The transition towards a sustainable economy has given a new term "green competences". Green competences build upon the foundation of core competences including literacy, numeracy, communication, teamwork and problem-solving-which along with awareness of environmental issues and entrepreneurship, facilitate lifelong learning and adaptability to environmental change (Marsden, Medhurst & Irving, 2014) [1]. Organizing experiential learning activities is not new to the learning environment in higher education institutions in the world. However, it would be a new approach to some cultures like Vietnam, where most of students are not familiar with studying in proactive and experiential ways. Experiential learning activities provide students with opportunities to self-construct their competences from experience. This article describes a brief theoretical approach to core competence and experiential learning activities (Project-Based Learning, Learning Games) for developing core competencies (problem-solving, teamwork) of technical students at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education (HCMUTE) in Vietnam. In addition, qualitative (observation and interview) and quantitative methods were used to describe a progression of improving core competences of technical students. Finally, minor suggestions for lecturers to develop core competences of technical students through organizing experiential learning activities by carefully considering a consistency of learning outcomes, teaching-learning activities and assessment according to the "Conceive Design Implement Operation" (CDIO) approach to engineering education at HCMUTE were given.
Nowadays, English is one of the most important languages in Vietnam, so students at all levels in Vietnam have been studying English as a compulsory subject with special attention to speaking skills to communicate and work in the integration world. However, speaking skill is still strongly not successful with students, especially technical students at universities. Therefore, this small-scale research aims to investigate the difficulties which technical students at IUH usually faced when practicing the skill, and the efficiency of experiential activities in improving learners' speaking skills. This research used quasi-experimental method. The sample of the research is 120 technical students in 4 English classes in the second semester of the school year. After distributing a questionnaire to 120 technical students at IUH, the findings indicated that speaking skill is essentially evaluated by most of the students, although they still have some difficulties when practicing. It was also evident that students were interested in experiential activities which were applied to improve students' skills, such as watching films and telling opinions, role play, communicate in group work, and so on. These activities not only enhance students' positive motivation in studying English and speaking skills but also improve their communicative skills.
Collaborative skill is the most mentioned among skills in 21st century skills research because it plays a very importance role in learning as well as working. Although it has received many studies, but researches on the scale to evaluate this skill have still limited. Based on the theoretical related to collaborative skill in the trend to the 21st century approach, the criteria to measure this skill was developed and structured into the scale. Then, this scale was analyzed in two stages: (1) pilot test to analyze the reliability of the scale on self-assessment of 92 students and the got comments and suggestions from 5 lecturers as well as students was conducted; (2) The formal research stage is mainly used the exploratory factor as well as the reliability analysis from 467 student responses. The research results determined that there are 22 criteria divided into 4 factors belonging to 3 components. In which, 4 criteria of the knowledge component, 5 criteria of the attitude\values\ethical component, 13 criteria of the skills component include the element interacts and works effectively with others\ multicultural team (4 criteria) and project management in a multicultural environment, guiding and managing others (9 criteria) were selected.
The value of Buddhism persists for more than twenty-five centuries and has a strong place in the hearts of the public. Modern Buddhism will continue the achievements that have been achieved when each monastic student cultivates the qualities and competencies to carry out the mission of spreading the Dharma Propagation. The socio-economic changes and the strong development of science, engineering and technology in the current period have brought a new breath of life to the path of religious practice, contributing to overcoming limitations. of traditional propaganda in the direction of one-way message transmission. In addition to acquiring knowledge of Buddhist teachings, scriptures, etc., to fulfill the spread of the Dharma Propagation to meet requirements of the new context, monastic students of Vietnam Buddhist Universities need to be equipped with essential soft skills. Although the meaning and type of soft skills of Buddhist preachers have been studied, the theoretical basis of soft skills education for monastic students in Vietnam Buddhist Universities is still little mentioned. The article focuses on analyzing theoretical issues about soft skills education for monastic students, such as the concept of monastic student, types of soft skills that need to be equipped for monastic students, content and form for soft skills education for monastic students. The analytical results of the article contribute to enriching the scientific basis of soft skills education for monastic students in Vietnam Buddhist Universities.
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