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Flourishing in the Face of Constant Disruption: Cultivating the T-Professional or Adaptive Innovator Through WIL

Work-Integrated Learning in the 21st Century

ISBN: 978-1-78714-860-4, eISBN: 978-1-78714-859-8

Publication date: 29 August 2017

Abstract

This chapter considers the disruption in employment and job growth due to the pervasive adoption of cognitive technologies that substitute for or augment humans. The educational system, which operates on regulated and prescribed practices for many academic majors, will be tested by rapidly changing requirements to be gainfully employed. Disruption, due to technological advances of cognitive systems, will be a constant in graduates’ professional life. We make a case for the adaptive innovator or T-shaped professional as the individual best suited to adapting to disruptions and constant change. Emphasis is placed on the importance of internships and co-ops as the strongest learning strategy institutions can use if they adjust their program practices for longer, continuous learning periods, and higher outcome expectations.

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Gardner, P. (2017), "Flourishing in the Face of Constant Disruption: Cultivating the T-Professional or Adaptive Innovator Through WIL", Work-Integrated Learning in the 21st Century (International Perspectives on Education and Society, Vol. 32), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 69-81. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-367920170000032004

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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