Developing Students’ Essential Skills in Preparation for Society 5.0

Abstract

Ageing society has caused some health and social problems in Japan. Therefore, to tackle current problems and to prevent future issues, Japan has initiated a human-centred transformation, i.e. Society 5.0 which will not be only experienced in the country but also worldwide. This change requires everyone, especially young generation to prepare themselves to survive and even to lead it. There is a set of skills students should master to achieve those goals i.e. communication, leadership, reading comprehension, and curiosity. This paper aims at describing methods to develop those skills in elementary school students. The conclusion states that some methods are actually complementary to each other, which means that they can be interchangeably implemented in school setting.