Preparing for Industry 4.0 -- Will Youths Have Enough Essential Skills?: An Evidence from Thailand

Autor/inn/en	Puriwat, Wilert; Tripopsakul, Suchart
Titel	Preparing for Industry 4.0 -- Will Youths Have Enough Essential Skills?: An Evidence from Thailand
Quelle	In: International Journal of Instruction, 13 (2020) 3, S.89-104 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1694-609X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; 21st Century Skills; Job Skills; Labor Force Development; Career Readiness; Graduate Students; Public Policy; Industry; Innovation; Economic Development; Social Development; Values Education; Conservation (Environment); Thinking Skills; Technological Literacy; English (Second Language); Gender Differences; Thailand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Produktive Fertigkeit; Arbeitskräftebestand; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Öffentliche Ordnung; Industrie; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Soziale Entwicklung; Werterziehung; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Denkfähigkeit; Technisches Wissen; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	In order to overcome the middle income trap and enhance Thailand's economy from efficiency driven to an innovation driven economy, Thailand currently is implementing the industry 4.0 concept - the "Thailand 4.0" policy. Thailand 4.0 is as main tool involving the integration of new core elements such as innovation, knowledge, technology and creativity into all our core policies both economic and social. Youths can be seen as an engine for achieving this goal. However, youths' readiness in the face of the Industry 4.0 and the demands of life in the 21st century skills still are questionable. The previous study shows that youth unemployment rate is approximately three times bigger than the adult one. This situation represents world's future workforce is not industry 4.0 ready and the next important question is to not ready in what ways. The purpose of this study is to investigate the readiness levels of Thailand's youth in adopting and leaping to the Thailand 4.0 concept. Based on 132 samples of graduate students in Thailand, the survey research was used to gather the data. Descriptive statistics and one way Anova technique were used to analyze the data. The result shows that the lowest skill set for Thailand 4.0 is the digital and information skill which can be interpreted as the poor level following by learning and innovation skill (M = 3.03), and life and career skill. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Journal of Instruction. Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Education, Eskisehir, 26480, Turkey. e-mail: iji@ogu.edu.tr; Web site: http://www.e-iji.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01