Teaching and Learning Employability Skills in Career and Technical Education Industry, Educator, and Student Perspectives |
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| Author:
| Tyson, Will |
| Series title: | Palgrave Studies in Urban Education Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-3-030-58743-7 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2020 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing AG
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| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $159.99 |
Book Description:
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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...
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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.