Development of Employability Skills Through Pragmatic Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes
Development of Employability Skills Through Pragmatic Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes

Author: Subudhi, Bidyadhar

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2022-06-24

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 1668442116

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The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted the teaching-learning experience dramatically, creating an opportunity for new online and blended learning techniques and tools. This has also added a new dimension to practices and methods already adopted for achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs) within education. This requires a new paradigm shift in the teaching-learning process through the systemic and pragmatic assessment of student learning outcomes so that employability skills and competence can be developed in students for competing at the global level. Development of Employability Skills Through Pragmatic Assessment of Student Learning Outcomes discusses the best practices in the assessment of student learning objectives (SLOs), the mapping of SLOs, and the ways of developing employability skills in young minds so that SDGs may be achieved. It elaborates the theory, practice, and importance of developing employability skills through research-based learning. Covering topics such as graduate employability, outcome-based education, and technical undergraduate programs, this premier reference source is an essential resource for employers, libraries, students and educators of higher education, faculty and administration of higher education, pre-service teachers, government organizations, business leaders and managers, human resource managers, researchers, and academicians.

Workforce Readiness
Workforce Readiness

Author: Harold F. O'Neil, Jr.

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2014-03-05

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 1317779088

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Current economic difficulties and the challenge of competing in the world market have necessitated a rethinking of American approaches to the utilization of people in organizations. Management now recognizes a need to have workers take on more responsibility at the points of production, of sale, and of service rendered if the United States is to compete in rapidly changing world markets. This development means that much more is expected of even entry-level members of the American workforce. Thus, even more is expected of our high schools and colleges to provide this type of workforce. The need of American management for workers with greater skills and who can take on greater responsibility has spawned many commissions, task forces, and studies. All of them have contributed to the vast evidence documenting the need for a more highly skilled workforce. These studies are summarized and synthesized in this book. However, what remains largely undone is the development of methods to assess the necessary skills that have been identified. A major portion of this book deals with assessment issues. Workforce Readiness: Competencies and Assessment explores the state-of-the-art in the specification of competencies (skills) and their assessment for students entering the world of work from both high school and college. Both individual and team competencies are examined via data that has been reported and collected in various settings--schools, laboratories, and industrial facilities.

Work Readiness Skills Assessment Kit. Preparing Students for Entry to Apprentice and Traineeship Opportunities
Work Readiness Skills Assessment Kit. Preparing Students for Entry to Apprentice and Traineeship Opportunities

Author: Yvette Bokisch

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 37

ISBN-13:

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This resource is designed to support teachers in assessing young people's understanding of how to go about securing employment. The resource is underpinned by the Mayer key competencies and identifies competencies in 3 key contexts; job investigation skills, job seeking skills; and recruitment process skills. It provides guidelines on how classroom activities can be used as a way of assessing individual work readiness skills, a selection of sample forms and selection tests in numeracy, reading and mechanical reasoning and a model CV and letter of application. It also includes some useful tips for performing well at interview. Teachers of work related skills VCAL programs with a work preparation focus are likely to find this a useful resource. Contents: -Introduction -Work Ready Skills - an overview -Work Ready Skills checklist -Implementing a Work Ready Program -Activities *Section 1: Recruitment Process *Section 2: Job investigation *Section 3: Forms *Section 4: Selection tests *Section 5: C.V.s *Section 6: Applications *Section 7: Interviews.

Training and Assessment - Theory and Practice
Training and Assessment - Theory and Practice

Author: Michelle Travers

Publisher: Cengage AU

Published: 2017-10-04

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13: 0170371646

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Training and Assessment - Theory and Practice, 1e covers all core units and essential elective units of TAE40116 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment. It takes both theoretical and pragmatic approaches to help learners gain essential knowledge and skills through solid and well-researched theories by respected authors. Each chapter is a self-contained unit that offers sufficient volume of learning and volume of assessment to support delivery of training and assessment. Designed as part textbook/part workbook, the A4 spiral bound, full-colour format increases student engagement particularly for visual and experiential learners. A customisable premium Assessment Pack can be purchased separately to help institutions design, develop and administer assessments more effectively and efficiently. For more information visit - https://cengage.com.au/vet/assessments

Building Soft Skills for Employability
Building Soft Skills for Employability

Author: Tran Le Huu Nghia

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-09-12

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1000652092

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This book is among the first of its kind to comprehensively examine the implementation of soft skills in universities in the developing country, Vietnam. The context is unique as the implementation is taking place within the distinctive socio-economic, cultural and political characteristics of the country, amidst several simultaneously-executed educational reforms. Tran lays down the foundation for discussion by providing readers with a comprehensive review of how soft skills implementation has come into existence in higher education across the globe, before diving into the implementation of soft skills in Vietnamese universities. He goes on to highlight the interesting differences in the conceptualization of soft skills between Vietnamese universities and those in the West. The book depicts and compares how university leaders and managers tackle contextual factors, submit to constraints enforced by political forces, and how they use institutional advantages available for implementation. It goes further to examine how personal and contextual factors affect teachers’ and students’ engagement with the implementation, and highlights the role of work-integrated learning and extra-curricular activities in developing soft skills for students. Finally, the book investigates the contribution of external stakeholders, such as alumni, employers, skills experts, and local authorities, to the implementation and obstacles that prevent their participation. This book will be a valuable reference for the implementation of soft skills in higher education around the world.

Developing Graduate Employability Skills
Developing Graduate Employability Skills

Author: Mercy V. Chaita

Publisher: Universal-Publishers

Published: 2016-01-06

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 1627340564

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This book is more than a prescription for success in developing employability skills and provides guidance on topics of relevancy to the employment environment. This book is unique and distinguished from similar books in that it provides a hand-holding approach which is complemented by solid case studies emphasizing the perspectives of employers. In addition, the book focuses on a broad-based audience, starting from the grassroots audience of graduates. However, as the book progresses, the techniques provided address issues that relate to any job seeker, be it jobless or merely seeking change of employment. The audience will benefit from models such as Skills Audit, Interview techniques and the whole employment process from pre-interview preliminaries to completing a successful probationary period.