scholarly journals “Lost in translation”. Soft skills development in European countries

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Cinque
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
University Education ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Qualitative Focus Groups ◽  
The Subject ◽  
University Level ◽  
Lost In Translation

The world of work is changing profoundly, at a time when the global economy is not creating a sufficient number of jobs. Many documents issued by the EU and various researches, carried out by companies and human resources experts, point out that the so-called “soft” skills are closely connected with employability, particularly for young people entering the labour market. At present, EU countries have different methodologies and approaches to the teaching and assessment of soft skills. Another obstacle is represented by the absence of a common language. There are different ways of naming ‘soft skills’, different definitions of them, different manners of classifying and clustering them. The article explores some classifications of soft skills and presents a collection of best practices and methods for teaching and learning them at University level, taking into account different perspectives and basing on the results of two European projects focused on this topic. The final goal is to provide an analysis aimed at the identification of the most important soft skills needed for a successful transition from University education to the labour market. The analysis includes a brief chronological excursus on relevant studies on the subject, a review of current literature on employability skills, quantitative (surveys) and qualitative (focus groups) researches from Europe and Third Countries, identifying the range of soft skills relevant for newly graduates. The aim of this overview is to enhance understanding of soft skills and to indicate key areas for soft skill development at University level.

scholarly journals Module Development of Teaching Soft Skills Application in Learning and Facilitating Theory Class for Technical

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 4701-4705
Keyword(s):  
Learning Theory ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Teaching Module ◽  
Technical Students ◽  
Evaluation Phase ◽  
Module Development

Nowadays, Malaysia is moving towards being a developed nation in which it has worked hard to develop the country, especially in the field of Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) which is strongly emphasized in producing first-class human capital. The application of seven (7) elements of soft skills (KI) which are communication skills, leadership skills, skills work skills, professional entrepreneurship, morals and ethics, continuous learning and information management, critical thinking and problem solving skills should be emphasized to the students. Mastering soft skills is very important to technical students as it is demanded by the industry. Hence, the purpose of this study is to develop the Soft Skill Implementation Teaching Module in Teaching and Learning Theory Class for Technical Lecturers. The objective of this study is to identify the suitability of the format, content and functionality of the module based on the feedback of the technical lecturers. The development of this module uses the Sidek model while the content of the module is based on UTHM publisher guidelines. The researcher chose the Sidek model as the module development model because it has systematic steps to develop the module. The Sidek model has two phases where the first phase is the draft phase and the second phase is the testing and evaluation phase. Each module built is considered a draft before it is evaluated and tested for its effectiveness. In addition, this study uses the quantitative approach involving ten (10) technical lecturers at FPTV, UTHM. The data were descriptively analyzed and presented in the form of frequency and percentages. The findings have shown that 97.27% of technical lecturers agree with the design format, 98% agree with the suitability of the module content and 100% agree with the functionality of the Soft Skill Implementation Teaching Module in Teaching and Learning Theory Class for Technical Lecturers. In conclusion, this module is suitable to be used by technical lecturers as a guidance and references in applying soft skills systematically.

scholarly journals EXPERIENCES OF INTEGRATING PRESENTATION SKILLS AND TEAMWORK SKILLS IN TEACHING THE HO CHI MINH THOUGHT SUBJECT AT TRA VINH UNIVERSITY

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-202
Author(s):  
Tai Huu Phan
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Integration Method ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Student Needs ◽  
Specialized Knowledge ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Teamwork Skills

Integrating presentation skills and teamwork skills into teaching The Ho Chi Minh Thought subject has brought about practical effects in teaching and learning of teachers and students at Tra Vinh University at present, such as: students are more actively in searching materials, confidently in showing their abilities in front of the crowd, in expressing assertiveness and flexibly in using each problem that the teacher has set, the class more dynamic and students’ psychology is very comfortable when the subject has applied soft skills integration method. Besides, the cooperation of both teachers and students, the duration of subjects are also issues that need to be considered when integrating this method. Therefore, the application of integrating soft skills into the teaching specialized knowledge is essential, where each teacher and student needs to demonstrate his or her role and bravery in order to fulfill the task.

scholarly journals Soft Skills in Edu 4.0: Lessons Learnt in Hue Industrial College

2021 ◽  
pp. 28-37
Author(s):  
Thuy T. Tran ◽  
Sanna Ruhalahti ◽  
Anne-Maria Korhonen
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Project Study ◽  
It Application ◽  
Building Project

This research focuses on soft skills practices; teaching and learning experiences in Hue Industrial College (HUEIC) from 2016 until 2020. The paper reports the results of a case study conducted in Vietnam as a part of EMVITET Erasmus+ capacity building project. Study data consist of feedback of college students (n=15), vocational and higher education teachers (n=20), and furthermore Vietnamese college students (n=130) who took part in an online survey. The results indicate that both students and teachers are willing to implement learning soft skills in practical activities in formal education context as well as outside of the classroom. The study recognizes the main required soft skill to be communication skills, however in the Vietnamese context IT application skills have a positive effect on students' online learning.

scholarly journals E-learning in the coronavirus's period from the perspective of students

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 477-485
Author(s):  
Bislim Lekiqi ◽  
Aziz Rexhepi ◽  
Albina Sahiti
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Educational Policies ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
New Era ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Subject ◽  
University Level ◽  
The University ◽  
Rapid Transformation

The Coronavirus epidemic in Kosovo is having consequences in all spheres of life. This reflection is especially noticeable in teaching and learning, especially at the university level, moving from the classical (traditional) form of teaching fully or partially to e-learning. The necessity of such a rapid transformation and the need to achieve the objectives of studies are being assessed by students in different ways. The subject of this research is how students evaluate this rapid transformation from traditional teaching and learning to e-learning, which was conducted in December 2020. 551 Kosovar Bachelor and Master students participated in the research. The research was done through a survey. The analysis of the results, their comparison leads us to the conclusions and recommendations, information which could serve the university institutions and state decision-making structures for the orientation of educational policies in a new era of digitalization, where e-learning is becoming a necessity even in developing countries. Where work enables us to understand that developments in the field of education, imposed by the epidemic, will be one of the forms of teaching and learning in the future and that for this we must all prepare as individuals and as a society in general.

scholarly journals Analisis Kompetensi Softskill Pada Staff Pengajar Perguruan Tinggi Swasta di Kota Medan

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
Dhian Rosalina ◽  
Kartika Yuliari
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Individual Performance ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Organizational Skills ◽  
Group Skill

Soft skills are interpersonal and intrapersonal skills that can boost individual performance, including the teaching profession. The purpose of this study was to determine the profile of soft skills held by lecturers as teaching staff in tertiary institutions. This research was conducted in Medan, North Sumatra. The research method used is research with a qualitative descriptive approach. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling with the number of respondents of one hundred and twenty people. The results of this study are the variables forming soft skills such as leadership, communication, effort, ethics have been perceived well by the respondents, and have become daily behavior, although there are a few behaviors that require improvement, such as discipline in the lecture time, while the soft forming variables are skills such as Organizational skills and group skills are perceived to be lacking in teaching and learning activities by the respondents. Soft skill adalah ketrampilan interpersonal dan intrapersonal yang dapat mengembangkan dan memaksimalkan kinerja termasuk profesi dosen. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mengetahui profil softskill yang dimiliki oleh Dosen sebagai staff pengajar di perguruan tinggi. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di Medan, Sumatera Utara. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian deskriptif  kualitatif . Teknik sampling yang digunakan adalah purposive sampling dengan jumlah responden sebesar seratus duapuluh orang. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah  Variabel pembentuk soft skill seperti Leadership, komunikasi, effort, ethics sudah dipersepsikan baik oleh para responden, dan telah menjadi perilaku sehari hari, meskipun ada sedikit perilaku yang memerlukan perbaikan, seperti kedisiplinan terhadap waktu perkuliahan., sedangkan Variabel pembentuk soft skill seperti Organizational skill dan  group skill dipersepsikan kurang dilakukan dalam kegiatan belajar mengajar oleh para responden.

scholarly journals E-PORTFOLIO AS AN ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT FOR IMPROVING GRADUATE'S SOFT SKILLS

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 129-131
Author(s):  
Farah Mohamad Zain ◽  
Siti Nazuar Sailin
Keyword(s):  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Alternative Assessment ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Learning Outcome ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Postgraduate Studies ◽  
Self Assessments

E-Portfolio is an innovative platform that can be integrated in the teaching and learning process to develop graduates’ soft skills. E-Portfolio is a dynamic collection that incude reflective practice that enable students to showcase their learning outcome, achievements, skills and experience. E-portfolio is a medium that store a collection of learners’ works / artefacts which include products, demonstrations, self-assessments, resources, and accomplishments in digital. E-portfolio is a powerful tool to develop students’ soft skill such as creativity, digital literacy as well as critical thinking skills as it allows students to produce their own reflective writing and showcase their learning outcome / products. Through the E-portfolio, students’ can showcase their best learning practices or learning outcome such as the product that they have created during undergraduate or postgraduate studies to be showcased with the wider audience. The development of E-Portfolio also encourage students to set their career or professional goal and plan, which consequently enable them to showcase their knowledge and skills (including soft skills) to their future employers (Lorenzo & Ittelson, 2005; Reese & Levy, 2009).

scholarly journals Aplicación Móvil con el uso de Realidad Aumentada para el proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje a nivel universitario

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Janitzín Cárdenas-Castellanos ◽  
Jazmín Pérez-Méndez ◽  
Nadia Teresa Adaile-Benitez ◽  
Luis José Castellón-Castro
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Application ◽  
Cell Phone ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Academic Development ◽  
Educational Levels ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The Subject ◽  
University Level ◽  
Almost All

Currently there is a problem in the classrooms at almost all educational levels in these times, where students during class often use cell phones and in most cases harms the academic development of the same.It is desired to use a technological aspect as an opportunity to take advantage of the use of the cell phone with the new tendencies to contribute to the learning of the students.The main goal is to implement a mobile application with Augmented Reality (AR) looking for positive effects in the learning of university level students, as mentioned by Escamilla (2002), also hoping to strengthen and feedback previously acquired knowledge seen in class.ED is the name of the mobile application that was developed following the methodology for agile projects called SCRUM.The ED app through the use of QR codes shows a character in RA explaining and reinforcing themes alluding to the subject that the teacher already explained and with this reinforcing the quality of the teaching and learning process adding the technological transcendence that is nowadays a reality.

scholarly journals Model Pembelajaran Ushul Fiqih Berdimenasi Soft Skils

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-148
Author(s):  
Syamsul Arifin
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Latent Potential ◽  
Islamic Science ◽  
Contextual Teaching ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Epistemological Aspect

Abstrak Tujuan penelitian ini untuk menggali karakteristik Ushul Fiqh dari aspek epistemologi dan ontologi dan selanjutnya mendeskripsikan model pembelajarannya yang berdimensi soft skill. Adapun hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa: Pertama, bahwa Ushul Fiqh sebagai ilmu pengetahuan yang memiliki potensi laten untuk mengembangkan soft skill peserta didik. Kedua, Ushul Fiqh yang dinilai sebagai induk ilmu pengetahuan Islam memiliki peran sentral dalam mewujudkan Islam sebagai agama yang rahmat dan humanis. Dari aspek epistemologis, pendekatan Ushul Fiqh yang humanistik bukan saja akan melahirkan hukum-hukum Islam yang “berpihak” pada manusia, lebih dari itu, mampu membentuk manusia yang humanis. Ketiga, Pengembangan soft skill melalui pembelajaran Ushul Fiqh dirasakan efektif dengan strategi pembelajaran Value Clarification Learning, Active Learning, dan Contextual Teaching and Learning. Selain itu, Pemilihan contoh-contoh ayat-ayat Al-Qur’an yang mendukung aktualisasi nilai tersebut dan keberanian memberikan makna pada setiap pokok-pokok bahasan ushul Fiqh. menjadi salah satu kunci pencapaian terwujudnya perilaku baru bagi individu.  Abstract The purpose of this study is to explore the characteristics of Ushul Fiqh from the epistemological and ontological aspects and then to describe the learning model that has the dimensions of soft skills. The results of the study show that: First, Ushul Fiqh is a science that has latent potential to develop soft skills of students. Second, Ushul Fiqh which is considered as the Queen of Islamic science has a central role in realizing Islam as a religion of grace and humanity. From the epistemological aspect, the humanistic approach of Usul Fiqh will not only give birth to Islamic laws that "take sides" with humans, more than that, capable of forming humanists. Third, the development of soft skills through Ushul Fiqh learning was felt to be effective with the learning strategies of Value Clarification Learning, Active Learning, and Contextual Teaching and Leaning. In addition, the selection of examples of verses from the Qur'an that support the actualization of these values and the courage to give meaning to each of the subjects of Ushul fiqh. become one of the keys to achieving new behaviours for individuals.  

The effect of soft skills on French post-secondary graduates’ earnings

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 782-799 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ines Albandea ◽  
Jean-François Giret
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Job Seekers ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Professional Experiences ◽  
Heterogeneous Nature

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to construct soft-skill indicators and measure their effects on graduates’ earnings using survey data from a sample of master’s degree graduates in France. Design/methodology/approach The authors use a quantile analysis to measure the effects of soft skills on income. Findings Certain soft skills explain a proportion of the earnings of recent master’s graduates. In particular, they influence the highest salaries and are important for the most highly skilled jobs. Research limitations/implications Most of these soft skills are measured using declarative responses and may result from the feeling of having skills rather than actually possessing the skill. Moreover, this paper only looks at graduates who are employed, and a deficit in soft skills may be more penalising for job seekers. Social implications While some young people take advantage of soft skills early and benefit from them in the labour market, it is likely that it is even more important for those less endowed with these skills to further develop them before entering the labour market. Originality/value This research illustrates the heterogeneous nature of the skills that young post-secondary graduates acquire. French diplomas do not seem to homogenise all of the skills that young people develop through their academic and professional experiences.

scholarly journals Editorial: From innovative experiences to wider visions in higher education

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-16
Author(s):  
Luigi F. Donà dalle Rose ◽  
Anna Serbati
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Scholarship Of Teaching ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
The University

Nowadays, there is a growing awareness that higher education is called to help young people to develop their personal and professional future. The university mission is not only to increase opportunities for employability and for better matching of labour market requests and graduates’ skills, but also to prepare people to positively live in local and global communities as well as to actively contribute to personal and community well-being. Therefore, a more holistic approach to education is required, which overcomes the traditional idea of promoting logical, cognitive and linguistic intelligence and which promotes multiple intelligences, including emotional, interpersonal, creative skills. Scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education and educational research have shown that there is a variety of strategies and methods that can foster not only the development of knowledge, but also soft skills. This Issue offers some perspectives and innovative experiences in different subject areas within this framework and moves towards more general visions of educational issues.Published online: 31 May 2018

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