The importance of soft skills: Education beyond academic knowledge.

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dc.contributor.authorSchulz, Bernd
dc.date.accessioned2009-12-03T08:22:38Z
dc.date.available2009-12-03T08:22:38Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractThis paper makes a survey of the importance of soft skills in students’ lives both at college and after college. It discusses how soft skills complement hard skills, which are the technical requirements of a job the student is trained to do. The paper exhorts educators to take special responsibility regarding soft skills, because during students’ university time, educators have major influence on the development of their students’ soft skills. Embedding the training of soft skills into hard skills courses is a very effective and efficient method of achieving both an attractive way of teaching a particular content and an enhancement of soft skills. Soft skills fulfil an important role in shaping an individual’s personality. It is of high importance for every student to acquire adequate skills beyond academic or technical knowledge.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSchulz, B. (2008). The importance of soft skills: Education beyond academic knowledge. Nawa Journal of Communication, 2(1), 146-154.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1993-3835.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10628/39
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNUST of Namibia, Department of Communication.en_US
dc.subjectSoft skills - Study and teaching
dc.subjectProject management skills - Study and teaching
dc.subjectBusiness management skills - Study and teaching
dc.subjectPersonal skills - Study and teaching
dc.subjectSocial skills - Study and teaching
dc.subjectLanguage skills - Study and teaching
dc.subjectCultural awareness skills - Study and teaching
dc.titleThe importance of soft skills: Education beyond academic knowledge.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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