Education Science and Technology and Life

Education Science and Technology and Life The rapid progress of science and technology has radically changed our world. Nuclear power and environmental destruction have become threats. Diseases such as cancer and AIDS have not yet been defeated. Global climate patterns are becoming unstable. Natural resources will be exhausted in the foreseeable future. New technologies, particularly in the information sector, have changed the workplace and are creating new forms of global communication and information. The question of economic attractiveness for production sites is causing more and more companies to look abroad for more attractive production conditions. Many sequences of production are being done in global networks. Physical presence in the workplace is becoming less important and teleworking is gaining ground. In order to be able to compete in this changed society, in these new patterns of work and vocational activity world of work and professions, people will need at least a minimum...