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- ES1 Ability to identify business opportunities.
6. Leadership Skills And Proactiveness
Leadership and proactiveness incorporate knowledge of the basic principles of leadership and application of the traits of leadership in
one’s interaction with others. -
LS1 Ability to demonstrate basic knowledge of leadership. -
LS2 Ability to take action and to get others engaged
7. Ethics And Integrity
Ethics incorporates the ability to apply high ethical standards in professional practice and social interactions.
- ET1 Ability to act ethically and with a high sense of social
responsibility. -
ET2 Ability to analyze and make ethical decisions when solving problems.
- ET3 Ability to understand the economic, environmental and
socio-cultural impacts of professional practice. The first two elements have always been a focus in any
curriculum and students achievement in these areas can easily be assessed by means of tests, lab reports and assignments. However,
the other seven requirements are a major concern because the teaching of these skills is integrated into the curriculum without
particular emphasis, and it can be difficult to determine whether they are acquired or developed.
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PERSONAL CHARACTERS REQUIRED BY THE WORKPLACES
Prof. Slamet PH Department of Civil Engineering Education
Department of Vocational Education Graduate School Yogyakarta State University
Email :
Abstract
There is a recognition in most of the nations may be all that sustainable development of a nation rests upon the development of
education of its people. Education is supposed to prepare children to be well-rounded people, including preparing for work. Considering
globalization, a nation should be careful in selecting knowledge to be taught for its respective children so that they are suitable with the
characteristics or identities of a respective nation-state, including the knowledge required by the workplaces.
A well-educated workforce is the condition-sine-qua-non for successful workplaces. Current and future workplaces require smart
and good people e.g. the ones who posses workplace know-how, smart mind, good heart character, healthy physics, and
consequently good behaviors. At the present time and even in the future, personal characters are paramount concerns for the
workplaces. The followings are examples of personal characters required by workplaces: works ethics, self-discipline, honesty,
commitment, responsibility, respects for self and others, tolerance, hardworking, interrelationshipsociability, work motivation, courage,
diligence, integrity, adaptability, self-control, faster learner, flexibility, and entrepreneurship.
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School Of Civil Engineering USM Malaysia 2010. What is Outcome Base Education [OBE] retrieved from website:
http:civil.eng.usm.myundergrad CIVIL20USM20WEB- OBE.pdf
Spady, W. G. 1990. High success programme on Outcome-Based Education. Outcome based education video library. Greeley,
Colombia: National Center for Peak Performing Schools.
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E. Model For Implementing Soft Skills In Higher Education
Salih 2007 proposed that the Malaysian approach of infusing soft skills a holistic approach. A holistic approach is used to plan and
implement the soft skills among students of higher education. This approach is based on the combination of several programs and main
activities; formal teaching and learning activities include all curricular and co-curricular elements; support programs academic
and non-academic focused and the students’ campus life students’ residences and the campus surroundings. Hence technical teachers’
preparation programmes at the Faculty of Technical Education UTHM adopt an integrated five-pronged approach refer Figure 5 to
developing soft skills of among the teachers via:
1. the teaching-learning process through the embedded model
2. the teaching-learning process through the stand-alone model
3. the English Language Support Programme ESLP
4. the UTHM Degree ++ programme
5. the students’ campus life
Figure 5 shows the framework for implementing soft skills among students of higher institutions in Malaysia Ministry of Higher
Education Malaysia, 2005. In general, the development of soft skills among the students via the formal teaching and learning activities
takes two models: i stand alone and ii embedded.
