Developing Student’s Key Competencies through Cooperation with Enterprises

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to describe proposal of the two semester course inspired by project-based learning methods that could be applied to develop students‘ key competencies. Proposed method should be considered especially by university for business and economics, because its purpose is to integrate and develop competencies of final-year university students through working on specific projects in the areas of trade, marketing, economics or tourism. Project topics should be specified by various enterprises that are interested in cooperation with universities, so the course topics will be connected to business practice.

The Integration Of Project Method In University Educational Technologies

“…Most researchers rightly point out the following advantages of using the project method in education: the formation of key competencies for quick response to changing labor market requirements; easier acquisition of technical, personal and contextual competencies; the ability to solve actual problems in the professional sphere; integration of educational and research activities; increasing the level of personal motivation and the development of personal qualities of students involved in project activities (Dušek, 2019;Odarich, 2017;Wu & Wu, 2020). The accumulated experience of integrating the project method in the area of higher education has allowed researchers to identify problems in the organization of project education: poor project method development if implementing it in practice, the difficulties of collaboration between universities and companies (Fernandes et al, 2018;Ruoslahti, 2020).…”

“…In the works of Russian and foreign scientists, the modern society is presented as permanently learning one, and in the conditions of a paradigm shift in target markets, there is an urgent need to modernize educational technologies and choose the most effective ones that work to improve the quality of training (Dušek, 2019;Odarich, 2017;Vylegzhanina, 2019;Ye et al, 2017). The actual requirements of the labor market today are based not only on theoretical or expert knowledge, they also include, first of all, practical skills, such as the ability to solve problems, to communicate effectively, to collect and analyze information and also to be able to work alone and in team, to develop motivation for lifelong learning (Dušek, 2019).…”

TVET Graduate Employability: Mismatching Traits Between Supply and Demand

“…According to (Hassan, 2012), student quality include acquiring the expertise needed in their jobs, possess cognitive coupled with functional work skills, have personal entrepreneurial skills, and professional ethics. Discussions on student quality and competencies also include students' ability and willingness to learn, teamwork and cooperation, hardworking and willingness to take on extra work, self-control, and analytical thinking (Pang et al, 2019;Kenayathulla, Ahmad, and Idris, 2019), ability to cooperate effectively and lifelong learning (Dušek, 2019). Besides the student competencies, instructor traits and characteristics are also important.…”