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Does industry experience increase the teaching of “soft” skills in community college classrooms?
Author(s) -
Hora Matthew T.,
Lee Changhee
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
new directions for community colleges
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0733
pISSN - 0194-3081
DOI - 10.1002/cc.20467
Subject(s) - soft skills , community college , psychology , pedagogy , mathematics education , medical education , medicine , social psychology
Abstract Industry experience is widely viewed as an important requirement for community college teachers, as it may provide instructors with insights on how to teach important workplace “soft” skills. In this chapter, we discuss a study exploring this issue and why industry experience alone is insufficient preparation for effective skills‐focused teaching.