This document summarizes the role of the education sector in responding to and preparing for the fourth industrial revolution (IR4.0). It discusses how IR4.0 will impact jobs and skills needs, requiring education systems to focus on skills like problem solving, critical thinking, and social-emotional skills. Personalized learning using technologies like learning analytics and artificial intelligence can help prepare students. Education systems must ensure both students and teachers have skills in fields like science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to thrive in an automated future. The role of the education sector is to reform policies and collaborate with private sectors to provide appropriate training and reduce inequality in the face of widespread technological change.

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2. …The role of the
Education Sector in
response & preparation
to teach Students for
future changes in skills
and work.
Introduction
Implication of IR4.0 to Teaching covers the 4th Industrial
Revolution (IR4.0), the Emerging Technologies, the
types of Skills required for IR4.0 and…

3. To understand how we can respond to and prepare
for educating the 4th Industrial Revolution.
Objectives

4. 1. Industry 4.0, & the Emerging
Technologies
2. Students Have Technology-
Driven Expectations
3. Type of Skills needed for IR4.0
4. Education Is Getting Personal
5. IoT Is Taking Over
6. Role of the Education Sector in
response & preparation for IR4.0
Content

5. The breakthroughs in science and technology are
effecting on business, labor, markets, and ultimately
the education systems.
A recent report by the
International Labor
Organization estimates that,
Automation will replace
the jobs of 137 million
people in Southeast Asia
within the next 20 years.
Background

6. This advancements in the digital economy &
biotechnology, with globalization and population
ageing, are shifting how people learn, live, and work.
As a result, changes in skill
requirements & the
organization of work, will
create pressure on job
quality, family-work balance,
and social inclusion.

8. The new digital industrial technology, known as IR4.0,
is a transformation to gather and analyze data across
machines,
This revolution will increase
productivity, shift economy,
foster industrial growth, and
enabling faster, more flexible, more efficient
processes to produce higher-quality goods at reduced costs.
modify the profile of the
workforce, changing the
competitiveness of companies.

9. according to the World Economic Forum is a logical step
after the third industrial revolution (the digital revolution).
In this stage, the lines
between the biological,
digital, and physical
aspects of life are
blurred.
Industry 4.0, the Fourth Industrial Revolution,

11. The theme “IR4.0” is characterized by the fusion and
amplification of emerging technology, breakthroughs
in artificial intelligence, machine learning and
robotics,
multiplied by the far-reaching
connectivity between billions
of people with mobile devices
with unprecedented access to
data and knowledge.

12. Without bold reforms in Education and clear policies
to guide through, many people will lack the
necessary skills to…
...fill these new
positions in economies
and societies that are
anticipated to be
fundamentally
different.

13. Outline of 4th Industrial Revolution

14. automation of all kinds
of tasks,
artificial intelligence in
all spheres of living,
robots, &
endless possibilities
that technology opens
up for us.
IR4.0 is characterized by;

15. What does it mean for the educational system?
Is there a
phenomenon that
we could call
education 4.0?

16. Yes!, the educational industry is already being
influenced by cognitive and cloud computing, IoT,
and other trends imposed by IR4.0.
These are only few
of the changes that
this industrial
revolution directly
impacts:

18. Education systems must ensure these emerging
technologies are harnessed to build resilience and
to benefit all.
This will mean that;
addressing the
gender gap, both in
education and in the
workforce, should
be a major focus.

19. We need to examine how best to collaborate with
Private Sectors to ensure appropriate training and skills
development in education, to lower inequality.

20. We are facing a range of new technologies that
combine the physical, digital and biological worlds.
These new
technologies will
impact all disciplines,
and even challenge our
ideas about what it
means to be human.

21. These technologies have great potential to continue
to connect billions more people to the web,
drastically improve the
efficiency of business
and organizations and
help regenerate the
natural environment
through.

22. However, in order for higher education to deliver
future generations with the right set of skills and
knowledge;
We need to ask, how
higher education institutes
would be affected by the
Fourth Industrial Revolution
and how to transform the
delivery of education.

23. Education System will first need to address the
issue of continued and improved education in;
science, technology,
engineering, and
mathematics (STEM)
subjects, as well as
Information and
Communications
Technologies (ICTs).

25. 2. Students Have Technology-Driven Expectations
Do you know what influences the expectations of
students? – The expectations of future job markets?
Future workers will be
expected to know
emerging technologies.
Its time to stop assigning
textual projects and focus on
practical assignments instead.

27. Students today do not benefit too much from textual
assignments as most of the essays can be easily
bought.
Educational system must be
reinvented in another direction.
Students need to develop
practical skills in using
technology they will encounter at
their future jobs.

28. Take doctors as an example.
Medical robots are becoming reality today. They collect
and classify patient data, and present it to the doctor in
a format that’s ready to use.
A student at medical school has to
keep pace with all new inventions.
The school should equip them with
knowledge about big data and its
impact on their profession.

29. The 21st century shift- Innovative Thinking
-a new call, a shift from 20th
century of traditional view of
practices, which discouraged
innovative behaviors to:-
-valuing innovative thinking as a
“potentially powerful influence
on organizational performance”.

30. However, creative problem-solving, people
management, and social intelligence..
…remain significant
bottlenecks to
machine learning
and artificial
intelligence.

32. Therefore, Educational Policymakers need to bridge
critical thinking and problem-solving with
entrepreneurship and design,
to generate the
kinds of intuitive
thinkers that
understand
the future.

34. This means that ‘soft’ skills i.e. transversal
competencies or 21st century skills
will increase in
value as these
fields mature.
3.Types of skills needed for IR4.0

36. ?

37. It is NOT enough for
high school
graduates to know
just basic facts and
skills.
As economic and technological changes, shape the
occupational outlook of today, schools have begun to
embrace “higher-order thinking” to prepare the 21st
century workforce.
(HOTS) High Order Thinking Skills

38. HOTS essentially means thinking that takes place in the
higher level of hierarchy in the cognitive processing.

39. To be successful, students must master;
decision-making,
prioritizing,
strategizing and
 collaborative
problem solving.

40. “High Order Thinking Skills supports students’
development of the skills that will help them thrive in
future life and work.” (IT Research)

41. 4. Education Is Getting Personal
Universities need to embrace big data to understand
strengths and weaknesses of an individual performance.
(SWOT)
Thats why online courses
gained so much traction;
anyone can study what they
want, at their own pace.
We need to go further on this.

42. When a students performance and behavior is
measured, a personalized learning experience for
them can finally be offered.
If an individual student is
facing learning disabilities, a
teacher need to find a
different approach in the
teaching methods.

44. If a student is intimidated by testing, teachers can offer
them to write blog posts at home instead of essays at
school.
It takes a lot of training for
teachers to be able to
understand and use big
data, but we’re making
steady steps towards such
a future.

46. 5. IoT Is Taking Over
The Internet of Things is all about our convenience,
keeping our homes safe and more effective while were
away.
What does this mean for
the classroom?
The applications of IoT
technology are not extreme
at the current point.

48. Many modern schools are equipped with wireless locks,
smart attendance systems, sensors, security cameras,
3D printers, and other smart devices.
This technology is on a rapid
track of development. We
should expect to see more
innovative applications in
close future.

49. Students go to school to learn. But convenience is
an important part of the process.
If smart devices can keep
the environment more
comfortable, it will be
easier for the students to
stay focused.

50. 1.How can we respond and react
to the emerging trends within
the IR4.0
2.How education systems can
prepare for the future changes.

51. The obvious challenge ahead, then, is how to
design new approaches to education?;
6. Role of the Education Sector in Response &
Preparation for IR4.0
so that students are
prepared to navigate
these disruptive
technologies.

52. Just as important as what skills learners will need,
is what skills Teachers will need and how their role
will change.
We will look at what
students and teachers
will need to
successfully adapt to
these new rules.
Role of the Education Sector in Response & Preparation for IR4.0

53. Role of the Education Sector in Response & Preparation for IR4.0

54. In addition, the 4th IR provides opportunity to
level the playing field and reduce inequalities.
Role of the Education Sector in Response & Preparation for IR4.0

55. This begins with education and skills and calls
for a special focus on narrowing the gender
gap, especially in the growth sector
constituted by professions requiring a
background in science, technology,
engineering and mathematics… the 4th
Industrial revolution must be a development
revolution.“
Role of the Education Sector in Response & Preparation for IR4.0

56. While STEM and digital skills will be in high demand,
nearly all jobs will also require much stronger;
social and
collaboration skills,
unique human traits
that go beyond
mastering machines.
Role of the Education Sector in Response & Preparation for IR4.0

57. Role of the Education Sector in Response & Preparation for IR4.0

58. Changes that are happening within the field of
education and education technology.
e-learning,
 learning analytics,
personalized learning
and
big data is starting to
change the nature
and process of learning.
1. Education and Skills for the 4th Industrial Revolution

59. To address these trends, Education Sector need
to focus on the kind of education which is
needed,
to prepare
learners and
education
systems for the
4th industrial
revolution.
Role of the Education Sector in Response & Preparation for IR4.0

60. Role of the Education Sector in Response & Preparation for IR4.0

61. •Take 5 & Let’s See!
Recent Trends in K-12 Education
Some say that this change has been a long time
coming.
There is an analogy that uses fairy
tale character Rip van Winkle to
describe this;
Role of the Education Sector in Response & Preparation for IR4.0

62. The Traditional
Test!

63. Role of the Education Sector in Response & Preparation for IR4.0

64. Before

65. Now!

66. We’ll Face Challenges, But They Are Part of the Process
Greater collaboration, security, and technology-driven
education.
– thats how
the future
of
education
looks like.

68. We’ll Face Challenges, But They Are Part of the Process
We still have to work on many challenges & inequality
issue.
Everyone deserves
high-quality
education, but not
everyone has
equal access to it.

69. •Take 5!
Let us Reflect
what we have
learned.
Can IR4.0 affect that issue in some way?

70. 1. How can you respond and react to the emerging
trends within the IR4.0.
2. How can you prepare Students for the future
changes that you can practice and apply at your
School setting.
3. What are the expected Results / Outcomes of
this application?
Sum up what you have learned from this Seminar
on Implication of IR4.0 to Teaching and,