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The great educational lie
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Gilbert, Ian |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Description | In a conference room in London in 2004 the great American business guru Tom Peters addressed 500 of the UK's top business leaders, the future employers of their students. Tom Peters's message is reassuring for author as it resonated with what he had been trying to get across to the educational world for a long time, something he call 'the great educational lie'. Of course, having great qualifications can open up many great jobs in the same way that having no qualifications can lead to a life of poverty and underachievement. But there is not a direct causal link, at least not in the West. There are people with great qualifications and no jobs, or lousy jobs, and there are many, many examples of people with no qualifications and great jobs. Qualifications alone are not the maker or breaker of careers. People are back to attitude and a whole range of other skills like emotional intelligence, communication and creativity.In a conference room in London in 2004 the great American business guru Tom Peters addressed 500 of the UK's top business leaders, the future employers of their students. Tom Peters's message is reassuring for author as it resonated with what he had been trying to get across to the educational world for a long time, something he call 'the great educational lie'. Of course, having great qualifications can open up many great jobs in the same way that having no qualifications can lead to a life of poverty and underachievement. But there is not a direct causal link, at least not in the West. There are people with great qualifications and no jobs, or lousy jobs, and there are many, many examples of people with no qualifications and great jobs. Qualifications alone are not the maker or breaker of careers. People are back to attitude and a whole range of other skills like emotional intelligence, communication and creativity. Book Name: Why Do I Need a Teacher When I've got Google? |
| Related Links | https://content.taylorfrancis.com/books/download?dac=C2012-0-15255-8&isbn=9781315767628&format=googlePreviewPdf |
| Ending Page | 25 |
| Page Count | 5 |
| Starting Page | 21 |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781315767628-4 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2014-06-27 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Why Do I Need a Teacher When I've got Google? No Qualifications Great Qualifications Great Educational Lie |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
