Building Knowledge Cultures: Education and Development in the Age of Knowledge Capitalism

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This book develops the notion of 'knowledge cultures' as a basis for understanding the possibilities of education and development in the age of knowledge capitalism. 'Knowledge cultures' refers to the cultural preconditions in the new production of knowledge and their basis in shared practices, embodying preferred ways of doing things often developed over many generations. These practices also point to the way in which cultures have different repertoires of representational and non-representational forms of knowing. The book discusses knowledge cultures in relation to claims for the new economy, as well as cultural economy and the politics of postmodernity. It focuses on national policy constructions of the knowledge economy, 'fast knowledge' and the role of the so-called 'new pedagogy' and social learning under these conditions. Contents List of Tables Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction: Building Knowledge Cultures 1 Cultural Knowledge Economy: Education, the New Economy, and the Communicative Tum 2 The Politics of Postmodemity and the Promise of Education 3 Education Policy in the Age of Knowledge Capitalism 4 National Education Policy Constructions of the Knowledge Economy 5 Universities, Globalization, and the New Political Economy of Knowledge 6 The Theater of Fast Knowledge: Performative Epistemologies 7 The New Pedagogy and Social Learning 8 Theorizing Educational Practices: The Politico-Ethical Choices 9 Knowledge Networks, Innovation, and Development: Education after Modernization 10 Educational Policy Futures Postscript: Freedom and Knowledge Cultures Appendix 1: Two Contrasting Systems: Characterization of Major Processes References Index About the Authors Errata