Kriativ-tech Volume 1, Issue 7, April 2018, Pages: xxx Received: Dec. 28, 2019; Accepted: Feb. 25, 2020. Published: Jul. 30, 2020.

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João Emílio Almeida, Assistant Professor at ISTEC

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João Emílio Almeida, Technology education challenges for the 21st century: how to prepare students for realities that do not yet existDOI: 10.31112/kriativ-tech-2020-06-39

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The ongoing technological revolution, with the automation of many of the tasks traditionally performed by humans, in particular with the advent of Artificial Intelligence, will eliminate some jobs; however, will create others, nonexistent currently. The challenge facing higher education professors is to know what tools they should provide for students to prepare them for the future. Students now attending higher education, particularly those in the technological sector, will be confronted with new professions that do not yet exist. The question is, how do you prepare today's students to meet future technological challenges? In this article, a brief introduction to the theme is presented, highlighting the challenges that are posed to those in charge of educational training and some of the possible solutions to overcome them, in order to equip students with the necessary resources to face future challenges which, currently, we do not know what they will be.

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education, higher education, skills and knowledge.

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