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外文翻译 原文 Sustainable Development through a Skilled, Knowledge-Based Workforce Material Source: Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 2009, Volume 8 Author: Man-Gon Park, Shyamal Majumdar and Suresh K. Dhameja Sustainable development is an elusive term that many people misunderstand to mean solely environmental protection or economic development. Sustainable development is more than this. It is about maintaining and improving people’s quality of life without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It is not limited to a concern for the natural environment or focused exclusively on economic development. Rather sustainable development is a concept based on integrating socio-cultural, environmental and economic considerations. Therefore, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) systems require a deep understanding of the theory and practices of sustainable development. The changing nature of the world of work, especially due to globalization and technological changes, affects the way these changes impact upon the quality of local social, economic and environmental conditions. As a result, they need to be aware of the challenges of applying the concept of sustainable development in the workplace. （1）Impact of New Technologies on Occupational Patterns In today’s knowledge-driven global economy, the foremost wealth of a firm is its human capital or knowledge assets. These human knowledge assets should be trained to operate in entrepreneurial ways as if they were conducting their own businesses, but still remaining aware of the broader definition of sustainable development. Workforces in all nations need to exhibit a high degree of dynamism and entrepreneurial spirit. OCED estimates that already more than half the wealth of advanced industrial societies is derived from knowledge capital. The knowledge-based economy recognizes the key role of information-ba