Educating for Future Jobs

Abstract

In a relatively short time, information and communication technology (ICT) has spread worldwide, from defense to space to large industrial applications, and to the commercial, healthcare, entertainment, and educational sectors. As a consequence, experts argue that it is urgent and critical to prepare educational programs in order to re-train the current workforce. However, there are some key questions that are very relevant, since they concern crucial and challenging issues: 1) Which jobs have a future in the digital era? 2) How can education support the acquisition of new skills required by the new jobs?This article focuses on the above questions, and presents the main opportunities that the digital revolution offers for sustaining education for future jobs in a lifelong perspective.

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“…Teaching expertise of emerging technologies is unlikely given that software is rapidly evolving (Braun et al , 2020), and such partnerships can lower the barrier to adoption in terms of knowledge and the level of investment (Feldhusen et al , 2010). Academic professionals can then focus on ensuring conceptual depth beyond technical proficiency to prepare graduates for working in a world that is rapidly changing (Guile, 2010; Barnett, 2012; Lizut et al , 2018). Accordingly, academia would benefit from studies that demonstrate novel approaches to curriculum development involving advanced industry technologies.…”