By . One of the things post-secondary education does poorly is questioning its orthodoxies, particularly when it comes to the value of what it is the sector produces. I’m talking in particular about graduate skills. More...
7 mars 2019
5 mars 2019
Ohio State University has figured out how to teach hard and soft skills
More than ever before, colleges are figuring out how to help students enter the workforce with the most up-to-date hard and soft skills possible. More...
5 mars 2019
How can higher ed address the soft skills gap?
A report finds that graduates lack the soft skills needed for workplace success. More...
3 mars 2019
Poll: Voters Support Funding for Skills Training
By Paul Fain. A national survey of 1,000 likely voters in the 2020 general election found that 93 percent of respondents supported increasing investment in skills and technical training. More...
1 mars 2019
Reading Program Didn't Boost Skills
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Reading Program Didn't Boost Skills
When you spend $50 million on e-learning, you expect results. That's not what happened in the Los Angeles Unified School District, which purchased Pearson Education's Waterford Early Reading Program four years ago only to find after a study that the software didn't help, and sometimes hindered, student learning. More...
27 février 2019
Teaching the Skill of Learning to Learn
Colleges have long dismissed the skill of learning as mere study skills, but there’s growing interest in giving students a richer sense of how to gain knowledge, argues Ulrich Boser. More...
27 février 2019
Developing Your Teamwork Skills
Ads for both academic and nonacademic jobs highlight teamwork, writes Pallavi Eswara, who give tips on how to develop those skills and then demonstrate you possess them. More...27 février 2019
Lu pour vous : Les compétences du 21e siècle
Ça démarre fort et ça sonne comme un défi pour les individus soucieux, à l’ère de la culture numérique de s’adapter au monde de demain ! Dès les premières lignes, dans un style d’écriture fluide, l’auteur nous plonge dans les théories des compétences et de l’intelligence. L’objectif de cet ouvrage tend à mettre en perspective les bouleversements économiques, technologiques et sociétaux et leurs effets sur la façon de concevoir les nouvelles compétences de demain. Plus...
24 février 2019
Survey: Employers Want ‘Soft Skills’ From Graduates
Employers want college graduates who have “soft skills,” such as being a good listener or thinking critically, but they have difficulty finding such candidates, according to a new report. More...
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