The Role of Chemistry and its Learning to Improve 21st Century Skills in Revolutional Industry 4.0 Era

Technologies at the industrial revolution 4.0 (also referred to as Industry 4.0) which has grown exponentially and progressed at rapid pace largerly take impact on many of other fields covering manufacturing, economy, health care, and education. Therefore, Indonesia entails proper preparations to stay competitive among other nations. As a consequence, challenges that must be faced by human resources are more complex and unpredictable. Education has a crucial role to play in improving the human resources competencies. Chemistry learning as the part of education in a whole gives contribution to students with global competence, known as 21st century skills, to compete strictly. However, growing students’ global competence put a lot of effort for educators. One of the key strategies that can be applied in learning process to support students’ global competence is STEM education. Chemistry learning based on STEM education can improve skills to identify problems until make its solution. These skills finally can prepare students for a productive life to be able create and develop better innovation mainly in chemistry field. Keywords—21st century skills, chemistry learning, industrial revolution 4.0., STEM