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Developing Soft Skills in the Business Classrooms of Industrial Engineering Students in Brazil
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Roberth Andres Villazon Montalvan; Annibal Affonso Neto; Clóvis Neumann – Journal of International Education in Business, 2024
Purpose: In today's highly competitive global business environment, there is a growing demand for professionals who possess well-developed soft skills. Such abilities include flexibility, effective communication and other skills. Soft skills are personal attributes and qualities that are more closely related to the emotional side of human beings.…
Descriptors: Soft Skills, Engineering Education, Student Development, Career Readiness
Vertically Integrated Project: Uniting Teaching, Research, and Community in Favor of Sustainability
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Cristiano Morini; Edmundo Inacio Junior; Anibal Tavares de Azevedo; Francisco Elíseo Fernandes Sanches; Eduardo Avancci Dionisio – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2025
Purpose: Higher education institutions (HEIs) are crucial in sustainable development. To this end, they must infuse sustainability into all their endeavors. This study aims to delve into the unique vertically integrated project (VIP), a project-based learning approach and its impact on students' skills and the surrounding community.…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Colleges, Active Learning, Student Projects
Soft Skills in Design Education, Identification, Classification, and Relations: Proposal of a Conceptual Map
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de Freitas, Ana Paula Nazaré; Almendra, Rita Assoreira – Design and Technology Education, 2021
Soft skills are interpersonal, social, and emotional competencies, transversal to various fields of knowledge and life. In the Knowledge Age, soft skills play an essential role in the differentiation of human work. Nevertheless, in design education, there are still few studies on soft skills. This study brings a conceptual map of soft skills in…
Descriptors: Soft Skills, 21st Century Skills, Classification, Thinking Skills
Balancing Skills in the Digital Transformation Era: The Future of Jobs and the Role of Higher Education
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Goulart, Vera G.; Liboni, Lara Bartocci; Cezarino, Luciana Oranges – Industry and Higher Education, 2022
Developing human resources and matching job profiles are essential tasks to promote economic and social growth. The technology-related job market has undergone significant changes over recent years, mainly due to technological advances that have pushed industry toward new demands for skilled professionals. This change in required skills and…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Higher Education, Technology Education, Information Technology
Bang the Gavel: Animal Experimentation on Trial--An Interdisciplinary Mock Trial at the School of Health Sciences
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Ghimouz, Rym; O'Sullivan, Siobhan; Baltatu, Ovidiu Constantin; Campos, Luciana Aparecida – Advances in Physiology Education, 2021
Active learning activities offer opportunities for medical students to facilitate the retention of knowledge and develop soft skills. We aimed to create a guide for an interdisciplinary mock trial learning activity within the medical curriculum of the College of Medicine, Anhembi Morumbi University--Laureate International Universities, Sao Paulo,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Active Learning, Medical Education, Medical Students
Collaborative Online International Learning in Physiology: A Case Study
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Jose Ignacio Priego-Quesada; Andresa M. C. Germano; Daniel Schmidt; Alberto Encarnacion-Martínez; Andressa L. Lemos; Carlos Sendra-Perez; Conrado T. Laett; Emmanuel S. da Rocha; Falk Zaumseil; Fran Oficial-Casado; Inaê de Oliveira; Inmaculada Aparicio-Aparicio; Jesús A. Escalona-Navarro; Joaquín Martín Marzano-Felisatti; Marina Gil-Calvo; Ignacio Catalá-Vilaplana; Niclas Masuch; Pedro Pérez-Soriano; Roberto Sanchis-Sanchis; Felipe P. Carpes – Advances in Physiology Education, 2024
Internationalization in higher education is essential, and although active learning methodologies are increasing and allow students to develop transversal skills, most still have a very local scope. In this context, the Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) methodology is an interesting approach to benefit the students' development.…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Science Education, Biomechanics, International Education