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deskilling

Removing the need for individual skill as part of an operation. Technology has continually deskilled operations, from the advent of the production line, through to computerization of the service industries. Experienced insurance underwriters, for example, were once required to analyse risks and decide on premiums for all forms of insurance. Today, in many classes of insurance, computers calculate premiums on the basis of input data.



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The status of knowledgeworker, the most highly paid and desired worker in the global economy (Egol, 2003; Reich, 2002), may be unattainable for most urban children due to the deskilling of the schooling process that emphasizes the "skill, drill, and kill" instructional model (Haberman, 2000; Johnson, 2004; Kohn, 2004).
Personalizing learning in urban high schools by Nordgren, R.D. / Academic Exchange Quarterly
Journeyman artisans in a wide range of trades, often experiencing deskilling that resulted from an increasing division of labor, formed the base of manufacturing workers in larger, older urban centers.
Writing modern selves: literacy and the French working class in the ... by Rowe, Steven E. / Journal of Social History
Such a deskilling process in which people are rendered semi-literate in both languages effectively works to deny them access to the mainstream while simultaneously taking away essential tools that can be used to build the cultural solidarity necessary to resist exploitation and democratize and transform society.
Naming and interrogating our English only legacy by Leistyna, Pepi / Radical Teacher
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