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Those who will not have the skills for the jobs
in the manufacturing section above will get low
standard, poorly paid jobs. The society will face
a major challenge in giving sensible jobs for the
high numbers of “illiterates”.
Demand for “new type of people” appears in
the job ads of leading companies already today.
Since high level of professional knowledge
including digital knowledge as well is absolutely
evident, other basic abilities and skills are
demanded as well. Interviewers examine cooperation skills, critical thinking, skills in solving
conflicts and problems, the level of emotional
intelligence (EQ), i.e., the level of tolerance and
empathy in the candidates. (Abilities replaceable
by robots become less important.) The above
characteristics are also favourable in social relationships, and therefore the development of such
abilities and skills has to be targeted at higher
levels of education.
Active artists, of course, will remain
demanded; however, new techniques occur
already in this field as well for which informatics knowledge is necessary. Astonishing pieces
of digital building graphics are the result of
artistic inspiration and deep knowledge of computer graphics. Architectural arts require similar skills and knowledge from the new
generation.
Some humane forms of higher education will
also remain. Actors, directors, litterateurs, journalists, historians, social workers and graduates
dealing with similar jobs, people or the history of
humanity will be trained in the traditional way;
however, some informatics knowledge and the
use of modern communication devices cannot be
avoided. At the same time, medical students practice anatomy using the virtual copies of the
human body and learn how to handle digital
health registers containing personalised diseases
and therapies. Telemedicine will become widely
used that will also require the use of modern
communication devices. (An interesting issue,
however, is that whether telemedicine would be
adequately effective or not. In the opinion of the
authors, the personal contact of doctors and
patients will remain essential in the case of certain diseases and healing procedures).
Although universities keep their autonomy,
they will intensify their international relations for
their own sake with joint education and research
programmes. Such cooperation is nothing new to
universities as the number of joint programmes is
currently increasing. It is worth noting that at this
level tension between nations are dissolved today
and scientists of opposing nations or ethnic
groups can be engaged in sensible discussions.
Two fundamental pillars in moving the social
system forward are entwined at universities: scientific research and education. Scientific
research, of course, is performed not only at universities but also at research institutes or even at
major companies as well. (Mostly development
in the case of the latter: the aims of development
may include making products with a complex
structure—e.g., a car—even better, more
economical.)
Universities differ from research institutes and
company development units in that scientists,
intellectual professionals, artists necessary for
the society are trained there while the academic
staff carry out basic research as well. Society
demands increasingly applied research as well to
have results utilised in practice as soon as possible. In natural sciences and especially in the field
of engineering sciences, this is already a widely
used practice, which, however, could be further
developed.
Similar changes would be necessary on behalf
of sociologists as well. The authors consider that
the most important question humanity will have
to answer is what shall the post-capitalist world
be like? The first answer should come from the
representatives of science. Much more energy
should be spent on sociologist research to enable
scientists work out alternatives instead of politicians. Discussions have to be made in the network system of universities at international level
and compose a comprehensive theoretical model
that is accepted by the majority of the scientific
public. The model shall include the transformation of the global social institutional system,
called as the system of brakes and counterweights
in everyday politics. (We have to admit that as of
today the above all are only desires. For the time
being, reports and books of scientists related to
6.2 SDG: Renewing Education in a Bit More Detail
Those who will not have the skills for the jobs
in the manufacturing section above will get low
standard, poorly paid jobs. The society will face
a major challenge in giving sensible jobs for the
high numbers of “illiterates”.
Demand for “new type of people” appears in
the job ads of leading companies already today.
Since high level of professional knowledge
including digital knowledge as well is absolutely
evident, other basic abilities and skills are
demanded as well. Interviewers examine cooperation skills, critical thinking, skills in solving
conflicts and problems, the level of emotional
intelligence (EQ), i.e., the level of tolerance and
empathy in the candidates. (Abilities replaceable
by robots become less important.) The above
characteristics are also favourable in social relationships, and therefore the development of such
abilities and skills has to be targeted at higher
levels of education.
Active artists, of course, will remain
demanded; however, new techniques occur
already in this field as well for which informatics knowledge is necessary. Astonishing pieces
of digital building graphics are the result of
artistic inspiration and deep knowledge of computer graphics. Architectural arts require similar skills and knowledge from the new
generation.
Some humane forms of higher education will
also remain. Actors, directors, litterateurs, journalists, historians, social workers and graduates
dealing with similar jobs, people or the history of
humanity will be trained in the traditional way;
however, some informatics knowledge and the
use of modern communication devices cannot be
avoided. At the same time, medical students practice anatomy using the virtual copies of the
human body and learn how to handle digital
health registers containing personalised diseases
and therapies. Telemedicine will become widely
used that will also require the use of modern
communication devices. (An interesting issue,
however, is that whether telemedicine would be
adequately effective or not. In the opinion of the
authors, the personal contact of doctors and
patients will remain essential in the case of certain diseases and healing procedures).
Although universities keep their autonomy,
they will intensify their international relations for
their own sake with joint education and research
programmes. Such cooperation is nothing new to
universities as the number of joint programmes is
currently increasing. It is worth noting that at this
level tension between nations are dissolved today
and scientists of opposing nations or ethnic
groups can be engaged in sensible discussions.
Two fundamental pillars in moving the social
system forward are entwined at universities: scientific research and education. Scientific
research, of course, is performed not only at universities but also at research institutes or even at
major companies as well. (Mostly development
in the case of the latter: the aims of development
may include making products with a complex
structure—e.g., a car—even better, more
economical.)
Universities differ from research institutes and
company development units in that scientists,
intellectual professionals, artists necessary for
the society are trained there while the academic
staff carry out basic research as well. Society
demands increasingly applied research as well to
have results utilised in practice as soon as possible. In natural sciences and especially in the field
of engineering sciences, this is already a widely
used practice, which, however, could be further
developed.
Similar changes would be necessary on behalf
of sociologists as well. The authors consider that
the most important question humanity will have
to answer is what shall the post-capitalist world
be like? The first answer should come from the
representatives of science. Much more energy
should be spent on sociologist research to enable
scientists work out alternatives instead of politicians. Discussions have to be made in the network system of universities at international level
and compose a comprehensive theoretical model
that is accepted by the majority of the scientific
public. The model shall include the transformation of the global social institutional system,
called as the system of brakes and counterweights
in everyday politics. (We have to admit that as of
today the above all are only desires. For the time
being, reports and books of scientists related to
6.2 SDG: Renewing Education in a Bit More Detail