The New Economy signals a significant growth in knowledge (Stiglitz, 1999) and economies are increasingly based on knowledge (OECD, 1996). The implications are that workplaces will become increasingly reliant upon workers who are learners and that schools will be expected to furnish students with appropriate preparation. The Canadian Advisory Council on Science and Technology (2000) argued: ‘experience with work programmes [must be] core elements of elementary and secondary curricula’ (p. 55).
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Munby, H., Hutchinson, N.L., Chin, P. (2009). Workplace Learning: Metacognitive Strategies for Learning in the Knowledge Economy. In: Maclean, R., Wilson, D. (eds) International Handbook of Education for the Changing World of Work. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5281-1_119
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