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The Poverty of Skills Thinking in Higher Education by Frank Furedi — September 12, 2013This article explores and criticizes the ascendancy of skills thinking in Higher Education. Drawing on the experience of the United Kingdom and Europe it argues that the focus on skills acquisition in universities is paralleled by a tendency to devalue the intellectual content of academic subjects. Frequently this instrumental turn of education also leads to trivialization of the meaning of a skill.To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Frank Furedi
University of Kent
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FRANK FUREDI is professor emeritus of sociology at University of Kent
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