Oxford Scholarship Online 2017
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199373222.003.0010
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Rethinking How We Prepare Students for the Workforce

Abstract: The 21st century has heralded many changes to the nature of work, and to contemporary workplaces. These changes demand workers who can adapt and thrive in dynamic environments and roles. It is the role of educational institutions to cultivate these future workers and foster a range of cognitive and noncognitive skills that are easily transferrable between careers and workplaces. This chapter outlines four noncognitive graduate attributes discussed in previous chapters—respect for diversity, entrepreneurship, i… Show more

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“…Managing the social relationships and interpersonal conflicts of the group may thus become more and more reflected in students' end of semester grades. A second change to education practices is the extent to which graduate attributes (also referred to as 'twenty-first century skills' or 'non-cognitive constructs') are emphasized by schools and universities (e.g., Clarke, Double, & MacCann, 2017). Graduate attributes often include social-emotional skills such as leadership, communication, teamwork and inter-cultural competencies, with some institutions explicitly including EI as a graduate attribute.…”
Section: The Relative Importance Of Ei To Academic Achievementmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Managing the social relationships and interpersonal conflicts of the group may thus become more and more reflected in students' end of semester grades. A second change to education practices is the extent to which graduate attributes (also referred to as 'twenty-first century skills' or 'non-cognitive constructs') are emphasized by schools and universities (e.g., Clarke, Double, & MacCann, 2017). Graduate attributes often include social-emotional skills such as leadership, communication, teamwork and inter-cultural competencies, with some institutions explicitly including EI as a graduate attribute.…”
Section: The Relative Importance Of Ei To Academic Achievementmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Obtaining the qualification of a modern professional and developing his competence in future occupational activity requires applying innovative technologies to form the student's professional subjectivity. Taking into account the above, it is worth noting that currently, the issue of cultivating students' and pupils' individual qualities, which are necessary for them as future specialists in any field of activity, is extremely relevant (Clarke et al, 2017).…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The application of critical thinking is significant both within educational settings and in our daily lives. Moreover, it plays a crucial role in ascertaining individual and communal achievements when confronted with increasingly intricate global predicaments (Butler, 2012;Clarke et al, 2017;Griffin & Care, 2015;Kirschner, 2020). The capacity to reason logically and probabilistically and apply these abilities to real-world problems that are not independent of their content are all included in the definition of critical thinking.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%