DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENT SOFT SKILLS IN LEARNING PROCESS
Imron, Andi Triyanto
Universitas Muhammadiyah Magelang
Abstract
Soft skills are very important for students as their provision to enter the workforce. However, the percentage of soft skills in higher education curriculum is only around ten per cent. The study aims to determine the application of integrated soft skills in improving student soft skills and the obstacles encountered. This research is a classroom action research consisting of four components, namely: planning, action, monitoring, and reflection. The results showed that the application of integrated soft skills in general psychology learning had a positive impact on improving the quality of student soft skills. The obstacles faced in the implementation of integrated soft skills are located in the lecturers and students. For lecturers, the obstacle faced lies in the difficulty of controlling student soft skills more accurately at every meeting. As for the obstacles students are caused by their lack of attention when an explanation and review of student soft skills.
Keywords: development, integrated soft skills, learning
Topic: Education