International Research and Innovation Summit 2017 | |
Soft Skills in Pedagogical Practices with Different Curriculum for Engineering Education | |
Mohamad, M.M.^1 ; Yee, M.H.^1 ; Tee, T.K.^1 ; Ibrahim Mukhtar, M.^1 ; Ahmad, A.^2 | |
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia^1 | |
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia^2 | |
关键词: Civil engineering students; Decision-making skills; Electrical engineering students; Faculty of mechanical engineerings; Higher education institutions; Interpersonal skills; Mechanical engineering students; Pedagogical practices; | |
Others : https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/226/1/012191/pdf DOI : 10.1088/1757-899X/226/1/012191 |
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来源: IOP | |
【 摘 要 】
The rapid growth of the economy in Malaysia is a benchmark for the country's progress. The demand for skilled worker has started to increase from year to year resulted in the implementation of reforms and necessary skills will be applied to each of the graduates who will step into the nature of work. Therefore, a study was conducted to identify the level of soft skills among students in higher education institutions. The study was conducted at the Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) and involved 302 samples of final year students from Faculty of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering. There are several types of soft skills have been viewed on the students such as creative thinking skills, teamwork skills, communication skills, decision-making skills, interpersonal skills and leadership skills. The analysis results show that all of the soft skills are on the high level. Furthermore, the results of ANOVA showed a significant difference in soft skills mastery among Civil Engineering students and Mechanical Engineering students. As a conclusion, the overall level of soft skills mastery among Faculty of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and the Faculty of Electrical Engineering students is on the high level. The soft skills elements are very important in order to produce skills workers that suitable with the industry.
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