The challenge of education 4.0: labour skills for emerging work by covid-19

Abstract

The Fourth Industrial Revolution has generated great changes in people's lives, but mainly in the educational and work environment. New professions arise and others disappear and for this reason, the educational systems of each country must adapt to the needs to prepare future professionals for a changing and uncertain labor market. In this context, education 4.0 is presented as a flexible, adaptive model, which is also characterized by incorporating information and communication technologies and mainly the digitalization technologies of industry 4.0. In addition, in 2020 the pandemic due to the Covid-19 virus has precisely revolutionized and accelerated the use of technologies in the development of jobs and in training processes at all levels. Due to this fact it is essential to analyze what are the new challenges for education 4.0 imposed by industry 4.0 and the pandemic. This article includes the results of a documentary research on the job skills that university students must acquire in order to join and be competitive in the development of emerging work due to Covid-19. The research method used was the analytical-deductive one, concluding, after the development of a conceptual and contextual framework, the analysis of the current work situation worldwide and the guidelines of the main international organizations (International Labor Organization, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the European Union), it could be concluded that the competencies are 6: critical thinking and complex problem solving; Digital job skills; Socio-emotional skills for work 4.0; Competences for transdisciplinary work; Lifelong learning skills (knowing how to relearn) and Language skills.