The current practice of student’ soft skill training at Dong Thap University: From the perspectives of students and lecturers, educational managers
Main Article Content
Abstract
The article is aimed at assessing the current situation of soft skills training of students at Dong Thap University. The sample was composed of 600 students from eleven departments; 180 managers, lecturers and employees of Dong Thap University. At the same time, we also designed in-depth interviews with 15 students, 10 lecturers and 5 managers about the present situation of soft skills training at Dong Thap University in the 1st semester of the school year 2021-2022 who were chosen to complete a 27-item questionnaire on a Likert scale to measure their soft skill. The results of the assessment of the current state of soft skills training show an overview of students' soft skills. Based on the results, we could have some proposals to improve soft skills for students at Dong Thap University in order to help each student self-train necessary soft skills to meet the conditions of the realities, social requirements and employers’ expectations.
Article Details
![Creative Commons License](http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc/4.0/88x31.png)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Keywords
Dong Thap University, soft skills, students, soft skills assessment
References
Ashita, C., & Ritu, S. (2018). Evaluating Training Programme Effectiveness for Soft Skills Development. Pramana Research Journal, ISSN NO: 2249-2976.
Gilbert, J. (2005). Catching the knowledge wave? The knowledge society and the future of education. Wellington: NZCER Press.
Mitchell, G. W., Skinner, L. B., & White, B. J. (2010). Essential soft skills for success in the twenty first century workforce as perceived by business educators. Delta Pi Epsilon Journal, 52(1), 43-53
UNESCO. (2003). Life skills -The bridge to human capabilities. UNESCO Education sector position paper. Draft 13 UNESCO 6/2003.
Wats, M., & Wats, R. K. (2009). Developing soft skills in students. The International Journal of Learning, 15(12), 1-10.
Yuval, N. H. (2018). 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. Penguin Random House Publishing House.
Most read articles by the same author(s)
- Dai Nghia Tran, Dinh Vi Nguyen, Current teaching device management at primary schools in Loc Ninh District, Binh Phuoc Province , Dong Thap University Journal of Science: Vol. 12 No. 02S (2023): Special Issue of Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnamese)
- Dai Nghia Tran, Thanh Liem Truong, Current teaching equipment management in middle schools in Thanh Tri district, Soc Trang province , Dong Thap University Journal of Science: Vol. 12 No. 04S (2023): Special Issue of Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnamese)
- Dai Nghia Tran, Truong Sinh Vu, Current experience activities management at primary schools in Vinh Loi district, Bac Lieu province , Dong Thap University Journal of Science: Vol. 12 No. 04S (2023): Special Issue of Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnamese)
- Dai Nghia Tran, Human resource development for experiential education activities in gifted high schools , Dong Thap University Journal of Science: No. 40 (2019): Part A - Social Sciences and Humanities
- Dai Nghia Tran, Thi Hue Nguyen, Current management of experiential activities for students in primary schools Loc Ninh District, Binh Phuoc Province , Dong Thap University Journal of Science: Vol. 12 No. 02S (2023): Special Issue of Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnamese)
- Dai Nghia Tran, Tan Khanh Le, Current ethical education activities management for students in junior high schools Bu Gia Map District, Binh Phuoc Province , Dong Thap University Journal of Science: Vol. 12 No. 02S (2023): Special Issue of Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnamese)
- Dai Nghia Tran, Ngoc Thien Trung Nguyen, Current management of local education activities for students in primary schools Tam Nong district, Dong Thap province , Dong Thap University Journal of Science: Vol. 13 No. 01S (2024): Special Issue of Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnamese)