How should schools prepare young people for the changes that are already happening in the world and that will certainly impact their future? With technological transformations happening at an ever-increasing speed, we are faced with the need to develop new skills that will guarantee a position in the job market.
This topic was discussed in an online event with the presence of our Director of Artificial Intelligence, Adriano Mussa , PhD, the consultant in innovation and educational management Paulo de Camargo , and José Ernesto Bologna , psychologist, writer and consultant for companies and schools in innovation.
How Artificial Intelligence will impact jobs
Professor Mussa explains that Artificial Intelligence tends to replace those jobs that are very repetitive and with little social interaction , while those that require creativity and high contact denmark whatsapp data with other people represent the activities that AI cannot yet perform. According to the World Economic Forum, the main skills for the coming years will be:Top Skills for 2021 - 2025
Observing the skills highlighted by the Forum, Mussa emphasizes that some of them refer to technological knowledge that everyone will have to understand, even if superficially. "Like digital literacy. The ability to understand these technologies because they are not obvious. Either we develop this type of skill or we will be digitally illiterate," he says.
The other part concerns precisely the activities that AI cannot yet perform, that is, those that require social contact, emotional intelligence or creativity, such as leadership, critical thinking and resilience.
What is the role of schools in developing these skills?
The need to discuss the topic of competencies in schools began in the 1990s, but Paulo emphasizes that, since then, this debate has gained new facets and acquired different perspectives around the world. "However, they all translate the idea of knowledge and action, of knowledge that is already intertwined with the universe of values, knowledge that makes things happen," he comments.
For Bologna, these transformations are happening and not preparing for them represents a very bleak future for humanity, with high unemployment. Therefore, he emphasizes: "We cannot let things go on like this. It is up to leaders, teachers, parents, educators, counselors, school directors, employers and governments to pay close attention to the speed of these changes. Training is absolutely necessary."