Uma avaliação de tendências das publicações na temática indústria 4.0 e educação

Abstract

Industry 4.0 has been bringing unprecedented impacts to all sectors of society. This work aims to analyze the literature on education focused on the topic of Industry 4.0. To carry out the literature analysis, a search was carried out in the Web of Science (WoS) database for articles that contained the keywords “Industry 4.0” AND “Education” in the title. The search resulted in 75 articles. And, it used the Methodi Ordinatio (inOdinatio index) for classification and systematic review. The first publication on the topic in this portfolio is from 2014 and was disseminated from 2018 onwards (with 16 publications). The most researched areas are electrical, industrial, mechanical engineering and computer science. The research effort has been to update engineering courses based on web 4.0 or industry 4.0, to prepare students for technological innovations. The country with the highest number of publications on the topic is Russia (23 articles), followed by Germany (10 articles). The journal that published the most on the topic was the Journal of Physics (6 articles). The prominent authors are: Mohamed Alloghani; Jamila Mustafina (with 03 articles each). The articles analyzed were classified into 04 subthemes: 1) Education, focused on and mediated by the use of virtual environment software, development of industry 4.0 in educational courses or programs; demonstrating that the use of technology makes it possible for students and teachers to connect them across physical borders, encourages effective collaboration and communication, and also promotes the development of essential digital skills for the modern world; 2) Training of educators and teaching-learning, teaching methodologies; where they focus on the training necessary to meet industry 4.0. Teacher training is crucial in the context of digital education. Educators who are prepared and trained for this modernization offer innovative classes that increase options in research, communication, investigation, network sharing, curiosity, and publishing, among other elements. In this way, students become engaged and protagonists of learning, obtaining, visible results about work and knowledge; 3) Impact of Industry 4.0 on education and/or teaching of other topics, studies demonstrate the various forms of influence of Industry 4.0 on Education 4.0 and vice versa, since Industry 4.0 offers an innovative horizon for society and industry, in that recent economic activities require a quick understanding of new technologies being created. At the same time that many other professions are transforming to serve it, and several others are losing relevance; 4) Skills required of professionals and the impact of industry 4.0 and/or education 4.0 on companies; focusing on the relationship between business organizations and education 4.0. Among which the following stand out: active learning, critical thinking, teamwork, communication, digital mindset, management and problem solving. Therefore, to follow the evolution of the industry, it is necessary to prepare professionals to work in the 4.0 context.