Hi
I have switched from Architecture for a time to study a Diploma in Business. I am hoping this increases my employability in the short term. The big city costs more and there are some great opportunities I want to take advantage of.
So I am reading on knowledge management for one of my first subjects and something flicked a switch. The author of a reading asks what your company's core competency is. It is noted that the reply would usually be a core product but that we need to think beyond a product to the company's actions and innovative abilities.
I realised that this relates to homeschooling in that we aren't trying to create a "product" that knows x, y and z but a student who has the abilities to find out x, y and maybe b or whatever their experience of life demands. We want our students to be competent and to be innovative, not just a regurgitator of a particular piece of information. We want them to be able to apply their knowledge and be able to gain more knowledge if necessary to meet their goals.
Anyway, significant to me, but maybe not you. :-)
Best wishes
Jen in Qld now
That's the thing about classical education. They tend to get that concept and seek it out early, and as a result I've benefited from that type of thinking for a while. It's still quite a very profound thought - and useful in it's entirety.
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