Teaching and learning employability skills in career and technical education : industry, educator, and student perspectives
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Teaching and learning employability skills in career and technical education : industry, educator, and student perspectives
（Palgrave studies in urban education / Alan R. Sadovnik and Susan F. Semel）
Palgrave Macmillan, c2020
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Description
This book examines how industry-desired employability skills-or "soft skills"-are taught and learned in high school career and technical education (CTE) engineering and engineering technology programs. Identifying, recruiting, and keeping workers with strong personal and interpersonal skills is a constant challenge for STEM employers who need to hire young workers to replace an aging technical workforce. To answer the call, teachers interviewed explained that they maintain regimented daily classroom routines that include individual and small group hands-on activities and projects. In turn, their students explain learning personal responsibility, work ethic, teamwork, leadership, conflict management, and social skills in the classroom. Narratives from the workforce and classroom interweave to put employability skills frameworks into action.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Employability Skills in the 21st Century Workforce2. Background and Methodology3. Core Elements of Work Ethic4. Flexibility and Interpersonal Skills5. Personal Responsibility and Work Ethic6. Interpersonal Skills7. Projects and Activities that Promote Employability Skills8. Eyes Toward the Future
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