A Critical Review on Education in the Era of ASEAN Economic Community and Industrial Revolution 4.0: Challenges and Opportunities

Mah Dum

doi:10.24297/jssr.v18i.9178

Abstract

This paper aims to examine the opportunities and challenges of education in the Industrial Revolution (IR) 4.0 era in Indonesia. The presence of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in the IR 4.0 era has provided great challenges and opportunities for the Indonesian people, especially in the education sphere. The technological advances in this era have had an impact on the emergence of distance learning and the use of E-Learning (electronic-based learning), which is one form of convenience in learning. It has become imperative for educators to be able to use ICT in learning. However, the negative impacts are changes in values, norms, rules, or moral life, which are contrary to those adopted by the Indonesian nation. These basic values of the nation are expected not to be eroded by the progress of the era. Therefore, the role of education as a place to shape the personality and the nation becomes very urgent.

Highlights

The progress of today’s world has been marked by the rapid development of science and technology in the era of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR 4.0)
The IR 4.0 is interpreted as a technological development that emphasizes the pattern of digital economy, artificial intelligence, big data, robotics, internet, motorized cars, drones, 3-D printing, nanotechnology, biotechnology, materials science, energy storage and computing quantum, which are aimed at the welfare of mankind, and known as the phenomenon of disruptive innovation (Ira, 2018; Tjandrawinata, 2016)
The world has entered a new era of IR 4.0, where its strength rests on the third industrial revolution

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The progress of today’s world has been marked by the rapid development of science and technology in the era of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) and Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR 4.0). A revolution is generally defined as a rapid change or development that takes place in every aspect of society. It can be understood as the most spectacular form of social transformation, a sign of historical process change, and the reestablishment of people. The world has entered a new era of IR 4.0, where its strength rests on the third industrial revolution In this century, It is marked by the unification of three independent fields of science: physics, digital, and biology (Tjandrawinata, 2016). The cooperation is a win-win collaboration, especially in the free flow of goods and services and investments, including the free flow of foreign capital to ASEAN member countries

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