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Separate or Integrate? The Contribution of the Workshop Model to Effectively Embedding Generic Skills

Author(s) -

Anne Daly,

Lynne Leveson,

Peter Dixon

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

asian social science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1911-2025

pISSN - 1911-2017

DOI - 10.5539/ass.v7n4p45

Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , teamwork , psychology , transferable skills analysis , sustainability , social skills , skills management , mathematics education , engineering ethics , medical education , knowledge management , pedagogy , computer science , higher education , political science , engineering , medicine , ecology , artificial intelligence , law , psychotherapist , biology

A major question for the generic skills project (Graduate Skills, 2010) was how best to promote the development of these skills for students in business. This question has preoccupied educationalists for decades and a variety of strategies are currently in use. This paper reviews the literature in the area and proposes an additional approach to the development of generic skills ? the use of intensive workshops. Beginning with students and later incorporating teaching staff, a series of one- to three-day workshops were held at various universities around Australia. These were well received by both the students and academics who participated. Student feedback from the workshops showed they had improved their understanding of the four generic skills discussed ? critical thinking, teamwork, sustainability and ethical practice ? and had especially enjoyed learning in a socially interactive and challenging environment. These results suggest that the workshop model has considerable potential either in stand-alone form or as a complement to an existing strategy for generic skills development.

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