The role of education on the acquisition of 21st century soft skills by Engineering students

Nicola, Susana; Pinto, Carla M. A.; Mendonça, Jorge

doi:10.1109/cispee.2018.8593495

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“…Various aspects of the problems of cognitive independence are considered in a huge number of scientific studies ( [23], [40]), including general issues ( [31], [39]), the structure of cognitive independence ( [9]), various methods of activating cognitive independence ( [9], [24], [31], [39]), etc. are being studied.…”

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Method for assessing the information content of factors forming the cognitive independence of students

Lavrov

Логвіненко

Siryk

et al. 2021

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

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The article describes the problem of awakening the cognitive activity of students, arising due to revolutionary transformations in teaching technologies. It shows the need to study the factors that affect cognitive activity and assesses the information content of those factors. Based on the method of pair comparisons, a technology for ranking the factors affecting cognitive activity has been developed. A mathematical model of the formation and processing of expert assessment results and an example of calculations are given, and the feasibility of including the subsystem for evaluating factors affecting cognitive activity in the computer control system of the university is shown. The structure of an adaptive e-learning system based on the technology of taking into account the factors that form the cognitive independence of students is described Experiments carried out in 3 universities of Ukraine have shown that the use of the developed mathematical model and information technology allows to increase significantly academic performance and to decrease the frequency of refusals from independent work of students using the e-learning environment.

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“…Identification of factors of cognitive independence is the main prerequisite (first stage) of activation of cognitive independence, as shown in [23], [31].…”

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Method for assessing the information content of factors forming the cognitive independence of students

Lavrov

Логвіненко

Siryk

et al. 2021

J. Phys.: Conf. Ser.

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“… the development of strategic partnership of EC entities with business entities from the real sector of the economy [15];…”

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Methodology of a Strategy Formation for Innovative Development of the Educational Complex in the Information Society

Tsibizova

Terekhova

et al. 2020

ITM Web Conf.

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The article is devoted to the management of innovative development of complicated socio-economic systems. Such a system is the educational system and its institutional forms, united into the concept of “educational complex”. Models and tasks of implementing the innovative development of the non-state (commercial) and budget (state) sectors of educational complexes are shown in this work. The following principles are proposed as the basis of the concept of innovative development of education in the conditions of the information society: the maximum usage of opportunities, which are provided by the information society; assistance in the formation and development of a single information and communication space. As an example of analysis of the quality of innovative processes occurring in educational complexes, a mathematical model of a distance educational system, which is based on the methods and means of the theory of self-organization – synergetics, is proposed. It is concluded that the implementation of the methodology for managing the innovative development of the educational complex creates the prerequisites for building a quality management system for the educational process.

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“…The common view regarding the training of engineers with soft skills is that higher education institutions have an important role in this but higher education institutions do not give the necessary importance to soft skills (Hairi et al, 2011;Berglund and Heintz, 2014;Cukierman and Palmieri, 2014;Sousa and Mouraz, 2014;Hayati and Mir, 2004;Andersson and Logofatu, 2018;Nicola et al, 2018). Willmot and Colman (2016) stated that responsibility for developing soft skills is not only in higher education institutions but also in other educational institutions, employers, parents, and individuals.…”

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T-Shaped Engineer: Horizontal Component Comprising of Soft Skills

Kokoç

Ersöz

2020

Endüstri Mühendisliği

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Under 21st century conditions, engineering education should focus not only on professional skills such as design, manufacture, and maintenance but also on soft skills, which play an important role in supporting career advancements, such as communication, interpersonal relations and teamwork. In other words, it is an obligation for engineers to be competent in their own discipline. In addition to its own discipline, it will be a plus to be able to work with individuals from other disciplines and to exchange information seamlessly in the work environment. In this context, graduation as a T-shaped engineer with sensitive skills that will enable this acquisition will be prominent in career planning. The aim of this study is to introduce the T-shaped term that is not yet widespread in Turkey and to investigate soft skills forming the horizontal component of the T-shaped engineer. In line with the purpose of the research, studies on the soft skills that engineers must acquire, the program outcomes determined by the accreditation boards and job ads are analyzed. In addition to the determination of soft skills, suggestions compiled from the literature are presented for higher education institutions to train their students as T-shaped engineers.

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The role of education on the acquisition of 21st century soft skills by Engineering students

Cited by 15 publications

References 9 publications

Method for assessing the information content of factors forming the cognitive independence of students

Method for assessing the information content of factors forming the cognitive independence of students

Methodology of a Strategy Formation for Innovative Development of the Educational Complex in the Information Society

T-Shaped Engineer: Horizontal Component Comprising of Soft Skills

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