• ISSN: 2010-0248 (Print)
    • Abbreviated Title: Int. J. Innov.  Manag. Technol.
    • Frequency: Quarterly
    • DOI: 10.18178/IJIMT
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IJIMT 2020 Vol.11(1): 33-37 ISSN: 2010-0248
doi: 10.18178/ijimt.2020.11.1.872

Preparing for Education 4.0: Skills Facing Economic, Social and Environmental Challenge

Maria do Rosário Cabrita, Hossein Safari, and Maria del Pilar Muñoz Dueñas

Abstract— Increased digitation, automation, intelligent processes and global interconnectivity, are just some of the drivers reshaping how we think, we work, we learn, we organize in society. These drivers will entirely change the way we live and work, impacting directly the way we build education system for today’s students. Education 4.0 emerges as a response to the challenges of Industry 4.0 that focuses on the intensive use of cyber-physical solutions and internet-based technologies across our lives. The very driver of education for the future should be aligned to these exponential technologies, not forgetting a social and environmental view in the refreshing curricula. Rapid technological breakthroughs are leading changes in our social, economic, ecological, and cultural lives, causing a great variety of challenges in the education system. Future skilled workers depend very much on the quality of education system, which is itself dependent upon a serious and responsible debate involving education, industry leaders and public politics. The literature reveals a lack of studies on this topic. This paper focuses on exploring skills in today’s students need to seize opportunities and find solutions in the context of Industry 4.0. The study emphasizes the need for a full-scale transformation in technical, learning and citizen system.

Index Terms— Education 4.0, economic, social and environmental challenges, industry 4.0, skills and competencies.

Maria do Rosário Cabrita is with Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal (e-mail: m.cabrita@fct.unl.pt). Hossein Safari is with Department of Industrial Management, University of Tehran, Iran (e-mail: hsafar@ut.ac.ir). Maria del Pilar Muñoz Dueñas is with Escuela Universitaria de Estudios Empresariales, Universidad de Vigo, Spain (e-mail: pilar.munoz@uvigo.es).

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Cite: Maria do Rosário Cabrita, Hossein Safari, and Maria del Pilar Muñoz Dueñas, " Preparing for Education 4.0: Skills Facing Economic, Social and Environmental Challenge," International Journal of Innovation, Management and Technology vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 33-37, 2020.

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