EMPOWERING TOMORROW: UNLOCKING STUDENTS POTENTIAL THROUGH SOFT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
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https://doi.org/10.17770/iss2024.8357Keywords:
soft skills, creativity, problem solving, critical thinking, leadershipAbstract
The development of soft skills is crucial for success in the modern workplace. Soft skills refer to a range of interpersonal, problem-solving, and communication abilities that are necessary for effective collaboration with others. Developing creativity, personal leadership, complex problem solving, and critical thinking skills among students in a real-life context with guidance from coaches and collaboration with companies. This article aims to address the following research questions: What is the theoretical perception of soft skills? How can soft skills be categorized based on theory and practice? Which categories of soft skills are distinguished from the students' point of view. First insights suggest that the problem-solving soft skill is the one that the students felt had enhanced the most during their studies, also it was the critical thinking the creativity that the students felt enhanced the most during their studies.
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