A Qualitative Research Study on the Importance of Life Skills on Undergraduate Students' Personal and Social Competencies

Autor/inn/en	Nair, Pradeep Kumar; Fahimirad, Mehrnaz
Titel	A Qualitative Research Study on the Importance of Life Skills on Undergraduate Students' Personal and Social Competencies
Quelle	In: International Journal of Higher Education, 8 (2019) 5, S.71-83 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1927-6044
Schlagwörter	Daily Living Skills; Undergraduate Students; Interpersonal Competence; Foreign Countries; College Freshmen; Correlation; Student Attitudes; Higher Education; Emotional Intelligence; Malaysia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Alltagsfertigkeit; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Ausland; Studienanfänger; Korrelation; Schülerverhalten; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Emotionale Intelligenz
Abstract	Recently, it is more demanding to enter job market since current employers hire staff with some life skills such as leadership, communication skills, time management, problem solving skills, and teamwork. The current study aimed to identify the relationship between life skills program, student's personal efficacy and competencies. Moreover, this study investigated eight students' perceptions of their personal efficacy after understanding life skills program. This study employs a qualitative research approach using an in-depth interview and self-reporting of the life skills module. The participants were randomly selected among freshman undergraduate students who have passed the life skill modules at Taylor's University, Malaysia. This study aimed to identify students' perceptions, competencies after completing life skills modules. It also elaborates on how life skills considered as a technical requirement for hard skills and employees' future. The results of thematic analysis indicated that embedding the life-skills program in the university curriculum plays a key role in shaping students' personal and social competencies. This finding has important implications for educators and educational policy makers to integrate students' life skills into curriculum so as to influence students' professional and interpersonal skills such as team working, communication, leadership, time management, decision making and problem-solving. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01