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Education in 4IR

Refracted economies: New thinking for PSET beyond the focus on skills and entrepreneurship Sharlene Swartz | 17 September 2019. Education in 4IR. What's coming down the line? What new areas of work are on the horizon especially with the growth of the fourth industrial revolution?

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Education in 4IR

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  1. Refracted economies: New thinking for PSET beyond the focus on skills and entrepreneurshipSharlene Swartz | 17 September 2019

  2. Education in 4IR • What's coming down the line? • What new areas of work are on the horizon especially with the growth of the fourth industrial revolution? • How should the post school education system respond? • What meaning do young people attribute to work, and how do they see the future? • How do we address uneven starting points?

  3. Economies • Skilled/Unskilled • Entrepreneurial • Formal/Informal • Knowledge • Private/Public • Professional • Artisanal • Gig • Sustainable

  4. Current Refracted Economies

  5. Current Refracted Economies

  6. TypesCharacteristics of Each Refracted Economy • Skilled --------------------Semi-Skilled ------------------- Unskilled • Entrepreneurial (Innovate) --------Business As Usual (Imitate) • Formal -------------------------------------------------------- Informal • Knowledge ---------------------------------------------------- Physical • Private -----------------------------Third Sector -------------- Public • Professional ------------------------------------------------- Artisanal • Individual ---------------------------------------------------- Collective • Permanent ------------------------------------------------------------Gig • New ----------------------------------------------------------Traditional • Sustainable ------------------------------------------------------ Limited

  7. Education in the 4IR • Skills in the school system to focus on: • Cognitive skills; ICT Skills; Relational skills (empathy, creativity, innovation, social skills, managing complexity, socio-technical analysis AND Imagination • Mainline new theory and innovations from the South • Reimagine TVET colleges as hubs of innovation in refracted economies • A sectoral analysis x economies’ characteristics along a continuum x tech innovations = deeper thinking & strategies beyond a focus on entrepreneurship and skills

  8. TVET hubs Current Refracted Economies innovation skills imagination decolonisation

  9. TVET hubs Current Refracted Economies innovation skills imagination decolonisation

  10. TVET hubs Current Refracted Economies innovation skills imagination decolonisation

  11. Refracted economies: New thinking for PSET beyond the focus on skills and entrepreneurshipSharlene Swartz | 17 September 2019

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