environment in which the old certainties surrounding industrial Fordism of jobs for life has been found wanting. This is particularly the case in societies closely wedded to neoliberalism such as the US and UK. These societies are marked by significant inequalities of wealth and income, polarised labour markets, as well as substantial levels of underemployment, unemployment and over-qualification. The paper explores debates on current capitalism as they serve to frame the manner in which we make sense and engage with notions of competence and knowledge and mobilises notions of
cognitive capitalism.

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