ISBN:
9789400713536
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XXXV, 259p. 145 illus, digital)
Series Statement:
Higher Education Dynamics 35
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. The flexible professional in the knowledge society
Keywords:
Wissensgesellschaft
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Akademiker
;
Bildungsabschluss
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Hochschule
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Hochqualifizierte Arbeitskräfte
;
Freie Berufe
;
Europa
;
Education, Higher
;
Sociology
;
Education
;
Education
;
Education, Higher
;
Sociology
Abstract:
Technological developments in the life sciences confront us with new facets of a Faustian seduction. Are we 'playing God' more and more, as claimed by critical authors of modernity? Achievements in genetic research produce ethical dilemmas which need to be the subject of reflection and debate in modern societies. Denial of ambivalences that ethical dilemmas arouse constitutes a threat to societies as well as to individuals. The book presents a compilation of some of the results of the interdisciplinary European study 'Ethical Dilemmas Due to Prenatal and Genetic Diagnostics' (EDIG), which investigated some of these dilemmas in detail in a field which is particularly challenging: prenatal diagnosis. When results from prenatal diagnosis show fetal abnormalities, women and their partners are confronted with ethical dilemmas regarding: the right to know and the right not to know, decision-making about the remainder of the pregnancy and the desire for a healthy child, responsibility for the unborn child, for its well-being and possible suffering, life and death. This book provides answers from an ethical, psychoanalytical and medical viewpoint.
Description / Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; About the Editors; About the Authors; Management Summary; Introduction; The Flexible Professional in the Knowledge Society; The Professional Work of Graduates; ""Being Flexible"": Graduates Facing Changes in Their Work Environment; The Graduates in the Knowledge and Innovation Society; Mobilization of Human Resources; International Dimensions of Higher Education and Graduate Employment; Winners and Losers; Conclusions and policy implications; 1 Introduction; 1.1 The Policy Context; 1.2 The REFLEX Project; 1.3 Trends and Demands; 1.3.1 Three Trends…
Description / Table of Contents:
1.3.2 … and Five Demands1.3.3 Professional Expertise; 1.3.4 Functional Flexibility; 1.3.5 Innovation and Knowledge Management; 1.3.6 Mobilisation of Human Resources; 1.3.7 International Orientation; 1.4 Methods and Data; 1.5 Structure of the Report; Appendix: First- and Second-Level Programmes per Country; References; 2 The Flexible Professional in the Knowledge Society: Required Competences and the Role of Higher Education; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Demands from the World of Work; 2.2.1 Operationalisation of the Demands; 2.2.2 Required Level; 2.2.3 Shortages and Surpluses
Description / Table of Contents:
2.2.4 Strong and Weak Points2.3 On the Role of Higher Education in Preparing Graduates for the Labour Market; 2.3.1 Complex Demands on Higher Education; 2.3.2 Different Solutions; 2.3.3 Different Theoretical Approaches; 2.3.4 Programme Characteristics; 2.3.5 Modes of Teaching and Learning; 2.3.6 Study Behaviour; 2.3.7 Experiences Acquired During Higher Education; 2.4 The Effects of Programme Characteristics on Competences; 2.4.1 The Effects of the Study Programme; 2.4.2 The Effect of Modes of Teaching and Learning; 2.4.3 The Effect of Other Learning Experiences
Description / Table of Contents:
2.4.4 Study Behaviour and Performance2.5 Does Higher Education Provide a Good Basis to Enter the Labour Market?; 2.5.1 The Effects of the Study Programme; 2.5.2 The Effect of Modes of Teaching and Assessment; 2.5.3 The Effects of Acquired Competences; 2.6 Conclusions; References; 3 The Professional Work of Graduates; 3.1 What Makes a Profession?; 3.2 Who is Working as a ""Professional""?; 3.2.1 The Occupation; 3.2.2 Typology of Professions; 3.2.3 Employment Conditions; 3.3 The Role of Professional Knowledge; 3.3.1 Required Field of Study and Level of Education
Description / Table of Contents:
3.3.2 Higher Education and Professional TrainingHow Long Does it Take to Become an Expert?3.3.3 Additional Training; 3.3.4 Professional Expertise; 3.4 Professional Role and Professional Identity; 3.4.1 Aspects of the Professional Role; 3.4.2 Work Orientations; 3.5 Professions and Power; 3.5.1 Income; 3.5.2 Selectivity of Higher Education and HE Programmes?; 3.6 Discussion of Results; Appendix: Mapping of 3-Digit ISCO Occupational Codes to Typology of Professions; References; 4 ""Being Flexible"": Graduates Facing Changes in Their Work Environment
Description / Table of Contents:
4.1 The Changing Work Environment of European Graduates
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-1353-6
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