Student Soft Skills Research Articles

The methods of forming soft skills of university students: theoretical and practical aspects

This paper describes the theoretical and practical aspects of the methodology for the formation of students soft skills. Innovation processes are implemented today in almost all spheres of human activity. In particular, this applies to the field of education. As for professional education, the university should maintain interest in modern technologies, socio-economic changes in society, and the development of new trends and directions. Such processes include the formation of supra-professional skills, in other words, soft skills. They are not related to a particular profession, but are important for a career and advancement in it. The process of forming such skills can be implemented in English classes. In this regard, to create conditions conducive to the formation of soft skills, as well as to make the learning process more informative and memorable, the authors of the paper developed a set of tasks for the formation of soft skills competencies. Since the development of these skills is important for preparing for a future profession, the target audience is junior students. The purpose of this paper is a theoretical justification of the methodology for the formation of soft skills competencies. The practical significance of the research lies in the fact that the results can be used in the course of foreign languages teaching methodology.

Master class by winners and laureates of national competitions on pedagogical mastery as a form of translating experience in development of soft skills in students – future pedagogues

Introduction. Many of future professionals often neglect such important skills as communication, time management or teamwork. Employers are not only looking for employees with a standard set of technical skills, but also want their employees to have necessary “flexible skills”, i.e. soft skills. This is because such skills particularly enable one to realise effective and rational use of technical skills and knowledge. The aim of the study is to provide an analysis of the views of winners and laureates of national pedagogical excellence contests relative to the master class as a form of development of future teachers’ soft skills. Materials and methods. The questioning involved 88 teachers, laureates and winners of pedagogical mastery competitions. The respondents were presented with an authorly questionnaire “Master class as a form of translating experience” comprising 11 questions related to their experience of pedagogical work. The methods of mathematical statistics, such as measure of central tendency and variability; correlation analysis, were used. Survey results. The majority of the respondents (67%) consider the master class as an effective form of transferring knowledge and skills, sharing learning and teaching experience. At the same time, according to almost half of the pedagogues, the master class as a form of transferring experience in development of soft skills is fundamentally different from the traditional lesson. The correlation analysis showed that the extent of teachers’ motivation for using the innovator teachers’ experience in the former’s work does not depend on the age and pedagogical record, but depends on their awareness (r = 0.338; p < 0.05). According to the teachers, the most important abilities characterising the pedagogical mastery of a modern teacher are subject competence and learner-centeredness. The most important skills for the respondents are those forming subject-centered relations (“how I understand myself and others”; “how I act”; “how I manage myself”) which set the format of teacher-student cooperation. Conclusion. The master class can be viewed as a form enabling: projecting unique situations where students learn to think independently, work in a team; productive transfer of best pedagogical practices, etc. Among the main functions of master classes are: mentoring as an efficient form of transferring experience to young pedagogues; reflexion on own professional mastery, setting a trajectory of individual self-education and self-perfection programme.

СИСТЕМНОЕ МОДЕЛИРОВАНИЕ НАВЫКОВ SOFT SKILLS КАК УСЛОВИЕ СОТРУДНИЧЕСТВА МОЛОДЁЖИ РАЗНЫХ СТРАН

Introduction. The paper examines specific features of the system modeling of soft skills as a condition for constructive international cooperation of young people. Consideration is also given to pedagogical technologies and methods for building this type of skills. The study aims to identify the principles of and conditions for creating a digital and creative environment in which the future specialist will develop soft skills in the main disciplines of the basic level of training in the system of higher education. Materials and methods. The object of the study is the student community. Modern and relevant pedagogical technologies and methods that influence the formation of soft skills necessary for the international student cooperation were considered as effective tools for the system modeling of these skills. The study employs general scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, comparison) and dedicated research methods (the system-structural analysis and the method of pedagogical observation). The results of the study. Intermediate findings have identified the conditions for successful system modeling of soft skills in students. They have provided the understanding of the specifics of joint interaction and problem solving in the field of scientific integration, demonstrated the effectiveness of soft skills, because they make it possible to build constructive communication, to communicate, and show understanding. The identified block of specific soft skills included the skills such as empathy, self-management, self-learning, feedback through communication and mentworking. Conclusion. The technologies and methods proposed in the paper can be used in the process of generating a creative environment for building soft skills in students, i.e., system modeling. The use of the identified tools will allow creating a single educational space, stimulating international cooperation of students, and developing a mentoring system.

A Design Methodology for a Computer-Supported Collaborative Skills Lab in Technical Translation Teaching

Aim/Purpose: The aim of this study is to adopt more systematically the collaborative learning dimension in the technical translation teaching at Master Degree level. In order to do so, a computer-supported skills lab approach is targeted. This approach is aimed at enhancing traditional courses on Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) so that student competences and soft skills are enhanced. Background: In traditional CAT courses, laboratory sessions complement theoretical lessons, thus providing students mainly with tool-oriented operational knowledge, while nowadays more intertwined competences are required by the labor market. Moreover, this sector lacks skills labs which engage students in collaborative activities mimicking professional workflows, thus not exploiting team-based learning potential effectiveness. Methodology: In this paper, therefore, a design methodology to deploy and operate an enhanced skills lab as a remote Computer-Supported Collaborative Simulated Translation Bureau (CS2TB) is proposed and validated. The proposed methodology is based on a set of intertwined methodological frameworks that address: 1) student competences and educational requirements, 2) collaborative aspects, 3) regulatory policies as well as functional and interactional guidelines for the simulated fieldwork. The overall effectiveness of the proposed methodology has been assessed by using pre-post questionnaires to ascertain student feedback. The improvement in technology skills has been evaluated by collecting and examining student help requests as well as system error logs. Contribution: The CS2TB provides a technology-enhanced simulation-based learning environment whose aim is twofold: first, enriching traditional approaches with a Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) experience and, second, incorporating widely adopted approaches for the translation-teaching domain as the required grounding knowledge. Findings: Results demonstrate the effectiveness of CS2TB in improving students’ competences (specifically in the IT area but also in the technical translation area), students’ willingness to operate in a fieldwork-like context and cooperative learning efficacy. Recommendations for Practitioners: The educational implications of the proposed approach concern the development of a full range of competences and soft skills for students in the technical translation teaching at the higher education level, ranging from language and translation proficiency to the usage of IT platforms as well as personal and interpersonal interactional soft skills. Recommendation for Researchers: This study offers a wide overview of all the aspects entailed by the design, implementation, management, and evaluation of a skills lab for technical translation teaching. Researchers may benefit from the rigorous modelling approach as well as from the adopted assessment techniques. Moreover, the study stresses the pivotal role of a tight collaboration between language/translation teaching and computer engineering. Impact on Society: Higher education institutions that already have courses on computer-assisted translation may benefit from the proposed CS2TB approach, which allows them to design new thematic activities leveraging team-based learning, collaborative learning, and fieldwork-situated simulation. Moreover, the presented broad range of assessment approaches can be used to measure the impact of CS2TB on learning outcomes of the involved students. Future Research: Future research activities will be dedicated to examining the impact of a different set of enabling IT platforms on the collaborative learning perspective, to evaluate alternative scaffolding approaches (e.g., chatbots or augmented reality), and to increase simulation fidelity further, so that even more student competences can be fostered.

The effect of environmental volunteer integrated with service learning (EV_SL) to improve student's environment care attitudes and soft skills

The effect of environmental volunteer integrated with service learning (EV_SL) to improve student's environment care attitudes and soft skills

Opportunities To Develop Students Soft Skills In Russian Language Course

Opportunities To Develop Students Soft Skills In Russian Language Course

ANALISIS DAMPAK PELAKSANAAN PROGRAM MBKM TERHADAP TENAGA PENDIDIK DI PRODI PGSD FKIP UNIVERSITAS BUNG HATTA DALAM MENGHASILKAN LULUSAN YANG TANGGUH BERSAING DI ERA GLOBAL

This article aims to describe the analysis of the impact of the implementation of the MBKM program on Educators at the Bung Hatta University PGSD FKIP Study Program in producing graduates who are tough to compete in the global era. The type of research used is quantitative with a descriptive approach. Data collection techniques using a questionnaire. Data analysis used descriptive statistical techniques, namely data collection, data reduction, data presentation and conclusion drawing. The validity of the data is done by increasing the persistence and triangulation techniques. The results show that 1) Educators (Tendik) know that most of the policy content comes from the Ministry of Education and Culture's online channels (websites/websites, social media) and others from offline/online socialization activities organized by universities. 2) Tendik did not understand the contents of the policy on MBKM because he answered incorrectly the number of credits and semesters of MBKM implementation. 3) Implementation of the MBKM program on improving hard-skills and soft-skills for students is considered by Tendik to be lacking. 4) Tendik is satisfied with the MBKM program, but there are still many obstacles, such as funding, human resource capabilities and regulations.

Development of A Soft Skills-Based Learning Model With A Behavioristic Approach

Learning in the classroom is an important aspect of transmitting soft skills to students and a behavioristic approach has promising potential to be integrated with the process. The purpose of this research was to: (1) to determine the implementation of soft skills-based learning model development; and (2) to discover the development of a soft skills-based learning model to improve soft skills in students of the Faculty of Islamic Religion, University of Muhammadiyah Magelang. Therefore, this was a classroom action research and the design used was the model developed by Kemmis and Taggart. This consisted of four components, namely, planning, action, monitoring, and reflection. Furthermore, this research used the descriptive-quantitative analysis technique and three data collection methods namely observations, interviews, and questionnaires. These results indicated that: (1) the development of a soft skills-based learning model with a behavioristic approach is performed in several stages, namely: (a) the planning stage which includes soft skills attributes, lesson plans, and learning models determination including making assessment instruments; (b) implementation stages; (2) Development of soft skill-based learning model using a highly effective behavioristic approach to improve students' soft skills. This can be observed in the acquisition of soft skills scores, which were on average 10.6 at the start of the lecture and 20.41 at the conclusion.

FORMATION OF SOFT SKILLS OF STUDENTS IN THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION

The article is devoted to the characteristics of the peculiarities of the formation of soft skills of higher education in the educational process of higher education. To achieve this goal, general scientific methods were used: analysis, synthesis, comparison, concretization, generalization, content analysis. The following essential features of soft skills are singled out: coverage of competencies that contribute to the self-realization of future professionals and are individualized in terms of content, target, time and personal dimension; complexity, etc. Emphasis is placed on the need for active formation and intensive development of soft skills in students at the stage of study in higher education institutions. The importance of soft skills formation in the context of criteria for assessing the quality of the educational program and descriptors of the National Qualifications Framework is substantiated. It is emphasized that the formation of soft skills of students in the educational process depends on the policy of free economic education. Positive practice includes the pervasiveness of soft skills formation both within certain educational components (compulsory and optional) and extracurricular activities of higher education institutions. It is stated that the organization of the educational process in higher education institutions does not yet have universal technologies for the formation of soft skills. Teaching methods such as small group work, creative exercises, case method, role and business games, debate, discussion, interactive method, brainstorming, project method, facilitation, training, personal and professional portfolio creation, independent research, heuristic method – should be used in the educational process of modern universities for the formation and development of soft skills. Possibilities of non-formal education for self-development of soft skills are analyzed.
 Keywords: soft skills; educational process; teaching methods; learning technologies; personal development; educational program; professional training; non-formal education; self-development.

Measuring the Effectiveness of a Hybrid Pedagogy in a Large-Scale Community College Soft Skills Intervention

ABSTRACT In 2013, an urban college developed a mandatory soft skills course. Unique among postsecondary institutions, the course has been running since fall 2015. Research has now been conducted into the effectiveness of the course. A mixed-methods research study collected primary data and a literature review of the pertinent secondary data. Data sets include a comparison of co-op employer ratings of students in a semester before the course was mandated and a semester after the course was mandated; a survey of co-op employers to rate their co-op student’s soft skills achievement; and a pre-post/post-pre survey of current students asking them to rate the importance of soft skills, their knowledge and demonstration of soft skills, and their intention to use soft skills. All data strongly support the claim that the course has been a positive soft skills intervention. Hypotheses are shown to be valid: current students see the course as an effective way of improving their understanding of soft skills, their ability to deploy soft skills, and their intention to deploy soft skills in future; and, co-op employers see it as a positive intervention by reporting more effective demonstration of soft skills among co-op students who have taken the course than among co-op students from other institutions who have not taken the course. We conclude that offering a course that follows our pedagogy is the most effective way to increase postsecondary student soft skills capabilities and ensure employers continue to be satisfied with graduate soft skills.

Development of Khutbah Books: Media for Increasing Student Soft Skills in PAI Courses at Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Blitar

The purpose of this study is to conduct a Khutbah book as a medium for improving student soft skills in PAI courses at Nahdlatul Ulama University Blitar. The focus of this research is the development of the Khutbah book as a medium for improving student soft skills with content according to updated scientific and social developments. Using the Research and Development method developed by Borg and Gall which includes preliminary studies, research planning, design development, product testing, revision of limited field test results, extensive product testing, revision of wider field test results, feasibility test, final revision of test results feasibility, dissemination and implementation of the final product. Data were collected from the assessment of two experts through the Expert validation sheet and 57 students respondents through a student respondent questionnaire. Data analysis used qualitative and quantitative approach techniques. Data in the form of suggestions and criticisms from experts/experts and students were analyzed with a qualitative approach, while data on the feasibility of the Khutbah book and opinions regarding the suitability of the book were processed using a quantitative descriptive approach. Data analysis that the Khutbah book needs to be arranged in accordance with scientific and social developments in society. The results showed that the Khutbah book was suitable for use in the development of student soft skills.

Physical Activity and Recreation as Strategies to Impact Local Communities and Promote the Development of Soft Skills in Students: The Experience of University Extension with Students From Different Careers at the Interuniversity Campus of Alajuela, Costa

This article discloses situations students from different careers of the National University, Alajuela Interuniversity Campus, have experienced. As part of their learning process in the course “Actividades y Eventos Recreativos” (Activities and Recreational Events), they designed and practiced actions that promote physical and recreational activities in different communities in Alajuela, one of the seven provinces of Costa Rica. This exercise proves that it is possible to reinforce students’ abilities and impact local communities through learning and extension programs. For the systematization of this experience, the students and people in charge of organizations where the activities took place were asked to fill out a questionnaire to know their perception regarding the obtained results.

PERAN LITERASI DIGITAL DALAM MODEL PEMBELAJARAN BLENDED LEARNING MAHASISWA PGMI

This study aims to determine the application, implementation and role of digital literacy in the blended learning model of PGMI students. The research method is qualitative, using descriptive research. His research background is in one of the private universities in Bangil, namely STAIPANA Bangil, especially students of PGMI semester I and semester V. As for the results of the research, in its application there are three things that need to be considered, namely: digital competence, application of digital competence in the context of the blended learning model, and digital transformation. In addition, its implementation requires educational staff to provide information, guide students or students, provide training and conduct assessments in the digital literacy process in the blended learning model. So that its role is to provide motivation so that the enthusiasm for learning follows the online and offline learning process, increase the digital abilities of students, open a wide discussion space, increase digital literacy skills, increase student soft skills, increase the national literacy movement and increase the ability to interact at the same time without obstructed by distance and space.
 Keywords: Digital Literacy, Blended Learning

PEMBINAAN MAHASISWA SECARA DARING DALAM PENYELENGGARAAN KEGIATAN WEBINAR NASIONAL PEMASARAN PADA MASA PENDEMI COVID-19

ABSTRACT: Webinars are an alternative taken by agencies/organizations to provide information and knowledge during the pandemic COVID-19. Although webinars are often held by agencies or organizations, few are held by students. This community service aims to foster students to be able to organize webinar activities during the pandemic COVID-19. This activity was attended by 15 final semester students who were selected based on their interests and talents. The selection of participants by convenience sampling technique. Before and after the service activities, interviews and questionnaires were distributed to participants. The results of the interviews before the webinar revealed that none of the participants had experience in hosting a webinar, and only 27% thought that the webinar could be held. After the service activities were carried out, all participants (100%) stated that this service activity was useful. and has honed the hard skills and soft skills of students that were not obtained during lectures.

Inculcating Peace through Literature: Towards an Evolved Pedagogy

The constitution of UNESCO expressly states that ‘since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed.’ As educators, we are only too cognizant of the role that holistic education plays in the formation of a mindset of peace; peace being not just the absence of war but the presence and active functioning of a culture of tolerance and inclusivity.
 In a world fraught with tensions and conflict, the study of literature through a more involved and evolved pedagogy can work as an invaluable method of comprehending, inculcating, and applying the concept of peace at both school and higher education levels. In this context, the definition of peace must be construed not just as the absence of war (political peace) but on a larger and deeper scale, as social and individual peace.(Harris, 2002) For this purpose, the literature teacher will be required to reorient her pedagogy, progressing from a mere paraphrased critical investigation of a literary work towards a more thought-provoking inquiry into the ways in which a particular literary text can build/enhance the soft skills of students. (Polat et al, 2016)
 This paper attempts to envisage a blueprint for teaching strategies aimed at inculcating and fostering peace using literature as a means, among students as a collective body, and in the individual student as a human being as well as citizen of a globalised world.

Analysis Software Engineering Team's Soft Skills Learning using Online Learning Platform with Project-Oriented Problem-Based Learning (POPBL)

In a decade, the 4.0 industry requires improving their employees, especially for freshly graduated employees. Both hard skills and soft skills must be improved. The Computers and Informatics Engineering Department at Bandung State Polytechnic has a software project subject in their curriculum that adapted the Project-Oriented Problem Based Learning (POPBL) method to improve them. It can give the skills experience that the industry needed, especially soft skills for students who act as the software engineering team in this subject. But, after the spread of covid-19, soft skills learning with POPBL must use the online learning platform. The POPBL must be designed with the online learning framework. Based on industrial needs, each student's soft skills are problem-solving, teamwork, responsibility, communication, hard work, and discipline. These two purposes of the research are making the POPBL using the online learning platform and knowing how to use the online learning platform in the POPBL method. The findings in this POPBL research are something happen in POPBL online learning, such as all step in POPBL framework keep running, poor connection and communication device to be a problem that hinders the POPBL process, need more time for lecturer to observe the students directly, and need more time to give the action from the weekly evaluation results. In addition, the impacts of POPBL online learning on soft skills results are founded. Means of the students' soft skills grades and Wilcoxon test are used to get the results of this research. The result of data analysis is four soft skills significantly change. Two of the soft skills significantly increased are responsibility and hard work. Problem solving and communication are decreased considerably. The conclusion is the spread of covid-19 given the impacts on students' soft skills in software project class at Bandung State Polytechnic using the POPBL online learning method.

Tekanan Psikologis Mahasiswa Saat Pembelajaran Jarak Jauh Selama Pandemi COVID-19

Title: Psychological Pressure of Students While Distance Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic
 
 This study aims to describe psychological stress, factors affecting psychological stress, and the dynamic of psychological stress of undergraduate students in long-distance learning during pandemic COVID-19. Respondents of this study are 548 undergraduate students from many universities in Yogyakarta. This study uses a qualitative design with qualitative content analysis. The open-ended questionnaire is used to gain the data. Results of this study are : (1) psychological stress experienced by undergraduate students are anxiety, panic, feeling overwhelmed, bored, lonely, not confidence and have an impact on decreasing motivation to learn; (2) undergraduate students psychological stress is affected by some factors, namely students and lecturer input, learning atmosphere, socialization need, facilities of long-distance learning, and financial support; (3) the dynamics of psychological stress can be explained as follows: the factor that directly affects psychological stress is the low of self-efficacy that is triggered by learning delivery and learning evaluation disorganized. This condition arises due to a combination of competency factors and lecturers' work ethic, academic competence, and student soft skills, as well as inadequate distance learning facilities.

Development of vocational science learning devices to improve project based soft skills

This study aims to produce a Vocational High School Natural Science learning tool to improve project-based soft skills that are valid, practical and effective in developing student soft skills. The method used is Research and Development (R&D) referring to the 4-D model suggested by Thiagarajan with the stages namely define, design, develop, and disseminate. The population in this study were students of class XI in the machine technology group of SMK Negeri 2 Kudus in the academic year 2019/2020 (N = 61). The sample in the study were students of class XI with the expertise of machine technology (n = 34) who were taken by random sampling technique. The data were collected using the device validation sheet, the implementation observation sheet, the teacher's response questionnaire and the student response questionnaire. Data about the validity and practicality of the device in developing learning tools to improve project-based soft skills were analyzed using the right-hand t-test with ? of 0.05.

Increased Emotional Spiritual Quotient through Reflective Learning in Clinical Nursing Students at Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University

Reflection is carried out in the realm of practice, the role of professionals, such as teaching and education. Reflection is also used in the health sector, especially nursing practice. Reflection is important in clinical learning for professional and students' intellectual development. The nursing program on nurses learning with the Competency-Based Curriculum at Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Jakarta has only begun from 12th generation which is still running in hospitals with scientific and Islamic integration. The purpose and significance of this research is to determine the effect of Reflection on ESQ clinical nursing students of Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Jakarta. The research method used was a pre-experimental design. Respondents were 36 nursing students, with purposive sampling. Intervention used Gibbs’s reflective learning step and ESQ questionnaire The analysis data used t dependent test. the results showed that there were significant differences in the ESQ of Nurse students before and after they were given reflective learning. Self-reflection learning as part of clinical nurse learning is able to develop student ESQ and is in line with the integration of science and Islam at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah. It is needed the sustainable development and monitoring of learning with reflective learning in nurses study programs for nurses students so that ESQ as a student soft skill can be optimally achieved to improve the quality of nurses' education in Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Jakarta.

HOW TO USE WRITERS' PIECES OF ART – POPULARIZERS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOFT SKILLS OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS

Fiction writers who are engaged in science is a phenomenon. We studied this phenomenon to gain new opportunities for the development of soft skills in students of technical specialties and to widen the possibility of popularizing scientific achievements. The chronological boundaries of the study cover the period of XVIII – the first half of XX century; geographical boundaries cover Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States. The relevance of the study is related to the relevance of popularizing science among students of technical specialties, as well as the development of soft skills through writing stories about scientific discoveries, fostering interest in reading fiction about science and technology. The purpose of the study was to find psychological and informational material that will affect the emotional sphere of the student's personality and motivate him to write and read works of art about research and innovation. The ability to use research on the role of writers as promoters of science and technology depends on how we provide information about their works. In this regard, we offer a psychological technique to impress readers of scientific stories, i.e. the effect of “wow” as a combination of the factor “wow” and the halo effect. Stories about science affect different areas of human activity. They are used to address environmental, medical, political and other issues. The information material of the study confirms the following: if scientists and inventors do not demonstrate the consequences of their inventions and discoveries, it leads to erroneous assumptions, causes alarm in society and affects the mind of the individual. We studied the nature of writers' connection to science and sought answers to the question of whether writing works of art and the ability to do research could be equal aspects of an individual's abilities. The results of the study prove that these abilities predominate in only one area of activity. We also support the view that writers can be impartial promoters of science and technology. However, we propose this idea for discussion because writers demonstrate more the ethical side of the interaction between science and the human mind than they disseminate scientific facts. The further development of the study will be related to the study of the influence of science fiction on consciousness, namely how science fiction informs the reader about the current state of the world and draws attention to the changes we must make as a species.