The Importance of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education to Enhance Students Critical Thinking Skill in Facing the Industry 4.0
Rizky Nurul Hafni (a*), Tatang Herman (b), Elah Nurlaelah (b)
a) Program Studi Pendidikan Matematika, Sekolah Pascasarjana, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung
*rizkynurulhafni[at]upi.edu
b) Departemen Pendidikan Matemtika, Program Studi Pendidikan Matematika, Sekolah Pascasarjana, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung
Abstract
The industry 4.0 marks the fast-growing technology in many fields that seeks the efficiency of each processes in the industry. The efficiency is derived from the real-time dataset that is collected from a vast amount of data from many instruments which called as big data. Big data processing is used to predict market trends, discover new problem-solving and many more. Critical thinking, statistic, computing and the ability to understand how the world works are among important factors that has to be needed in big data processing. Nevertheless, the lack of good educational platform to host such important skills in current Indonesian education makes it harder to cultivate good human resources that are able to comprehend big data processing. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is known to be the holistic educational approach that combines various disciplines into one set of educational approach to help students gain more skills and sharpen their knowledge in regards of the fast-growing industry 4.0 in Indonesia.
Keywords: Mathematics; Education; Industry 4.0; STEM
Topic: STEM Education