How Can I Teach Soft Skills to Better Prepare Students for the Workplace?
$19.00 – $399.00
This Magna 20-Minute Mentor discusses core power skills which include: teamwork, communication, positive attitude, critical thinking, professionalism, and time management. You’ll also learn a four phase approach to integrating soft-skill education into a curriculum and how to design related activities to unleash the full potential of your students.
Additional information
Purchase Options | 1-week On-demand Individual Access, 1-month On-demand Institutional Access, Campus Access License |
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How Can I Teach Soft Skills to Better Prepare Students for the Workplace?
Employers demand a talent pool armed with both hard and soft skills. Sadly, the focus on development of the soft skills ends somewhere between kindergarten and college. This Magna 20-Minute Mentor discusses core power skills which include: teamwork, communication, positive attitude, critical thinking, professionalism, and time management. You’ll also learn a four phase approach to integrating soft-skill education into a curriculum and how to design related activities to unleash the full potential of your students.
Purchase the How Can I Teach Soft Skills to Better Prepare Students for the Workplace? 20-Minute Mentor program, presented by Erik Christensen. Gain a clear understanding of the difference between hard skills and soft skills.
Learning Goals
After this program, participants will be able to:
- Have an increased awareness of the need to integrate soft skills into the curriculum
- Learn how to infuse curriculum with activities that focus on developing soft skills but complement the hard skills they are teaching in the class
- Be able to consider ways to integrate soft skill development directly into the curriculum, develop a new, standalone course, or offer as continuing workforce education (CWE) program offering
Topics Covered
What are Soft Skills?
- Definition and examples
- Other names for soft skills
- Difference between soft and hard skills
Why teach Soft Skills?
- Disconnect between students and employer expectations
- Importance employers attribute to soft skills
- What employers are looking for
How to teach Soft Skills:
- Learning Content
- Implementation Options
- Examples of teaching soft skills: Initial discussion, activity, conclusion, and extension activity (assessment)
Audience
This program will benefit:
- Faculty
- Instructional Designers
- Academic Deans
Product Code: PM19MA
Campus Access License
With the purchase of the optional Campus Access License (or Group License when ordering online), registrants are granted a license to download the program contents to a password-protected network, server, or website for additional staff use. You will receive information on downloading the contents of the program within 3-5 business days.
FEATURED PRODUCTS
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- Active and Engaged Students, Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Blended and Flipped Learning, Classroom Climate, Classroom Management, Course Delivery and Instruction, Course Design and Preparation, Digital Library, Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity, Faculty, Faculty Support, Legal Concerns, On-Demand Seminars, Online Assessment, Grading, and Feedback, Online Course Delivery and Instruction, Online Course Design and Preparation, Online Student Engagement, Personal Development, Specific Student Populations, Student Engagement, Supporting Online Faculty, Teaching Strategies, Technology in Online Courses, Technology in the Classroom
- Magna Seminar Series
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