sutton 2014 symp integrating 21st century skills across the curriculum v4-r1
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USA Funds Symposium. Description of course and classroom techniques to stimulate student engagement through experiential, project-based, problem-based activities. Includes description of games used to stimulate greater involvement of students (gamification in the classroom).Describes how soft-skills are integral for student success, and why these skills need to be integrated into courses.TRANSCRIPT
Integrating 21st Century Skills Across the Curriculum
Michael J.D. Sutton, PhDAssociate Professor
Department of ManagementBill and Vieve Gore School of BusinessWestminster College, Salt Lake City, UT
Copyright © 2014, Michael JD Sutton
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Agenda1) Leading Questions2) Anticipating Workforce
Ready Students3) 70-20-10 Learning
Model4) Looking Beyond Hard
Skills to Soft Skills5) Priority Soft Skills for
Workforce Readiness
6) Teaching Problem-based Soft Skills
7) Integrating Soft Skills and Competencies:
Feedback Reflection
8) Recommendations for Consideration
9) Final Thoughts—Future of Work
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Leading Questions [1]
1. Can you balance soft and hard skills in an educational program for a Global Workforce?
2. Why are soft skills relevant? Why does it matter? How do we focus on soft skills?
3. How can you establish a collaborative student-centric environment?
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Leading Questions [2]
5. Should you engage employers and other stakeholders in curriculum development?
6. What should be the role of faculty in building capacity for coaching and mentoring students?
7. Does Gamification represent a new role in learning strategies for courses?
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Can Higher Education Integrate Soft Skills and Competencies?
• Competency-based and Project-based curriculum is our Educational DNA
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Westminster College Tried to Anticipate Changes that Would Create Workforce Ready Students
1. Increase skills and competencies directly applicable to the workplace
2. Increase retention3. Increase graduation rates4. Construct high-quality relationships between faculty and
learners5. Increase capability to directly assess learning6. Increase visibility in the community, region, and nation as a
thought leader in education
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What Keeps Business Leaders Up at Night?
• “Executives today are up against some wicked problems, and [their personnel] are expected to make sound judgments.”
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Major Finding Identified in our Study: 70-20-10 Learning Model
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Critical Recommendation: Educate Learners in Soft Skills & Competencies
• Skills and competencies demonstrate proof-of-achievement in workforce readiness
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We Had to Look Beyond Hard Skills
[5]
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We Acquired Insight from Focus Groups
• 40 executives, alumni, and business people were invited to work with us
• Business leaders identified the top skills required for their global workplace
• Identified skills were triangulated with other business sources through a survey
• What did we find? What was important?
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What Keeps Business Leaders Up at Night?
• “Increased pressure to make complex decisions at the speed of light, while simultaneously considering […the] impact on the people and the organization.” [6]
[7]
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Soft Skills—What Do They Include? [1]
• emotional intelligence – self-esteem– self-regard– self-confidence– self-discipline– self-motivation– assertiveness– adaptability– empathetic
• emotional regulation• passion• rigor• organization• personal branding/
self-image• sociability/social
awareness
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Soft Skills—What Do They Include? [2]
• business etiquette & manners
• conflict resolution• creativity• innovation• negotiation• persuasion• systems thinking skills
• critical thinking and analysis
• problem-solving & decision-making skills
• interpersonal/ communications skills
• collaboration skills
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The Buzz can be Depressing
• “Students are not workforce ready… “Students … learned in school how to reason, problem-solve, and analyze, etc. more by accident than design.”
• We need to teach students how to think, not how to take multiple choice questions and listen to lectures.”
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Prioritize Soft Skills to demonstrate workforce readiness
1) Critical thinking & analysis2) Problem-solving and decision-making skills3) Interpersonal/communications skills4) Collaboration skills5) Systems thinking skills
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What Keeps Business Leaders Up at Night?
• “Technology continues to progress at warp speed and the skills …[that] leaders [and workers] needed in the past are no longer enough.” [8]
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Critical Thinking & Analysis
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Teaching Problem-Based Critical Thinking & Analysis [1]
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Teaching Problem-Based Critical Thinking & Analysis [2]
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Teaching Problem-Based Critical Thinking & Analysis [3]
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Teaching Problem-Based Critical Thinking & Analysis [3]
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Assessing Critical Thinking & Analysis • Foundation for Critical Thinking
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What Keeps Business Leaders Up at Night?
• “Increased pressure to understand & integrate technology advances” [5]
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Problem-solving & Decision-making
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Problem-solving vs. Decision-making
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Puzzle Problems/Decisions• Silent Towers • Patterns
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Well-structured Problems/Decisions
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Ill-structured Problems/Decisions
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What Keeps Business Leaders Up at Night?
• “Relationships are the critical success factor for growing business” [8]
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Interpersonal/Communications Skills [1]
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Interpersonal/Communications Skills [2]
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Teaching Problem-based Interpersonal/Communication Skills
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What Keeps Business Leaders Up at Night?
• “Increased pressure to understand the global marketplace” [6]
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Collaboration Skills
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Collaboration Skills Framework
Leadership Followship
TeamshipCommunity-
ship
Collaboration
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Teaching Problem-based Collaboration Skills
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Feedback
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Reflection
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Can Higher Education Integrate the Competencies Employers Require?
What is the Business Value Proposition of rewiring our students’ Educational DNA incrementally through competencies and projects
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How Can We Positively Impact Learner Behavior?
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Wrap Up Recommendations [1]
1. Experiment incrementally
2. Practice balancing soft and hard skills assessment
3. Build capacity for coaching and mentoring learners
4. Consider Gamification
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Wrap Up Recommendations [2]
5. Engage employers and other stakeholders
6. Integrate Personal Reflection Journaling
7. Establish a Collaborative Community of Inquiry
8. Construct exercises that promote autonomy, mastery, and purpose
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Future Work Skills – 2020 (IFTF)
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Contact Information• Emails:
– [email protected]– [email protected]
• LinkedIn:– www.linkedin.com/in/michaeljdsutton/
• Blog:– http://www.michaeljdsutton.net
• Telephone:– Office: 801-832-2563– Mobile: 801-910-3739
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Intellectual Property Statement (1)• This presentation is Copyright © 2014, Michael JD Sutton
• No part of this presentation (document) may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Dr. Michael JD Sutton.
• These PowerPoint Presentation Slides were made available exclusively to USA Funds and attendees at the 2014 USA Funds Symposium, Giving Your Students an Edge in the Global Workforce, Feb. 24-27, 2014, Scottsdale, AZ.
• Under copyright law, Dr. Sutton is granting you fair use of a copy of this document for your personal and institutional files.
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Intellectual Property Statement (2)• Under no circumstances may portions of this material be used for, or
incorporated into, your own reports, presentations, workshops or seminars without obtaining written permission from Dr. Michael JD Sutton.
• Historically, Dr. Sutton has not withheld consent to incorporate or use specific portions of this material to a reasonable requester. Dr. Sutton only asks that the following conditions be met, in addition to receiving his written permission:– 1) appropriate attribution on the presentation slide or report, i.e., “Sutton, M.J.D.
(2014). Integrating 21st Century Skills Across the Curriculum,” 2014 USA Funds Symposium, Giving Your Students an Edge in the Global Workforce, Feb. 24-27, 2014, Scottsdale, AZ, and,
– 2) you commit to purchase one “Cafe Latte” at the local Starbucks or other well attired coffee establishment for Dr. Sutton, when you meet him next.
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