To operate in a modern world, the student has to be able to learn skills that go beyond the technical training that they receive in our classrooms. These capabilities, often termed "people skills" or "soft skills," include, being able to communicate, to listen as a way of learning, have an ethical awareness, and the ability to manage oneself as well as others. Students also need to establish critical thinking and "learn" creative thought.
As instructors, we need to be able to teach these skills in tandem with the curricula we are already teaching, but to do so effectively, we must be able to develop strategies for teaching these workplace skills. I hope that this course will aid in providing me with more ways to accomplish that.
