Are we preparing pupils for the gig economy?
- Erna van der Werff
- Oct 22, 2021
- 1 min read
The covid crisis is likely to speed up the shift towards kitchen-table working – and schools need to readjust, says Sean Smith.
"A new economy that requires aspirational young people to effectively become captains of their own cottage industries will require schools to think very differently."...
"Now that remote working is not only possible but highly desirable, schools will need to transform their definition of work-readiness, so as to avoid leaving their children at a competitive disadvantage in this most challenging of job markets."
Sean Smith goes on to discuss the psychological adjustment that will need to come with this transformation to the gig economy.
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