The 21st Skills.pptx
- 1. Facing the Future in the 21st Century Associate Professor Dr Surin Maisrikrod Vice President Global Engagement and Faculty Development (Adjunct Associate Professor in Political Science, James Cook University, Australia)
- 2. Who are facing the 21st Century? Young people, especially World population = 7.6 billion Young pop. = 1.8 billion (approx.) (10-14yrs) Thailand: 68 million (youth, 18 million)
- 3. The World Economic Forum (WeForum), in Davos, Switzerland measuring international competitiveness of countries (137)
- 4. 1.Switzerland 2.United States 3.Singapore 4. Netherlands 5. Germany 6. Hong Kong SAR 7. Sweden 8. United Kingdom 9. Japan 10.Finland
- 5. 11 Norway 12 Denmark 13New Zealand 14 Canada 15 Taiwan, China 16 Israel 17 United Arab Emirates 18 Austria 19 Luxembourg 20.Belgium
- 6. 21 Australia 22 France 23 Malaysia 24 Ireland 25 Qatar 5.1 Korea, Rep. 27 China 28 Iceland 29 Estonia 30 Saudi Arabia
- 7. 31 Czech Republic 32 Thailand 33 Chile 34 Spain 35 Azerbaijan 36 Indonesia 37 Malta 38 Russian Federation 39 Poland 40 India
- 9. The Future and Future Work Your future is shaped by FUTURE WORK https://www.figur8.net/2017/06/17/future- work-universities-21st-century/
- 10. Future Work Jobs and Universities in the 21st Century (by Shen-Li Lee) Future Work what will jobs look like in the future and what is the role of universities in the 21st Century?
- 11. According to the World Economic Forum: 65% of children entering primary school today will end up working in completely new job types that dont exist yet.
- 12. Jobs unlikely to be taken by computer Professional athletes who would want to watch a sport without the uncertainty of human error or ability? Teachers a robot will never be able to replace the nurture of a real person. Hotel front desk a robot can perform all the functions required by the hotel front desk, but it will not achieve the level of personal service that a human can provide. Chef robots can follow recipes and cook to a greater degree of accuracy than a human, but they cannot create new recipes. What we may see is a mix of robots taking over routine chef work with the celebrity chef positions remaining open to humans. Artists it is easy enough for a computer to paint a picture, like the creative expressions from neural networks shown below, but these pictures are unlikely to ever hold the value of a creative masterpiece from a human artist.
- 13. Future Work: The Jobs Robots will Take First So what jobs will robots take first? According to Forbes, Business Insider and Advertising Age, these ones: Middle management Sales people Accountants Report writers Journalists Drivers Fashion Models Machine operators Umpires and Referees Cashiers and Tellers Legal support staff Medical professionals and doctors
- 14. Future Work Qualities Our Children Will Need What are the qualities that determine job security? Were looking at qualities that machines cant replicate. In other words creativity and people skills. The third skill that is going to be important is coding because someone has to create and maintain all these machines that will be replacing us. Aside from that, coding is a skill that is increasingly becoming a necessity even in jobs outside the technology sector.
- 15. Future Work: The Changing Role of University The changes in the labour market means our children are going to need hybrid skills for instance, combining math and arts. New research by Burning Glass Technology analyzed millions of online job postings from the past 12 months and found that by coupling technical skills with a liberal arts education can nearly double the jobs available to graduates and offer an average salary premium of $6,000.
- 16. World Economic Forum, New Vision for Education (2015) http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEFUSA_NewVisionforEduc ation_Report2015.pdf
- 18. Learning has two parts: 1.Acquiring specific/disciplinary knowledge 2. Acquiring generic skills (21st Century Skills, any century!)Reading, Writing, Numeracy, IT, Communication, Critical thinking, Analytical Thinking, Working in Teams, Understanding Information, Living with others, Caring for Society, etc.
- 19. These are skills (generic/21st century skills) that are needed for lifelong learning beyond the university. Skills that are especially needed for the 25% of the worlds population (10-24 years of age).
- 20. How is Tertiary Education Changing to Address This? Stanford University Stanford looks for candidates who will try to make a big difference and is willing to consider applicants who have taken risks, are innovative, and dare to be different/do things differently. Mission: Recently proposed the idea of a mission not a major: Im a biology major is replaced by Im learning human biology to eliminate world hunger. Blended learning: At Stanfords medical school, 70 percent of formal instruction now takes place online. This shift will become more general as Web-enhanced, blended classes become the norm. Labs: Traditional learning is now interspersed with impact labs to develop entrepreneurial skills and social awareness Entrepreneurialism as culture: Entrepreneurial DNA at the core of its culture. For example StartX is a non-profit business incubator
- 21. How do we teach these skills? Teaching by not teaching meaning change teaching methods Rather, it is about creating different learning environments, in which students can learn by themselves being autonomous learners In other words, teach students to express themselves, to discover things themselves Student-centred learning (example: children learning in Australia) Students search and re-search for themselvestriggering their curiosity and therefore LEARNING
- 22. What we are trying to do at WU WU graduates = internationally competent Second to none in disciplinary knowledge Emphasize GENERIC/21st Century Skills English proficiency is emphasized (generic skill) Teach other generic skills