Professional Educator in the Era of Society 5.0: Primary Education Alumni Competence

Abstract

Disruption due to the industrial revolution 4.0 gave rise to a new era known as Society 5.0. With the advent of society 5.0, universities are led to prepare competent graduates to face this era. This research aimed to determine the competencies of Universitas Terbuka graduates as professionals educator in the era of society 5.0. This research used a descriptive qualitative method with a purposive sampling technique. Purposive sampling was used to determine the participant of this research. The participants were 173 graduates of the Primary education department from the Universitas Terbuka in Indonesia. The data was collected using an online questionnaire because participants were spread throughout Indonesia. The research results obtained some of the main skills of the 21st century, namely leadership skills, digital literacy, communication, emotional intelligence, pedagogy, global citizenship, team working, and problem-solving.