Living and Learning in a Knowledge Society: The implications of young adults' knowledge-creating practices for higher education

随着社会进入一个新时代，知识创造对澳大利亚参与全球社会至关重要。知识创造推动创新和经济繁荣，并通过新形式的社区参与促进社会凝聚力。作为下一代知识工作者，年轻人在我们的社会中发挥着重要作用，他们中的许多人在日常生活和学术生活中已经成为活跃的知识创造者。通过调查年轻人如何在这些不同的背景下创造知识，本研究将为试图确定高等教育在知识社会中的作用的教育工作者和政策制定者提供重要的实践见解。

As society moves into a new era, knowledge creation has become vital to Australia's participation in global society. Knowledge creation fuels innovation and economic prosperity, and fosters social cohesion through new forms of community engagement. Young adults play an important role in our society as the next generation of knowledge workers, with many already active knowledge creators in their everyday and academic lives. By investigating how young adults create knowledge across these diverse contexts, this research will provide important practical insights for educators and policy-makers who are trying to determine the role of higher education in a knowledge society.