Human Machine, Schooling And The Rise Of The Professional

Question 1

Debate

Answer 1

Knowledge - key input into modern growth
Early pretexts in British industrial revolution
Or…long tradition of knowledge management

Question 2

Hypothesis

Answer 2

Early modern society in eme not geared towards professionalism in the modern way
Technology and useful knowledge revolutions happened outside formal schooling
Change towards knowledge economy since 1500s

Question 3

Hypothesis 2

Answer 3

Long tradition of European learning and scientific discovery - renaissance, humanism, reformation

Question 4

Useful knowledge not academic?

Answer 4

Big technical changes not usually generated within a university environment

Question 5

Industrial enlightenment?

Answer 5

Scientific revolution - 17th century

Enlightenment - 18th century

Question 6

Industrial revolution

Answer 6

Science, up until this point, had little importance
Would become more important for 19th century industrialisation
Mechanical innovations underpinning the industrial revolution contained little that would have puzzled Archimedes

Question 7

Conclusion

Answer 7

Rise of knowledge economy in eme
Medieval pretexts, long tradition of useful knowledge
Scientific breakthrough in 18th century Britain
Economic modernisation NOT based on formal schooling