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Duggan, Louise – Online Submission, 2014
Generic skills are considered as key essential skills which are required by all individuals in the engineering profession and are considered vital for success. Integrating generic skills into engineering education is a key concern for universities and colleges involved in delivering such courses. The accreditation criteria for engineering…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Engineering Education, Basic Skills
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Boateng, John Kwame; Eghan, Akosua; Adu, Mavis Osafo – Journal of Education and e-Learning Research, 2015
The study examined factors important for professional success of graduates. It examined the state of graduates' employment considering generic skills acquired during course of studentship at the Wisconsin International University College (WIUC). The relevance academic programmes offered by the University College in helping graduates' maintain…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality Assurance, Educational Quality, Employment Potential
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Clayborne, B. Mawiyah; Seefeldt, Carol – Journal of Negro Education, 1991
Investigates the attitudes of urban mothers and junior high school students toward microcomputers and examines the relationship of sex and other factors to those attitudes. Both students and mothers were found to hold similarly positive attitudes toward computers, viewing computer knowledge as important for academic achievement and for future…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Employment Potential
Metro Tech Technology Centers, Oklahoma City, OK. – 1999
This document, which is intended for vocational educators, contains the materials needed for a group project designed to help students develop the employability skills required to create their own business. The document begins with the scenario for the learning project, during which teams are given a hypothetical $250,000 to form a new business…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Communication Skills, Computer Literacy, Employment Potential
Tyson, Diane F. – 1998
This document contains materials about and from the School-to-Work for Lancaster County Adults program. This program was a special demonstration project designed to develop a school-to-work (STW) model for adult learners. In an alternative high school setting, the program combined academic instruction, career exploration and planning, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Basic Skills, Career Exploration