An emerging qualitative study on Project management as a bridge between cognitive learning and employability

Abstract

The paper presents one of the results of an innovative research on the training value of Project management. The research was realized in the field of the Ph.D. in Education and Psychology at the University of Florence.The research has investigated the potentiality of Project management for the development of those transversal skills useful for employability. The main focus of the research has been the effects of learning Project management in formal contexts, as well as the embedded training value of Project management itself.The paper focuses on learning enablers and learning benefits of Project management in tertiary education