Measurement of Soft Skills in Education

Soft skills are important for any career and are necessary to access and face the labor market. This research focuses on soft skills by exploring engineer profiles. It also determines how soft skills are developed through the study of a representative sample of 314 undergraduate engineering students from 15 different Italian universities. The instrument used is a questionnaire that investigates soft skills and is based on the Business-focused Inventory of Personality (BIP). Answers are grouped into four areas: intrapersonal, interpersonal, activity development, and impression management. Results show that these engineers have more self-confidence than the reference sample; they demonstrated a great commitment in setting job goals and pursuing projects, a good emotional adaptation to social situations, and enough attitudes in terms of problem solving and openness to change. Perception on the ability to work under pressure is in the average, and they seem ready to take on challenging tasks. The score shows that engineers from the sample are able to express positive and negative ideas and feelings in balance with the reference average, but sometimes they have difficulties in establishing personal relationships. Therefore, they are unable to understand the moods of those who around them and may also have difficulty in understanding their expectations. This results in some difficulties in teamwork. The general result underlines the opportunity of empowerment programs regarding soft skills.

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Implementation of Guidance nuanced Learning Model at MAN 1 Bandar Lampung

KONSELI Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling (E-Journal) ◽

10.24042/kons.v7i1.5653 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 47-52

Author(s):

Rifda El Fiah ◽

Saiful Bahri

Keyword(s):

Learning Outcomes ◽

Learning Process ◽

Formal Education ◽

Rating Scale ◽

Soft Skills ◽

Student Learning Outcomes ◽

Learning Model ◽

Expert Rating ◽

Hard Skills ◽

Process Implementation

This research was conducted based on the problems that often arise in formal education learning. This problem has an impact on learning achievement results obtained by students. This research was conducted at MAN 1 Bandar Lampung. The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of the instructional model nuanced guidance data collection techniques using expert rating scale and user rating scale. The results of this study indicate that the nuanced learning model meets the achievement of student learning outcomes in MAN 1 Bandar Lampung, by developing students' knowledge and skills in the form of soft skills and hard skills. Guidance nuanced learning model design consists of learning process planning standards, learning process implementation standards, learning process outcome standards, and learning process control standards.

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Soft Skills among Students: A Case Study of UiTM Cawangan Kelantan

ADVANCES IN BUSINESS RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ◽

10.24191/abrij.v5i1.9967 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Muhammad Faizal Samat ◽

Norazlan Annual ◽

Raznee Atisya Md Rashidi

Keyword(s):

Problem Solving ◽

Unemployment Rate ◽

Significant Influence ◽

Education System ◽

Communication Skill ◽

Soft Skills ◽

Team Building ◽

Leadership Skill ◽

Quality In Education

This article contributes to ongoing debates about soft skills among students. In 2017, the unemployment rate in Malaysia was at 3.42 percent as compared to 2.85 percent in 2014. Education system must aim towards employability and ensure quality in education to reduce the percentage of unemployment. Thus, this study aims to investigate the development of soft skills among students through co-curriculum activities in UiTM Cawangan Kelantan. The sample were 113 students from UiTM Cawangan Kelantan. Questionnaires adapted from previous research to measure the communication skill, problem solving skill, team building skill, leadership skill and soft development of soft skills among students through co-curriculum activities. SEM-PLS 3.0 were employed in this study. The findings revealed only team building skill has significant influence on developments of soft skills among students through co-curriculum activities. However, the study indicates that communication skill, problem solving skill and leadership skill are not significant towards development of soft skills among students through cocurriculum activities.

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