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Karras, Konstantinos – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2022
As a nation strives to meet the challenges posed by globalization, which is an issue of the information economy, its strength relies heavily on its citizens' intellectual prowess and critical thinking skills. Thus, institutions of teacher education play a key role in producing teachers who will be able to meet the needs of the time, with empathy,…
Descriptors: Soft Skills, Skill Development, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
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Ocyna Rudmann; Anatolia Batruch; Emilio Paolo Visintin; Nicolas Sommet; Pascal Bressoux; Céline Darnon; Marinette Bouet; Marco Bressan; Genavee Brown; Carlos Cepeda; Anthony Cherbonnier; Marie Demolliens; Anne-Laure De Place; Olivier Desrichard; Théo Ducros; Luc Goron; Brivael Hemon; Pascal Huguet; Eric Jamet; Ruben Martinez; Vincent Mazenod; Nathalie Mella; Estelle Michinov; Nicolas Michinov; Nana Ofosu; Pascal Pansu; Laurine Peter; Benoit Petitcollot; Celine Poletti; Isabelle Régner; Mathilde Riant; Anais Robert; Camille Sanrey; Arnaud Stanczak; Farouk Toumani; Simon Vilmin; Eva Vives; Fabrizio Butera – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2024
Considering the evolving and unpredictable job market, adaptability is an important skill for young adults. Such adaptability implies that schools need to teach key social competences, like communication, collaboration, or problem-solving. In this area, a gender gap has consistently been found, showing that boys display social competences less…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Gender Differences, Interpersonal Competence, Longitudinal Studies
Learning and Work Institute, 2022
This resource has been developed for pre-apprenticeship providers who wish to develop and enhance their programme to ensure that young people are equipped with the key skills they need for an apprenticeship and their future career. This resource is divided into the following sections: (1) Transversal and learn to learn skills; (2) Basic skills;…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Readiness, Knowledge Level, Skill Development
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Clément, Pierre – Comparative Education, 2021
In France, the notion of competence began to be discussed in the early 1990s and was finally enforced in the Education Act of 23 April 2005. Since its emergence, this notion has been strongly opposed by a certain number of teachers, unions and researchers. To understand how competence-based education finally prevailed, I take into account the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Legislation, Competency Based Education, Educational Change
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Dowdall, Shane; Hlobaz, Artur; Milczarski, Piotr; O'Reilly, Derek; Podlaski, Krzysztof; Stawska, Zofia – Informatics in Education, 2021
The development of communication and other soft skills among computer science students is not usually an easy task. Often, curricula focus on technical skills, with team projects being used for the improvement of communication skills. However, these teams usually comprise solely of computer science students. In this paper, we present a didactical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Science Education, Soft Skills, Skill Development
OECD Publishing, 2020
The transition from tertiary education to work involves substantial uncertainty and changes between education programmes, jobs and industries. The current major disruption in the labour market is only going to increase this uncertainty, making it essential for graduates to be prepared for it. Graduates with more dynamic career trajectories are…
Descriptors: College Graduates, College Role, Bachelors Degrees, Masters Degrees
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Dupuy, Béatrice, Ed.; Grosbois, Muriel, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2020
In this volume, language learning and professionalization are explored by addressing the existing gap between pressing needs for enhanced soft skills in work environments wherein technology-mediated, multilingual communication is increasingly the norm, and current foreign language teaching and learning offerings in higher education. Considering…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Professionalism