Sutton 2014 SYMP Integrating 21st Century Skills Across the Curriculum V4-R1

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

Our Educational DNA in Transformation 3

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


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?


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?


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


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

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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?



• “Increased pressure to make complex decisions at the speed of light, while simultaneously considering […the] impact on the people and the organization.” [6]

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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


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


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.”


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



• “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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Assessing Critical Thinking & Analysis • Foundation for Critical Thinking

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• “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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• “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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• “Increased pressure to understand the global marketplace” [6]

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Collaboration Skills

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Collaboration Skills Framework

Leadership Followship

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Collaboration

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Teaching Problem-based Collaboration Skills

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Feedback

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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


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


Future Work Skills – 2020 (IFTF)

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• 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.

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