| Abstract: | Flexible, self-organised work groups will become increasingly important in rich countries like the U.S. as employment in the formal economic system continues to decline. Educational models and methods based on the linking of learning with productive work developed in Third World countries can give a valuable stimulus to educational innovation in those industrialized countries hardest hit by the current crisis.Education with production will be important in equipping people for the new situation. The article discusses examples of several types of education with production. Among issues raised are: what skills are needed; what sorts of people the different types of post-school education with production cater for; how to extend the benefits of self-organised work; some important factors in introducing education with production at school level, including demands on the teacher and relevance to pupils' needs. The role of the Foundation for Education with Production is briefly described. |
