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North America is out of touch with ‘Ideas Economy’
Sunday, March 25th, 2012
March 14, 2012
Every increase in value added in Canada will come from the Ideas Economy, and if you’re going to have an educational system that’s suited to that and prepares people, you have to train original thinkers, people who are willing to challenge authority, not follow hierarchy or teach to the test. Memorization, harmonization, standardization; these make an easier job for educational bureaucrats and teachers, but what we need to do is teach our children, and teach ourselves throughout our careers, to keep re-learning how to learn.
Tags: economy, globalization, ideology, participation, standard of living, youth
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