Production culture and learning culture
Smart working examined from two perspectives that end up complementing each other
Working from home, studying from home. New forms of corporate organisation and education that are changing the structures of factories, offices and schools. A change of culture – in both producing and learning – that needs to be fully understood, as well as practically integrated in everyday life. “PCTO per l’acquisizione di competenze di smart working” (“PCTO for the acquisition of smart working skills”) is the title of a research paper by Gennaro Iaccarino, Lucia Bartoli, Ilenia Fronza and Luis Corral, which attempts to combine the tools and rules of corporate smart working with those of remote learning through a PCTO (Pathways for transversal skills and orientation) experience based on a business simulation focused on the acquisition of smart working skills.
The authors start by analysing employment needs, with a focus on which skills are required for work to be “smart”, then they scrutinise the outcomes of a business simulation project carried out by a final year class in a high school technical institution – one way to verify how good PCTO paths are, as they aim to provide innovative goals that take into account the rapid changes currently affecting the world of employment and production.
After having clarified the concept of smart working, the authors explore the relationships between “digital skills and education” before proceeding with the analysis of the smart working business simulation carried out with the students.
In their conclusion, they succeed in combining current smart working practices with school education: “As it happens with any sudden, unexpected change, smart working has posed a number of issues and difficulties that, little by little, we will have to tackle if, as it seems, this new way of working will become standard for many employees. Legislation will have to pay greater care to
the issue of smart working than it has until now; trade unions, companies and workers will have to discuss the various problem areas extensively in order to reach shared and convincing solutions. Schools, too, will have to teach students the necessary skills required to adopt this new mentality, without forgetting, however, that their goal is also to develop citizens capable to apply critical thinking and initiative, rather than just a workforce passively accepting any demand from companies and market.”
PCTO per l’acquisizione di competenze di smart working (“PCTO for the acquisition of smart working skills”)
Gennaro Iaccarino, Lucia Bartoli, Ilenia Fronza, Luis Corral
DIDAMATICA, Paper 50
Smart working examined from two perspectives that end up complementing each other
Working from home, studying from home. New forms of corporate organisation and education that are changing the structures of factories, offices and schools. A change of culture – in both producing and learning – that needs to be fully understood, as well as practically integrated in everyday life. “PCTO per l’acquisizione di competenze di smart working” (“PCTO for the acquisition of smart working skills”) is the title of a research paper by Gennaro Iaccarino, Lucia Bartoli, Ilenia Fronza and Luis Corral, which attempts to combine the tools and rules of corporate smart working with those of remote learning through a PCTO (Pathways for transversal skills and orientation) experience based on a business simulation focused on the acquisition of smart working skills.
The authors start by analysing employment needs, with a focus on which skills are required for work to be “smart”, then they scrutinise the outcomes of a business simulation project carried out by a final year class in a high school technical institution – one way to verify how good PCTO paths are, as they aim to provide innovative goals that take into account the rapid changes currently affecting the world of employment and production.
After having clarified the concept of smart working, the authors explore the relationships between “digital skills and education” before proceeding with the analysis of the smart working business simulation carried out with the students.
In their conclusion, they succeed in combining current smart working practices with school education: “As it happens with any sudden, unexpected change, smart working has posed a number of issues and difficulties that, little by little, we will have to tackle if, as it seems, this new way of working will become standard for many employees. Legislation will have to pay greater care to
the issue of smart working than it has until now; trade unions, companies and workers will have to discuss the various problem areas extensively in order to reach shared and convincing solutions. Schools, too, will have to teach students the necessary skills required to adopt this new mentality, without forgetting, however, that their goal is also to develop citizens capable to apply critical thinking and initiative, rather than just a workforce passively accepting any demand from companies and market.”
PCTO per l’acquisizione di competenze di smart working (“PCTO for the acquisition of smart working skills”)
Gennaro Iaccarino, Lucia Bartoli, Ilenia Fronza, Luis Corral
DIDAMATICA, Paper 50