Growth of Technology and curriculum

 Today the young are growing up in a world very different from that of a generation or
two ago. Added to this is the fact that we are living in an age of information explosion
and are enslaved to it. In addition to the cteation of new kinds of jobs, the information
society will influence other aspects of workplace. At one level, such influences will
motivate societies to use computers and other information processing devices to replace
manual workers. At another, the locale of the workplace will also be aftected. In
agriculture and industrial phases, workers hdvehad to be brought to a central location
where goods arelwere produced. Given the availability of communications technology,
this kind of centralization will no longer be necessary for every activity. One can
simply work at home using microcomputers. And, increased value will be placed upon
persons who can network their credentials to fill the emerging needs in the information
society.
Underlying all this is a serious challenge to the ethics of work that has pervaded our
society and schools/colleges. Among the values the school/colleges have promoted
are those related to the productive industrial worker-punctuality, loyalty, acceptance,
appearance etc. In the decentralized information society, workers will find themselves
largely working alone Setting flexible work patterns, working hours and servicing more
than one employer.furthermore,replaced by new technology,many will have difficulty finding new jobs because they lack certain skills.curriculum will have to undergo a

change in order that it matches with and captures the social changes. [Beane, et. a1
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