Labor Market Skills for Students of Industrial Technical Secondary Schools in Egypt in the Light of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the requirements of its Development

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Teacher, Department of Fundamentals of Education Faculty of Graduate Studies - for Education, Cairo University

Abstract

            The current study aimed to identify the most important features of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and its reflections on industrial technical education. Also, it aimed to prepare a list of labor market skills that must be available to students of industrial technical secondary schools in Egypt in the light of the fourth industrial revolution and the requirements of its development. The researcher followed the descriptive design. The current study used a (questionnaire) as a tool to collect data and reached a list consisted of (4) main skills. Firstly, personal skills: (flexibility, critical and analytical thinking, communication skills, lifelong learning, decision-making, creativity, originality and initiative) including (16) sub-skills. Secondly, technical skills: (equipment maintenance, quality monitoring, figuring out and correcting mistakes, solving complex problems and analyzing and evaluating systems) including (14) sub-skills. Thirdly, social skills: (leadership and social influence, teamwork, emotional intelligence, negotiation and persuasion) including (13) sub-skills. Finally, resources management skills: (material and financial resources management, time management, people management) including (11) sub-skills. The study concluded with pointing out the requirements for developing those previously mentioned skills in the light of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

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Volume 85, Issue 85 - Serial Number 85
مناهج وطرق التدریس ( اللغة العربیة- الإنجلیزیة – الفرنسیة – الریاضیات – العلوم- الفنون- الاقتصاد المنزلی- التجاری ... )
May 2021
Pages 273-334
  • Receive Date: 25 November 2020
  • Revise Date: 13 December 2020
  • Accept Date: 20 December 2020