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Editor's Notes
05/17/11
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With 30 years of history since the introduction of the personal computer, we have a pretty a good sense now of how it’s changing labor markets. 05/17/11
05/17/11 Early theory that computers would complement high skilled workers and replace low skilled workers, but more complicated Computers are really good a rules-based tasks Airline check in as an example of rules based task- only a limited set of possibilities, communication ins simple and can be scripted
05/17/11 This is where humans have a comparative advantage over computers…
05/17/11 Big decline in routine cognitive: the filing and bookkeeping are being done to a large extent by computers and to a lesser extent work is sent off shore. The cognitive demands of the labor market are greater than at any time in U.S. history.
05/17/11 Not just job composition that is changing, but the jobs them selves.
These ideas form the basis of the 21 st century skills movement, which argues that education needs to prepare students for the increasing cognitive demands of the workplace. 05/17/11
05/17/11 Are the students in your school being prepared to provide the type of answers that the second student gave? Did schools do a better job 35 years ago?
05/17/11 Are the students in your school being prepared to provide the type of answers that the second student gave? Did schools do a better job 35 years ago?