TY - CHAP
T1 - Digital Transformation in Education
T2 - Relevant Paradigms and Theories of Teaching and Learning in the Industry 4.0
AU - Mhlanga, David
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The study explores the paradigms and theories of education that will help the education sector to move in the right direction in industry 4.0. The study takes issue with the rate and magnitude of disruptions brought by technology as a result application of the right policies and principles in the management, teaching and learning in the education sector could not only enable the sector to minimise the effects of disruptions but better position the sector towards the digital transformation. The study's major point is that due to rapid changes in political, cultural, social, economic, and technological situations, 21st-century society places a high demand on its members, and the situation is exacerbated by the presence of the COVID-19 epidemic. Using conceptual and content analysis of peer-reviewed journals, reports and books, the study found that the application of connectivism theory of learning, engagement theory, and cognitive theory of multimedia learning among others can help to move the education sector in the right direction despite the challenges brought by the digital transformation. The application of the theories and paradigms can help to minimise the effects of disruptions brought by technology in industry 4.0. The study concludes it is important to adopt a constructivism type of teaching to minimise the negative effects of technological advancement than steaking to a behaviourism type of teaching.
AB - The study explores the paradigms and theories of education that will help the education sector to move in the right direction in industry 4.0. The study takes issue with the rate and magnitude of disruptions brought by technology as a result application of the right policies and principles in the management, teaching and learning in the education sector could not only enable the sector to minimise the effects of disruptions but better position the sector towards the digital transformation. The study's major point is that due to rapid changes in political, cultural, social, economic, and technological situations, 21st-century society places a high demand on its members, and the situation is exacerbated by the presence of the COVID-19 epidemic. Using conceptual and content analysis of peer-reviewed journals, reports and books, the study found that the application of connectivism theory of learning, engagement theory, and cognitive theory of multimedia learning among others can help to move the education sector in the right direction despite the challenges brought by the digital transformation. The application of the theories and paradigms can help to minimise the effects of disruptions brought by technology in industry 4.0. The study concludes it is important to adopt a constructivism type of teaching to minimise the negative effects of technological advancement than steaking to a behaviourism type of teaching.
KW - Digital transformation
KW - Education
KW - Industry 4.0
KW - Learning
KW - Paradigms
KW - Theories
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85142454356&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-16598-6_19
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-16598-6_19
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85142454356
T3 - Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
SP - 453
EP - 470
BT - Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
ER -
