Why education 4.0 is not enough : education for sustainable future
Konst, Taru; Scheinin, Minna (2020)
Konst, Taru
Scheinin, Minna
IATED, International Association of Technology, Education and Development
2020
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2020111189989
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2020111189989
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When we speak about Education 4.0, we very often mean a concept that makes us rethink learning
and education to match the needs of the changing world because the traditional ways of implementing education are not enough. With Education 4.0 we underline, for example, digitalization and globalization enabling learning to take place anywhere at anytime. However, with Education 4.0 we quite seldom emphasize sustainability crisis, which can very well represent the biggest challenge and change maker for education in the future. Digitalization or globalization most certainly act as significant drivers for changing education but together with the threat of climate catastrophe and the push for more sustainable social and economic systems the changes needed are bigger that what we presently understand with the concept of Education 4.0.
In our approach we explore Education 4.0. from wider viewpoint than it is earlier done; we focus on the vision of future higher education, which aims towards a sustainable future, and we describe the core ideas of this vision. We argue that any educational institution has not yet redesigned its pedagogical approach and solutions to the extent that is needed for a sustainable future. It is time to move towards ‘Education 5.0’, which incorporates all the important aims of education 4.0 and interconnects them to a sustainable framework as well as to ways of thinking and actions. Sustainable future requires quick changes in mental models and actions in higher education.
and education to match the needs of the changing world because the traditional ways of implementing education are not enough. With Education 4.0 we underline, for example, digitalization and globalization enabling learning to take place anywhere at anytime. However, with Education 4.0 we quite seldom emphasize sustainability crisis, which can very well represent the biggest challenge and change maker for education in the future. Digitalization or globalization most certainly act as significant drivers for changing education but together with the threat of climate catastrophe and the push for more sustainable social and economic systems the changes needed are bigger that what we presently understand with the concept of Education 4.0.
In our approach we explore Education 4.0. from wider viewpoint than it is earlier done; we focus on the vision of future higher education, which aims towards a sustainable future, and we describe the core ideas of this vision. We argue that any educational institution has not yet redesigned its pedagogical approach and solutions to the extent that is needed for a sustainable future. It is time to move towards ‘Education 5.0’, which incorporates all the important aims of education 4.0 and interconnects them to a sustainable framework as well as to ways of thinking and actions. Sustainable future requires quick changes in mental models and actions in higher education.