Strategies for integrating and teaching soft skills in institution of learning
The whole world is facing unprecedented changes in social, educational, economic, and environmental sectors. The changes, coupled with advanced technological development, have ushered in challenges and opportunities, as well as changed human endeavors and relationships. Institutions of learning,...
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University of Ilorin, Nigeria
2023
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/107160/1/107160_Strategies%20for%20integrating%20and%20teaching.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/107160/ https://ojs.unilorin.edu.ng/index.php/ijhrm/issue/view/59 |
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| Summary: | The whole world is facing unprecedented changes in social, educational, economic, and environmental
sectors. The changes, coupled with advanced technological development, have ushered in challenges
and opportunities, as well as changed human endeavors and relationships. Institutions of learning,
where the manpower of a nation is produced, therefore have to brace up to prepare future-ready
students who will be able to navigate through these arrays of complex societal problems, find
untapped opportunities, influence people and circumstances, form mutually supportive and effective
relationships, and create new values and ideas. For students to position themselves well and
significantly contribute in this VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) world, they need
a variety of skills, including metacognitive skills (problem solving, creativity, and critical skills),
social and emotional skills (communication, collaboration, empathy, and digital skills), in conjunction
with hard or technical skills that are majorly focused on by the schools. Thus, institutions of learning
have to equip students with soft skills so that they can match up with future requirements and
competencies needed in a changing world. This paper discusses the meaning and importance of soft
skills and how they can be integrated into the curriculum and taught in schools. |
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