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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2013
Overview
In this chapter, we reflect upon this peculiar moment in the profession of education. Certainly, education seems more important than ever before. Politicians talk about the knowledge society; business people discuss the new economy; and parents worry about the role a good education will play in their children’s futures. Despite this, educators struggle to find the resources to meet increasing expectations.
What is this thing, ‘education’, that is expected to do so much? In its most visible manifestation it consists of institutions: schools, colleges and universities. But, more broadly conceived, education is a social process, a relationship of teaching and learning, where one person helps another to learn. As a professional practice, it is a discipline. As a body of knowledge and way of knowing the world, it is a science.
Education in all its aspects is in a moment of transition. The idea of ‘New Learning’ contrasts what education has been like in the past, with the changes we are experiencing today, with an imaginative view of the possible features of learning environments in the near future. What will learning be like, and what will teachers’ jobs be like?
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