| The Creative Workforce: How to Launch Young People Into High-Flying Futures Contributor(s): McWilliam, Erica (Author) |
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ISBN: 1921410221 ISBN-13: 9781921410222 Publisher: University of New South Wales Press OUR PRICE: $24.69 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2008 Annotation: Creativity has become the economic engine of the 21st century, and this important book argues that young people's creative capacities are not being properly developed and that education, particularly in Australia, demands a massive pedagogical shift. Using both Australian and overseas examples, the book discusses what creative capacities are, why they've become important to the future of work, and what can be done to optimise the creative capacities of young people. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Professional Development |
| Dewey: 658.314 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9" (0.65 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Creativity has become the economic engine of the 21st century. No longer the preserve of creative industries, 'creative capital'--in the form of novel thinking, navigation, interactivity and border-crossing--has become crucial to success and productivity. But are young people being equipped for a work future in which creativity is the defining feature of economic life? In this important book, Erica McWilliam argues that young people's creative capacities are not being properly developed and that education, particularly in Australia, demands a massive pedagogical shift. Using both Australian and overseas examples, McWilliam describes what creative capacities are, why they've become important to our work futures, and what can be done to optimize the creative capacities of young people. |
