The New Economy and Education

• Autor(a) principal: Cabugueira, Artur Carlos Crespo Martins
• Data de Publicação: 2001
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.7559/gestaoedesenvolvimento.2001.76

The goal of this article is to give a contribution to the analysis of the repercussions that the “New Economy” may have on the educational systems as regards learning processes, contents and learning forms. We started by doing an approach to the central question: “Does the New Economy exist? What is the New Economy about?”. We presented the opinions and arguments claimed by those who defend or oppose to the idea that a “New Economy” exists. Although this discussion is far from being over, we give our opinion on the matter by observing that in the current society, especially since the mid 90’s, occurred a wide range of new economic phenomena that might be designated by “New Economy”. Afterwards, we have done a succinct analysis of the “New Economy” by presenting its main elements and features, comparing themselves to their correspondents of the “Old Economy”. Finally, we have examined the fundamental changes that the educational systems will undergo in the ambit of the “New Economy”. We contrasted the basic features of the traditional educational system, based on instruction, with the new system based on learning.