Download or read book Hard Work on Soft Skills Teaching and Learning Ways to be Happy written by Valeria Caggiano and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Teaching Soft Skills in a Hard World written by Nancy Armstrong Melser and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-12-14 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will introduce fourteen of the most important soft skills in the field of education. It will explain how each skill is used in teaching as well as ideas for how to model and explain them in college classrooms, field experiences, and student teaching. The chapters also contain ideas for administrators and mentor teachers who are working with beginning teachers. Hopefully, by learning the soft skills of teaching, pre-service education students and beginning teachers will become successful instructors and models of good citizenship in future classrooms.

Download or read book ECEL 2019 18th European Conference on e Learning written by Rikke Ørngreen and published by Academic Conferences and publishing limited. This book was released on 2019-11-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book ECGBL 2020 14th European Conference on Game Based Learning written by Panagiotis Fotaris and published by Academic Conferences limited. This book was released on 2020-09-24 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 14th European Conference on Games Based Learning (ECGBL 2020), hosted by The University of Brighton on 24-25 September 2020. The Conference Chair is Panagiotis Fotaris and the Programme Chairs are Dr Katie Piatt and Dr Cate Grundy, all from University of Brighton, UK.

Download or read book Soft Skills for Kids written by Nancy Armstrong Melser and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-05-11 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children today are going through a lot—they are busy with school, involved in extracurricular activities, and trying to navigate the world of COVID and other concerns. Teachers and parents are busy too—with work, school, and parenting activities. How will they have the time to teach valuable skills such as manners and respect to children? These are “soft skills”; the skills necessary to work with others and be a respected and valuable citizen in the workplace of tomorrow. Soft Skills for Kids: In Schools, at Home, and Online, 2nd Edition, focuses on ways that teachers and parents can work together to teach soft skills to the children in their lives. This book is not a curriculum program or set of lessons to help children, but rather a series of “teachable moments” in which adults teach strategies to children as they happen. Finally, as the education of children has changed recently due to the pandemic with an increased number of children learning online, this book will be a great resource for how adults can work together to help children learn soft skills—in schools, at home, and online.

Download or read book 7 Skills for the Future written by Emma-Sue Prince and published by Pearson UK. This book was released on 2019-03-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This business book is great for leaders, middle managers, entrepreneurs and anyone interested in: PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT SOFT SKILLS FOR THE FUTURE RESILIENCE & ADAPTABILITY "Although we are born with these seven skills, it is never too late to improve the way we use them in life and work. Everyone should buy this book and keep it by their bedside for reference. This way each of us can continually increase our happiness, success and well-being.” - Mark Swindell, Founder and CEO of Rock Rail "It has been a delight to work with Emma- Sue she has so much passion for what she does. Her workshop and book are excellent and particularly fit well with our core company values, definitely 7 key skills we need for our future!" – Tanya Zuchowski Learning & Development Manager at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP. “A great CV might open a door but these 7 skills will determine your future success and happiness - this gem of a book will help you to develop these essential work and life skills.” Dr Lisa Day, Director of Studies Online MBA, University of Liverpool “Life is too important to live without some guidance – this book is THE guidance all of us need to flourish in work and beyond.” University Professor Dr Sarah Mercer, Professor of Language Teaching at the University of Graz, Austria Feeling in control over your life is crucial to success and wellbeing. Our world is changing - so fast, so furiously, so ferociously - that to stand out you need to tap into your own resources and competences. Doing so puts you firmly back into the driving seat of your own life, enabling you to be happier, find and do work you love and have a true sense of purpose. But what are the key competences that you need? 7 Skills for the Future sets the scene for seven new soft skills that will propel you forward. Through a combination of scientific research, no-nonsense advice, practical exercises and case studies, this book shows you how to understand, develop and use: Adaptability - respond better to opportunities and change by being flexible and agile Critical thinking - think smarter, more resourcefully, creatively and collaboratively Empathy - nurture all your relationships by learning how to listen and be present Integrity - trust, values and honesty are the name of the game now as is authenticity Optimism - be the most positive person you know Being Proactive - respond rather than react and learn to reinvent yourself Resilience - make mistakes, bounce back, learn from experience and move on to the next challenge By learning how to tap into these essential skills, and understanding how to put them into practice each day of our lives, we can be happier, more effective and abler to cope with change in an uncertain and exciting future. Happy Reading, please do share your thoughts with us

Download or read book Nurturing Soft Skills written by Peace E. Ani and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nurturing Soft Skills introduces the COACH framework to help parents nurture Confident, Outgoing, Articulate, Creative and Happier children, who feel empowered to try new things and believe they can always bounce back if success is not immediate.

Download or read book Soft Skills in Education written by Jaap Scheerens and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the global movement of putting more emphasis on students’ social and emotional development in education. It provides some order in the unstructured multitude of desirable socio-emotional educational objectives and ambitions that have resulted from this movement and builds on a careful conceptual analysis. It starts out by examining the roots of the movement and discusses different emphases. Next it makes use of instructional and psychological constructs and theories to arrive at meaningful categorizations of major domains and types of social-emotional “skills”. One of the key assumptions is that social and emotional attributes are malleable by means of educational interventions. The book reviews available research evidence for this assumption, taking into account psychological studies and meta-analyses. It then creates new evidence based on a new meta-analysis, which concentrated on the effects of educational interventions on skills associated with the conscientiousness factor of the Big5 taxonomy. In the final chapter, the book discusses the implications for educational policy and practice; a discussion in which attention is given to political and ethical questions about the desirability of treating social and emotional attributes as educational goals.

Download or read book Great at Work written by Morten T. Hansen and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wall Street Journal bestseller—a Financial Times Business Book of the Month and named by The Washington Post as “One of the 11 Leadership Books to Read in 2018”—is “a refreshingly data-based, clearheaded guide” (Publishers Weekly) to individual performance, based on a groundbreaking study. Why do some people perform better at work than others? This deceptively simple question continues to confound professionals in all sectors of the workforce. Now, after a unique, five-year study of more than 5,000 managers and employees, Morten Hansen reveals the answers in his “Seven Work Smarter Practices” that can be applied by anyone looking to maximize their time and performance. Each of Hansen’s seven practices is highlighted by inspiring stories from individuals in his comprehensive study. You’ll meet a high school principal who engineered a dramatic turnaround of his failing high school; a rural Indian farmer determined to establish a better way of life for women in his village; and a sushi chef, whose simple preparation has led to his unassuming restaurant being awarded the maximum of three Michelin stars. Hansen also explains how the way Alfred Hitchcock filmed Psycho and the 1911 race to become the first explorer to reach the South Pole both illustrate the use of his seven practices. Each chapter “is intended to inspire people to be better workers…and improve their own work performance” (Booklist) with questions and key insights to allow you to assess your own performance and figure out your work strengths, as well as your weaknesses. Once you understand your individual style, there are mini-quizzes, questionnaires, and clear tips to assist you focus on a strategy to become a more productive worker. Extensive, accessible, and friendly, Great at Work will help us “reengineer our work lives, reduce burnout, and improve performance and job satisfaction” (Psychology Today).

Download or read book Soft Skills and Hard Values written by Kerry J. Kennedy and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-11-07 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To help researchers, educators and policy makers understand and support the development of 21st-century skills in schools, this edited volume explores the various iterations of "soft" skills with a particular focus on their implications for values and evaluates ways in which "soft skills" and "hard" values can be integrated. Discourse throughout the 21st century has focused on the changing nature of work, the need for new skill sets and the disruptive effects of new technologies. This has been a neo-liberal discourse that subordinated personal and individual needs to the needs of a productive workforce delivering more and more efficiencies linked to higher and higher profits. The solution is often seen to be in the development of a school curriculum that focuses on work-ready skills for an increasingly complex work environment and its demands. Agencies such as OECD and UNESCO highlight the need to link the skills agenda with complementary values. Yet this process is at a very early stage. The proponents of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) for example highlight the impact of new technologies, not just on work but also on the social world. Yet they neglect to explore the values that would be needed in these new disruptive environments. This book takes up that issue and lays out the multiple value systems that are available for this new 21st century world. It is an important resource for policy makers, academics and teachers with responsibility for a new generation.

Download or read book Soft Skills written by M. S. Rao and published by I. K. International Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2010 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a very timely book. With the world still reeling from the aftershocks of the global credit crunch . Professor M.S Rao offers a number of extremely useful maps to young people who need to navigate the territory of creating their own success in organizational life. He also offers practical help to the reader to develop the soft skills that are so vital in developing effective working relationships. - Anne Gimson, Managing Director, strategic Developments International Limited U.K. and Editor, Development & Learning in Organization An international journal. Here is a book which fills a certain vacuum, Professor M.S. Rao unravels the significance of soft skills and provides guidelines to acquire them. A must-read book for all aspiring managers. Vinod K. Dikshit Managing Editor Indian Edition, Leadership Excellence. The Direction in which education starts a man will determine his future . Plato Currently there is a wide chasm between the campus and the industry. There is vast gap between the art and the craft. The book helps in connecting the campus with the corporate by bridging the gap between the campus and the industry and by blending both the art and the craft. It helps you understand and appreciate both soft and hard skills. It differentiates between unemployability and unemployment. It enlightens you about the expectations of employers. It equips you with tools and techniques to enhance your employability. Finally it builds your confidence and competence to bag your coveted job. The book is divided into three sections. Section I deals with various aspects of soft skills and what constitutes soft skills. Section II outlines the current challenges in the Indian educational system. Section III emphasizes on overcoming the challenges. It unveils the secrets and strategies in enhancing employability. The book concludes that an integrated and coordinated approach by all the stakeholders such as educational institutions, educators, students, recruiters and parents is essential in enhancing employability among youth. The book is beneficial to all those who would like to enhance their employability skills and also to educators, employees, educational institutions, recruiters and above all students.

Download or read book Soft Skills written by André Iland and published by iland business pages. This book was released on 2013-01-03 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you look for a book dealing with soft skills with a difference, here it is! Yes, you are at the right place for the right material. This special book deals with not only the importance of soft skills, also the use of it both at your workplace and at your homes. The concern is that you are going to make a difference not only in your workplace also in your family. As the book emphasizes the importance of soft skills for making your professional career highly on demand, it also shows ways to make your family life more pleasant and happy - A search for a 'homely relationship' with your wife, and children. Soft skills are interpersonal and intra-personal skills and they objectively refer to a term relating to a person's "EQ" (Emotional Intelligence Quotient). This is a 'package' of skills related to personality development that including social skills, communication and language skills, interpersonal habits, assertiveness, friendliness and optimism that demonstrate the relationship with the other. Soft skills remain essential to any person who wants to demonstrate the maturity of thinking and responding to the people and situations. Soft skills are personal skills, which make a person more polished and more successful. Soft skills are part of interpersonal and intra-personal skills that play a crucial role in demonstrating the characterized relationship with the other. Soft skills differentiate a person from the other based on his/her interpersonal relationship within the group or outside of it. Behavioral experts say that there are many soft skills, which need to make our interaction with people or the environment friendly and productive. Another reason for training ourselves in soft skills is that they are not taught in schools or colleges to an extent comparable to the regular academic studies. Soft Skills make you assertive in your approach to your peers or customers. Assertiveness can be defined as the ability to express yourself without being rude or aggressive. The fine-tuning of character is done with the soft skills. Soft skills enable the employee to focus on real time problems and challenges that he/she faces ordinarily at the work place. Soft skills are not those, which are in demand only in work places or with colleagues, or with bosses. It is not that as an employee with a dream to go up on your professional ladder, you should not be demonstrating your soft skills professionally in your workplace or with your peers and superiors. Recognizing the individuality of the other and valuing their perspectives are important qualities of interpersonal relationship. However, it is also important to distinguish the difference between being assertively friendliness and submissive. It means, you should not permit the other to trample over you and crush your dignity. Strong interpersonal skills imply the ability to interact with confidence and soft skills make this possible for you in your life. This book is written keeping in mind the contemporary trend on soft skills and their importance in today's world. iland business publishing specialises in the area of reference guides for readers seeking practical information to improve themselves in careers, finance, and other related core business topics.We bring our readers the information they need to stay in step with required skills and techniques. Our authors are experts in their fields and deliver well-written, easy-to-follow, yet comprehensive books that inform, advise, and educate.

Download or read book Bridging the Soft Skills Gap written by Bruce Tulgan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Solve the number one problem with today's young workforce—the soft skills gap The number one challenge with today's young talent is a problem hiding in plain sight: the ever-widening soft skills gap. Today's new, young workforce has so much to offer—new technical skills, new ideas, new perspective, new energy. Yet too many of them are held back because of their weak soft skills. Soft skills may be harder to define and measure than hard skills, but they are just as critical. People get hired because of their hard skills but get fired because of their soft skills. Setting a good example or simply telling young workers they need to improve isn't enough, nor is scolding them or pointing out their failings in an annual review. However you can teach the missing basics to today's young talent. Based on more than twenty years of research, Bruce Tulgan, renowned expert on the millennial workforce, offers concrete solutions to help managers teach the missing basics of professionalism, critical thinking, and followership—complete with ninety-two step-by-step lesson plans designed to be highly flexible and easy to use. Tulgan's research and proven approach has show that the key to teaching young people the missing soft skills lies in breaking down critical soft skills into their component parts, concentrating on one small component at a time, with the help of a teaching-style manager. Almost all of the exercises can be done in less than an hour within a team meeting or an extended one-on-one. The exercises are easily modified and customized and can be used as take-home exercises for any individual or group, to guide one-on-one discussions with direct-reports and in the classroom as written exercises or group discussions. Managers—and their young employees—will find themselves returning to their favorite exercises over and over again. One exercise at a time, managers will build up the most important soft skills of their new, young talent. These critical soft skills can make the difference between mediocre and good, between good and great, between great and one of a kind.

Download or read book Rocket Way written by Ranjith Kuttumman and published by OrangeBooks Publication. This book was released on 2023-02-15 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I've worked in small-scale industries for thirteen years. About two and a half years ago, I had an idea to empower small businesses in my country. I left my job and began my research. I interviewed a sizable number of managers, owners, and employees to identify the blind spots. The inference was that most small business owners don't feel proud and serious about their businesses. There are nineteen key areas that, in my research, need to be prioritized for a small business to function at its top standard. The nineteen titles have the potential to enhance the work environment and growth potential of small businesses. My book is all set, it contains 62, 000 words.

Download or read book The Essential Soft Skills You Need written by Vishal Choudhary and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-20 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What will you learn? Learn about key soft skills that contribute to career success Understand the importance of soft skills in professional development Learn how to be a successful Leader Utilize soft skills to build your personal and professional network Learn problem solving, conflict resolution and be a better Leader Apply soft skills to specific situations and bring about solution ( problem solving)Requirements for the course: An open mind willing to learn Having self awareness A notebook and pen to make notes A strong will ready to accept change in HabitsWho is this course for?This course is ideal for professionals, managers and leaders who want to improve their soft skills. Any professional who wishes to take up more challenging role in management and leadership in future?A quick introductionHaving the technical skills and knowledge to successfully execute your tasks is one part of your success at workplace. Technical knowledge to do a job is called hard skills and this is very much needed for you to get a job and be efficient at work, however in order to be successful in career one needs to have great soft skills. Soft skills are those skills that allow us to work efficiently with others be it co workers, team members or Management No matter what you position, organization or industry is you will continue to work with other employees. Investing your time and thoughts in developing and improving your soft skill will contribute to a more efficient and more productive you at the work place. Having better soft skills will give you and your team a sense of happiness and better job satisfaction.Concept of Soft Skills...Hard skills reflect ones knowledge, Soft skills indicate who the person really is.When we look at any resume we see it is generally filled with details of what the person knows, these are skills that a person may acquire by Education or professional work experience or any other training received as part of work.Hard skills are important, hard skills make you qualify to be called for an interview or meeting, for an example if a company wishes to hire software engineers, the minimum qualification would be knowledge of software certain degree, diplomas and certifications would be kept as a minimum qualifier for selection to Interviews, same way it is very difficult for a mechanical engineer to be called for an interview of financial analyst. Whatever you career aspirations may be domain knowledge and depth in the certain area of work is critical for you to be successful.However, only the domain knowledge is not enough, in a fast changing world the expectations of employer is changing rapidly as well. Hard skills can be your entry ticket to Interview. But you may require soft skills to get through the interview, we must keep in mind everyone who is appearing for the interview has certain minimum qualification and most of the candidates that have been called have similar qualification and experience, what makes some of them get selected.In some cases domain knowledge or hard skills can get you selected for a job, however to be successful in the job you would require soft skills.In today's world of fierce competition and globalization, organizations are paying high attention to every minute details, they are increasingly looking at what value are you able to bring to the organization, not only in terms of your domain but also, team spirit, interpersonal skills, communication skills, prioritizing the work, how would you be able to face difficult situation.Communication skills, both written and verbal, ability to remain calm during phone conversations, video conference or presentation skills will add to your chances of getting selected for the job and also help you get success in your role.

Download or read book 10 Things Employers Expect Their Employees to Know written by Frederick H. Wentz and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This soft skills workbook is an excellent tool for individuals preparing to look for or start new jobs, as well as individuals who are currently working but need to step back and evaluate their performance. It is a practical, helpful guide about acting appropriately and professionally on a job and addresses realities of the working world and how to cope with them, and not just ideal situations. Soft skills are the nontechnical skills and traits that an individual needs to function in the workplace. They include four sets of workplace competencies: oral communication skills, interpersonal and teamwork skills, personal qualities and work ethic, and problem solving and other cognitive skills. Two very important soft skills addressed in this workbook are work attitude and work behavior. Work attitude is the way an employee feels about his or her job and the approach to the job. It is internal and cannot be seen by other employees. A positive work attitude is the ability to carry out job tasks and work assignments with pride. Work behavior is the way an employee does his or her actual job and how the job gets done. It is usually a direct response to his or her work attitude. It can be seen by other employees. A positive work behavior includes the knowledge, hard work, dedication, and skill put into the finished product.

Download or read book Happiness Education written by Gerald W. Fry and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-31 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection challenges the common preoccupation with knowledge acquisition and academic achievement by comparing the aims and cultural beliefs which drive education in different countries throughout the world. Through case studies from countries in Asia, Latin America, Africa, and Europe, the authors present how education can be approached holistically to foster student happiness and well-being. The book illustrates wide-ranging interpretations of what it means to provide a "good education," and how student-centered, holistic approaches to learning can be effective in promoting creativity, tolerance, student well-being, and an appreciation of environmental and societal responsibilities. Based on rigorous mixed-method empirical research, it highlights how the integration of happiness in education can not only enhance academic excellence but can also have a positive impact on the students’ overall well-being. This cutting-edge book focuses on the holistic development and well-being of students and will be a relevant reading for educators, researchers, and students in such diverse fields as psychology, the sociology and philosophy of education, intercultural education, education policy and politics, leadership/management, mental health, and international and comparative education.