Anticipating and Preparing for Emerging Skills and Jobs: Key Issues, Concerns, and Prospects (Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 55)

This open access book analyzes the main drivers that are influencing the dramatic evolution of work in Asia and the Pacific and identifies the implications for education and training in the region. It also assesses how education and training philosophies, curricula, and pedagogy can be reshaped to produce workers with the skills required to meet the emerging demands of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The book's 40 articles cover a wide range of topics and reflect the diverse perspectives of the eminent policy makers, practitioners, and researchers who authored them. To maximize its potential impact, this Springer-Asian Development Bank co-publication has been made available as open access.-- Provided by publisher Front Matter ....Pages i-xxvi Introductory Overview: Anticipating and Preparing for Emerging Skills and Jobs—Issues, Concerns, and Prospects (Brajesh Panth, Rupert Maclean)....Pages 1-10 Front Matter ....Pages 11-11 The Future of Work: Is This Time Different? (Carl Benedikt Frey)....Pages 13-15 Future Implications of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on Education and Training (Paul Kim)....Pages 17-24 Quality Education and Economic Development (Eric Hanushek)....Pages 25-32 Human Capital Development in South Asia (Jong-Wha Lee)....Pages 33-39 Anticipating and Preparing for the Future—One Example from Higher Education: The Singapore Management University (SMU) Experience (Annie Koh)....Pages 41-46 Developing Twenty-First-Century Skills for Future Jobs and Societies (Andreas Schleicher)....Pages 47-55 Front Matter ....Pages 57-57 Boosting Student Learning: PISA for Development (Yuri Belfali)....Pages 59-66 Essentials Over Peripherals: The CVIF Dynamic Learning Program (Christopher C. Bernido, Maria Victoria Bernido)....Pages 67-76 Guiding Kindergarten to Grade 12 Students to Mastery with Next Generation Digital Assessments (Satish Kumar)....Pages 77-82 Nongovernment Organizations’ Role in Providing Quality School Education in Pakistan: The Experiences of CARE Foundation (Seema Aziz)....Pages 83-88 Kindergarten to Grade 12 Reforms in Viet Nam (Ron Cammaert, Thi Phuoc Lai Nguyen, Sakiko Tanaka)....Pages 89-97 Front Matter ....Pages 99-99 Philippine Experience in Dual Training System (Andreas Dernbach)....Pages 101-108 Infrastructure and Pedagogy Innovation—A Differentiating Factor in TVET (Seng Hua Tan, Iris Seet)....Pages 109-115 Industry-Led Training and Apprenticeships: The New Zealand Model (Josh Williams)....Pages 117-123 Gram Tarang: Skills Development for Priority Sectors in India (Abhinav Madan)....Pages 125-131 Challenges and Opportunities for Transforming Skills Development in Bangladesh: The Case of the Skills for Employment Investment Program (Sunhwa Lee)....Pages 133-141 TVET System Reform and Development in the PRC (Asako Maruyama)....Pages 143-151 Front Matter ....Pages 153-153 Higher Education Innovations: Hong Kong, China; the Republic of Korea; and Indonesia (Gerard Postiglione)....Pages 155-163 Collaborative Innovation Between Shenzhen Municipal Government and Tsinghua University (Feiyu Kang)....Pages 165-171 Regional Approaches to Improving Education in the Pacific and the Role of the University of the South Pacific (Chimi Thonden)....Pages 173-180 Stimulating Entrepreneurship Activity at SUNY Korea, from Scratch (Chihmao Hsieh)....Pages 181-188 Front Matter ....Pages 189-189 An Overview of Innovations in Online Learning (Marito Garcia)....Pages 191-198 Bringing TVET up to Speed: Regional Overview of ICT-Enhanced Practices in TVET (Margarita Pavlova)....Pages 199-206 Funzi Uses the Power of Mobile to Give Everyone Cost-Effective Access to Quality Learning (Aape Pohjavirta)....Pages 207-214 Udemy: Blended and e-Learning for Transforming Teaching and Learning (Richard Qiu)....Pages 215-220 Mindtree’s Experience in Global Learning Center (N. S. Parthasarathy)....Pages 221-228 Teacher Professional Development at Scale in the Global South (Cher Ping Lim, Victoria Tinio, Matthew Smith, Ellen Wenting Zou, Justin Edward Modesto III)....Pages 229-236 Coding as an Essential Skill in the Twenty-First Century (Raman Nambiar)....Pages 237-243 Front Matter ....Pages 245-245 Empowering Filipino Youth Through Technology and Community (Henry Motte-Muñoz)....Pages 247-254 Singapore’s Experience in Analyzing the Labor Market Using Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Analytics (Gary Gan)....Pages 255-262 How Technology Affects Jobs: A Smarter Future for Skills, Jobs, and Growth in Asia (Sameer Khatiwada)....Pages 263-270 Skills Development Driven by Labor Market Demand (Sang Hyon Lee)....Pages 271-277 Implications of Industry 4.0 on Skills Development (Steven McKee, Danny Gauch)....Pages 279-288 Front Matter ....Pages 289-289 Build4Skills, TVET, and Infrastructure—An Innovative Initiative (Marion Edel)....Pages 291-296 STEAM Platform: Transforming Youth Leadership for a Smart Circular Economy (Lerwen Liu)....Pages 297-304 Human Resource Development and Gender Mainstreaming Under ADB-Funded Technical and Vocational Education and Training Project in Tajikistan (Eiko Izawa)....Pages 305-312 European Training Foundation: Sector and Cross-Sector Cooperation (Cesare Onestini)....Pages 313-320 Developing a Robust System for Upskilling and Reskilling the Workforce: Lessons from the SkillsFuture Movement in Singapore (Michael Fung)....Pages 321-327 Conclusion and Recommendations: Implications and Way Forward (Brajesh Panth)....Pages 329-339 Back Matter ....Pages 341-351 This open access book analyzes the main drivers that are influencing the dramatic evolution of work in Asia and the Pacific and identifies the implications for education and training in the region. It also assesses how education and training philosophies, curricula, and pedagogy can be reshaped to produce workers with the skills required to meet the emerging demands of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The book’s 40 articles cover a wide range of topics and reflect the diverse perspectives of the eminent policy makers, practitioners, and researchers who authored them. https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/26879