The Accumulation of Scientific and Technical Knowledge

Abstract

Scientific progress affects the entire social, economic, and technological framework to which the problem of educational orientation is related. It furthermore directly affects those problems which face individuals during the periods when they are acquiring knowledge or bringing their knowledge up-to-date, and also directly influences educational institutions in which individuals are taught. Scientific progress therefore has specific effects on orientation, and we shall rapidly examine these now, in particular those related to what has been called “encyclopedism” and those relating to continuous learning or training (permanent or recurrent education).