Abstract
The idea that one completes one’s education – majoring in one field to prepare for a specific career and then leaving school to work until retirement – is obsolete. Educational institutions will need to transform themselves fundamentally to incorporate a new convergent culture that unites all fields while providing personalized instruction to meet the individual needs of each person, as those needs evolve over the lifetime. The new culture will be shared by new ecosystems of teachers and learners whose interactions will extend beyond the classroom to incorporate perspectives from all sectors of society. This chapter introduces a four-dimensional framework for developing and sustaining a convergence culture in education.
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Chang, R.P.H., Shanahan, J., Hsu, M. (2016). Reconceptualization of Education. In: Bainbridge, W., Roco, M. (eds) Handbook of Science and Technology Convergence. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07052-0_55
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