| The Changes of Higher Education and the Tasks of General Education according to the Fourth Industrial Revolution |
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Hunkoog Jho |
| 4차 산업혁명에 따른 대학교육의 변화와 교양교육의 과제 |
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조헌국 |
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| Abstract |
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The purpose of this study was to predict the environmental changes of higher education and societies due to the fourth industrial revolution, and to discuss the role of general education in the confronting revolution. Thus, this study articulated the features of the fourth industrial revolution through the literature review, described the subsequent changes in societies and university, and proposed the key tasks of general education to cope with such changes. The fourth revolution would bring about drastic changes in the following: job environment will be transformed and finally require the reform of collegiate system related to the department and divisions; open and shared platform in education will be prevailed due to the emergence of sharing economy; the urbanized and distributed societies will lead the individualized and paced learning; and character education will play a crucial role in overcoming the crisis of humanity due to the exceeding development of human-computer interaction. To cope with such problems, general education should encourage students to enhance the key competencies and prepare the interdisciplinary courses so that students can design and implement the self-direct curriculum. Universities should collaborate to develop curriculums and courses applicable for the open platform of education as a pedagogical symbiosis. Assessment frameworks to clarify the learning outcomes of individuals should be developed for the effective paced learning. As well, literacy education for the informed global citizenship should be investigated through the international studies. Last, general education should focus more on character education to cope with the post-human era, and encourage students to participate in collaborative learning. This study suggests a pedagogical model, 5P, to fulfill the tasks of general education. |
| Key Words:
Fourth Industrial Revolution, Artificial Intelligence, Key Competence, Future Society, Singularity |
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