scholarly journals SKILLING FOR TOMORROW AT SCHOOL: A TRAINING PROJECT FOR IVET AND TECHNICAL STUDENTS’ SOFT SKILLS

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Tommasi ◽  
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Ioris Franceschinis ◽  
Marco Perini ◽  
Giuseppe Tacconi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soft Skills ◽  
Training Project ◽  
Technical Students

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 Developing Soft Skills through Project-Based Learning in Technical and Vocational Institutions

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 5872-5877
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Distributed Data ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Technical Students ◽  
Vocational Colleges ◽  
Normally Distributed

Soft skills have become critical in the preparation of employable graduates. The education system must, therefore, aim to ensure quality training for the production of employable graduates. Soft skills are personal abilities that one retains and can adequately be nurtured through active participation of students in the teaching and learning process. It is validated by researchers that the prevalent employability skills deficiencies have been one of the main causes of unemployment globally. Consequently, soft skills have all the potentials for equipping graduates with adequate employability skills. Thus, this study investigated the effect of project-based learning on the development of soft skills among technical students at technical and vocational colleges, Kaduna State, Nigeria Smart PLS software was used to test the developed model. As the sample size for this study was relatively small, the researchers were not certain to have normally distributed data. Subsequently, Smart PLS is appropriate for non-normally distributed data and therefore, it was used to simultaneously evaluate the measurement model, structural models and to confirm the convergent and discriminant validity of the measure. The study revealed that collaborative skills construct have a significant positive relationship with soft skills of technical students at technical and vocational colleges, while communication skills, initiative skills, and problem-solving skills have a positive insignificant relationship with soft skills of technical students at technical and vocational colleges. The findings of this study suggest that the curriculum of technical programs in Nigerian technical colleges need to be reviewed and geared more towards activity-based teaching and learning to enable technical students effectively develop soft skills for employment.

scholarly journals Promoting Students' Soft Skills in a Telecommunication Engineering Course with an Elevator Pitch Activity

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (24) ◽  
pp. 273-279
Author(s):  
Miguel Ferrando-Rocher ◽  
Stephan Marini
Keyword(s):  
Soft Skills ◽  
Time Span ◽  
Service Organization ◽  
Educational Context ◽  
Value Proposition ◽  
Short Summary ◽  
Technical Students ◽  
Product Service ◽  
Key Points ◽  
Process Product

An elevator pitch is a short summary used to quickly and simply define a process, product, service, organization, or event and its value proposition. The name comes from the idea that it should be possible to deliver the sum-mary within the time span of an elevator ride, so anywhere between 30 sec-onds and 2 minutes, which means the key points need to get across quickly. In this particular educational context, technical students have been encour-aged to defend, under the typical rules of the elevator pitch, the knowledge acquired during the semester in a specific subject. This contribution focuses on the classroom experience and how the transversality of the activity can help students to strive and think in a different way than they are used to in the classroom of a technical career.

SOFT SKILLS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: ENRICHING EMPLOYABILITY OF TECHNICAL STUDENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sweta Kumari
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Thought Process ◽  
Business World ◽  
Learning Attitude ◽  
Technical Students ◽  
Real Challenge

The present paper attempts to intensify capacity and inculcate employability among Technical Students of Jharkhand in respect of globalization. Demands of present business world or work place are higher, and learning attitude, critical thinking, decision making skills along with other employable skills seems crucial in its employees. The technical students must be trained during their technical course in accordance to the industry-demands; and this is a real challenge of the technical institutions in Jharkhand, especially for the private one. Triangular role of the ‘Institution-FacultyStudents’ needs proper execution to fulfill the dynamic objective of higher education that is ‘reaching of the unreached’ in knowledge, skills and values. Learning is a lifelong process and students need to learn from their day to day activities. This paper deals with the process which enables the technical students to develop a thought process. Students need to learn appropriate reasons and logics behind their every acceptance or rejections. In this respect, a constructive environment is required to facilitate students where they don’t hesitate to do mistakes and solely focus on ‘Learning’.

scholarly journals Developing Soft Skills through Project-Based Learning in Technical and Vocational Institutions

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 2842-2847
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Discriminant Validity ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Distributed Data ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Technical Students ◽  
Vocational Colleges ◽  
Normally Distributed

Soft skills have become critical in the preparation of employable graduates. The education system must, therefore, aim to ensure quality training for the production of employable graduates. Soft skills are personal abilities that one retains and can adequately be nurtured through active participation of students in the teaching and learning process. It is validated by researchers that the prevalent employability skills deficiencies have been one of the main causes of unemployment globally. Consequently, soft skills have all the potentials for equipping graduates with adequate employability skills. Thus, this study investigated the effect of project-based learning on the development of soft skills among technical students at technical and vocational colleges, Kaduna State, Nigeria Smart PLS software was used to test the developed model. As the sample size for this study was relatively small, the researchers were not certain to have normally distributed data. Subsequently, Smart PLS is appropriate for non-normally distributed data and therefore, it was used to simultaneously evaluate the measurement model, structural models and to confirm the convergent and discriminant validity of the measure. The study revealed that collaborative skills construct have a significant positive relationship with soft skills of technical students at technical and vocational colleges, while communication skills, initiative skills, and problem-solving skills have a positive insignificant relationship with soft skills of technical students at technical and vocational colleges. The findings of this study suggest that the curriculum of technical programs in Nigerian technical colleges need to be reviewed and geared more towards activity-based teaching and learning to enable technical students effectively develop soft skills for employment

scholarly journals ON THE READINESS OF FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS FOR PROJECT-ORIENTED TRAINING IN HIGHER EDUCATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Irina Medvedeva ◽  
Oxana Martynyuk ◽  
Svetlana Pan’kova ◽  
Irina Solovyova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Research Problem ◽  
First Year ◽  
Expert Evaluation ◽  
State University ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Training Project ◽  
Game Practice

The training of a graduate with project thinking is one of the trends in modern higher education. Specialist with soft skills is in demand by society. The formation of soft skills is facilitated by using project technologies in training. In this regard, it seems important to identify the level of readiness of freshmen to project-oriented training.The purpose of this article is to analyze the readiness of first-year students of the Institute of Mathematical Modeling and Game Practice of Pskov State University for project-oriented study at a university. The research used the following methods: analysis of the scientific literature on the research problem, observation, expert evaluation, questioning, and statistical analysis of the results. In the process of research, (a) the need for an input assessment of freshmen readiness for project activities was substantiated, (b) the components of students' readiness for project-oriented training were identified, (c) the selected components were evaluated during the training project carried out by freshmen, (d) the results were analyzed. 

scholarly journals Design And Development of a Narrative Based Tabletop Game for Promoting Soft Skills Acuisition in Technical Students in The South African

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-47
Author(s):  
Lance R Bunt ◽  
Jacob J. Greeff
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
South African ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Serious Game ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
Technical Students

A serious tabletop game called “Gr8 Success!” has been developed for an undergraduate Communication skills module at the North-West University (NWU) in South Africa. This paper presents the details of the development process and discusses the first play tested prototype of the serious game in question. The game is described in the context of a conceptual framework being developed by researchers at the Serious Game Institute of South Africa (SGI-SA).

scholarly journals Management Students’ "Soft Skills" in Foreign Language Training at Technical University

2019 ◽  
Vol 69 ◽  
pp. 00144
Author(s):  
Irina Zueva
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Skills Development ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Language Training ◽  
Technical Students ◽  
Management Students

The article discusses the need for the bachelor students’ soft skills development in technical universities. The main objective of our research is the identification of the conceptual model "soft skills" opportunities in technical students training. Moreover, the demand of these skills in modern labor market is accented. The term "soft skills" is one of new tracks of the dynamically changing world. The article includes the content - analysis of the word «soft skills» providing the integrity of the term perception and its contents, applicability level in communication, and also some ways of the students' soft skills development in their foreign language practical training.

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