Occasionally
in history events conspire together to bring about fundamental change
across an entire social landscape. We are presently witnessing one such
event; the complete rebuilding of what we understand education to be.
The transition to the second education paradigm is changing education
forever, and those countries which recognise this opportunity and have
the social and political willpower to make the transition will then
dominate the Knowledge Economies of the 21st century. The choice is
quite stark: realise the opportunity, invest in it and reap the rewards
or pretend that nothing is happening, that change is too difficult and
become trapped in an education never-never land and watch as social,
economic and Knowledge potential withers and dies. Countries must choose
to make the transition and do so knowingly and with a sense of purpose
and commitment. Choosing to do nothing is still a choice.
