APPRAISAL OF EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS OF UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATES: THE 21ST CENTURY KEY TO FUNCTIONAL EDUCATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Mary Ezeamagu ◽  
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Henry Owolabi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Team Work ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
University Management ◽  
Work Skills ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Research Instrument ◽  
North West ◽  
Life Long Learning ◽  
Learning Skill ◽  
University Undergraduates

Research evidence revealed that the quality of graduates in Nigeria is on a rapid decline especially in the area of valuable and complementary life skills. Also, researchers have established that subject-specific knowledge and skills alone are unlikely to secure a graduate occupation in which they can be both successful and satisfied. Hence, this study evaluated the extent to which university undergraduates in North West Nigeria possessed employability skills. This study employed a survey research design. The population comprises all 2018/2019 final year university undergraduates in North West Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling approach using Simple Random and Proportional Sampling technique was employed to select 697 respondents from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, 350 respondents from Federal University Gusau and 330 respondents from Federal University Birnin Kebbi. The research instrument was a researcher-developed questionnaire entitled “Employability Indices Questionnaire”. The research instrument was validated by seven experts. The instrument was trial tested on a population that is similar but not among the sampled population; and Cronbach’s Alpha was used to estimate a reliability coefficient of 0.82 and 0.96 for Employability Perception Scale and Employability Skills Scale respectively. Three research questions guided the study; while data collected were analyzed using summated scale. The major findings of the study revealed that majority of university undergraduates in North West Nigeria perceived themselves to have high knowledge of employability, yet further finding revealed that majority of the respondents perceived themselves to have high need of Life-long Learning Skill and Team-work Skills. This implies that the respondents have low level of Life-long Learning and Team-work Skills. As such, it was recommended that University Management should improve standard by making Employability Skills a development priority area for its undergraduates before their graduation. Both instruction and assessment of undergraduates should challenge and develop students’ Life-long learning skill, Team-work skills and other relevant skills before their graduation. University Management should encourage her students to develop and demonstrate employability skills like Life-long learning skill, Team-work skills, information and communication technology knowledge, numeracy skill, communication skill, creativity and problem solving skills.

scholarly journals Industrial Projects in a Project-Based Learning Environment

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Calin Stoicoiu ◽  
Karen Cain
Keyword(s):  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Individual Growth ◽  
Work Skills ◽  
Industrial Project ◽  
Industry Partner ◽  
Life Long Learning ◽  
Industrial Projects ◽  
The Many ◽  
Development And Management

Industry is progressively moving at a faster pace with complicated problems and projects that require increasingly rapid turn-around. Newly graduated engineers are often required to work on projects having, in many cases, poorly defined scope, constraints and outcomes. In addition to their technical knowledge, employers expect enhanced communication, entrepreneurial and managerial skills.Project-based learning (PBL) enhances engineering education, providing students with a setting that closely simulates their post-graduation work environment. The addition of projects into the engineering curriculum creates avenues towards improving communication, individual growth, life-long learning and team-work; skills that industry desires. The key has always been to present students with problems and projects that are as open-ended and realistic as possible, creating situations that closely resemble those encountered in industrial settings, such as: project requirements that are not well structured, changes to project scope and timelines and the need to address a customer’s changing needs or expectations.The addition of a real project in cooperation with an industry partner may be the ultimate method of achieving these goals. The development and management of the project is complex involving students, faculty, and the industry partner, but generates tangible advantages for all three parties. This paper will discuss the many benefits and challenges of incorporating a real industrial project into the educational environment.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Keterampilan Kerja, Team Work, dan Motivasi terhadap Kinerja Karyawan Bagian Produksi pada Art Shop Cahaya Silver di Celuk, Gianyar

Widya Amrita ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-76
Author(s):  
I Wayan Gede Indra Parta ◽  
I Gede Aryana Mahayasa
Keyword(s):  
Linear Regression ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Employee Performance ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Work Skills ◽  
Research Instrument ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Production Employees

Employee performance is the work of an individual from a plan. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of work skills, teamwork, and motivation on the performance of production employees at the Cahaya Silver Art Shop in Celuk, Gianyar. This research was conducted at the Cahaya Silver Art Shop in Celuk, Gianyar. The number of samples taken was 32 employees, with a saturated sampling method. The research instrument was tested by validity and reliability tests. The analysis technique used is multiple linear regression. The influence of work skills, teamwork, and motivation on the performance of employees in the production department at the Cahaya Silver Art Shop in Celuk, Gianyar with the t-calculated value of each variable including work skills (X1) 2.172 and t-table value of 1.701 when compared, the t-count value is greater than t-table and t-count values ​​are in the rejection area of ​​Ho, teamwork (X2) 2,342 and t-table value 1.701, motivation (X3) 3,935 and t-table value 1.701 The results of the f-test show that there is the influence of work skills, teamwork, and motivation on the performance of production employees at the Cahaya Silver Art Shop in Celuk, Gianyar.

scholarly journals Differentiated Instruction in Mixed - Ability Groups the Jigsaw Strategy -

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 407-412
Author(s):  
Simona Boştină-Bratu ◽  
Alina Negoescu
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Differentiated Instruction ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Skill Levels ◽  
Student Centered ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Instruction Strategies

Abstract An effective teaching-learning environment is student-centered, student-driven, allowing teachers to meet students’ learning needs and help them make progress in a variety of ways. This paper aims at analyzing some of the cooperative learning methods used to create more flexibly-designed foreign language lessons, where students’ skill levels, educational background, interests and motivation are heterogeneous. It focuses on differentiated instruction strategies, such as team work and jigsaw teaching, as well as on ways of implementing them appropriately and effectively in the foreign language classroom. We will start with an overview of some theoretical contributions and definitions concerning the differentiated instruction and the jigsaw classroom. The study mainly focusses on the jigsaw classroom as an effective technique meant to encourage students to involve in learning activities, interact and share knowledge and information, developing their linguistics, social and problem-solving skills, necessary in international environments, in such areas as communication, leadership, and decision-making.

Velumtätigkeit bei der Erzeugung stimmhafter und stimmloser Nasalkonsonanten im Isländischen

1981 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magnús Pétursson
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Patterns ◽  
Stop Consonants ◽  
The South ◽  
Research Instrument ◽  
North West ◽  
South West ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Nasal Consonant

In modern Icelandic, spoken in the South, West, and North-West of Iceland, there is a phonemic opposition between voiced and voiceless nasals before stop consonants. For the present investigation the research instrument was the velograph. The purpose of the research was to investigate patterns of velar movement associated with each type of nasal consonants. The results show different types of velar movement organized according to two separate temporal patterns. For the voiceless nasals the movement of the velum is more rapid and begins earlier than for the voiced nasals. There are also significant differences in the nasalization of the preceding vowel according to whether the following nasal consonant is voiced or voiceless.

scholarly journals Goal Setting, Values of Binus, dan Pembelajaran Character Building di Binus University

Humaniora ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 387
Author(s):  
Yustinus Suhardi Ruman
Keyword(s):  
Goal Setting ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Work Skills ◽  
Soft Skill ◽  
Good Person ◽  
Ethical Decisions ◽  
Character Building ◽  
And Behavior

Character Building Education in this era has become concerning by so many institutions of education. Institution of education is not only preparing the student to have knowledge or become smart, cleaver, but also preparing them to become good person. Of course, there are so many definitions about good person. But in this paper, author means  that the good person is they who are not only having soft skill like communication skills, leadership skills, team work skills, initiative & enterprise skills, organization skills, problem solving and ethical decisions making skills. All these skills are very important for every people on this era. It is difficult to think about people will gain a success without mastering these skill. According to author, all the skills above, although important, they are not enough. All the skills must be built on certain values.  In this context both hard skills and soft skills should be based on certain values. As an institution of education, Binus University has certain values. They consist of trust in God, farsighted, freedom to innovate, embrace diversity and tenacious focus. The attitude and behavior of all binusian has to reveal these values. Character Building learning on this point is not only coaching the student in mastering the soft skill above, but also to internalize the values of Binus. So, Values of Binus will inspire all binusian. This paper explains the position of character building learning as a goal setting to internalize the values of binus. To describe the position of character building learning, author uses the concept social action of Talcott Parson. 

scholarly journals IMPACT OF TEAM WORK ON EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sobia Shujaat ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Work Experience ◽  
Employee Satisfaction ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Work Experiences ◽  
Work Skills ◽  
Organizational Goals ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose: The current study was based on analyzing effect of team work on employee satisfaction, as team work is considered to be a crucial factor for achieving organizational goals. Methodology/Sampling: A survey was conducted among 384 employees from different organization to analyze their team work experience. Regression analysis was applied to access the significance of linear relationship on data under study. Findings: It was found that team work has a significant impact on employee satisfaction. Future research should investigate the ways in which teamwork interest can be moderated by characteristics of the task and the group, preferably those characteristics that instructors have some control over to facilitate group work experiences. Practical Implications: Employers value team work skills from incoming employees with higher education. Hence it is critical that instructors in higher education institutions understand the importance of teamwork and the factors that contribute to positive teamwork environment. The study will be helpful for HR departments to understand the importance of team work and for devising better work groups.

Peer Evaluation System in Team Work Skills Assessment

2016 ◽  
pp. 603-616
Author(s):  
Nur’Ain Ismail ◽  
Asniza Hamimi Abdul Tharim ◽  
Thuraiya Mohd ◽  
Nor A’aini Othman ◽  
Nur Hasni Nasrudin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation System ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Skills Assessment ◽  
Peer Evaluation ◽  
Work Skills

Peer evaluation system in team work skills assessment: Technical perspective

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Hasni Nasrudin ◽  
Nor A'aini Othman ◽  
Nur'Ain Ismail ◽  
Asniza Hamimi Abdul Tharim ◽  
Noraidawati Jaffar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation System ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Skills Assessment ◽  
Peer Evaluation ◽  
Work Skills

scholarly journals Student Performance Prediction Using Case Based Reasoning Knowledge Base System (CBR-KBS) Based Data Mining

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-35
Author(s):  
Prashant Dixit ◽  
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Harish Nagar ◽  
Sarvottam Dixit
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Machine Learning Algorithms ◽  
Case Based Reasoning ◽  
Base System ◽  
Type I ◽  
University Management ◽  
K Nearest Neighbor ◽  
Higher Education Management ◽  
Problem Solving Skills

Higher education management problems in delivering 100% of graduates who can satisfy business demands. In industry it is often difficult for qualified graduates to identify the appropriate means to evaluate problem - solving abilities as well as shortcomings in the evaluation of problem solving skills. This is partially due to the lack of an adequate methodology. The purpose of this paper is to provide the appropriate CBR-KBS model for predicting and evaluating the characteristics of the student's dataset so as to comply with the parameters of selection required by the university industry. Machine learning algorithms have been used in these study areas under supervision, uncompleted and uncontrolled; K-Nearest neighbor, Naïve Bayes, Decision Tree, Neural Network, Logistic Regression and Vector Support Machines. The proposed model would allow university management to make easier, more professional, experienced and industry-specific plans for the manufacturing of graduates and graduates who passed the type I and II examinations held by the employment opportunities.

scholarly journals PENERAPAN KANCING GEMERINCING DALAM MENINGKATKAN TEAMWORK SKILL PADA MAHASISWA PGSD FKIP UMSU

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 296-305
Author(s):  
CHAIRUNNISA AMELIA ◽  
INDAH PRATIWI
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Model ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Learning Models ◽  
Work Skills ◽  
Ability To Work ◽  
Student Responses ◽  
Teamwork Skills

This study aims to determine the ability of students to work together in groups or teamwork skills, and to determine student responses in learning in social studies courses using the jingle learning model which is expected from the application of jingle learning model can be seen an increase in learning outcomes student in class. The method used in data collection is documentation, observation and test giving to students. In this research, it can be seen that there is an increase in the ability to work together with students in groups, which in the future will function for students to continue solidarity within groups in other subjects. In learning that uses a different learning model results in the ability of students when understanding a material compared to not using a classical learning or learning model. This can be seen from the average student learning outcomes before using the learning model and by not implementing teamwork skills only 65.2 and learning outcomes using the jingle learning model by applying teamwork skills 93.5. The results obtained can be seen the use of learning models can improve team work skills in PGSD students

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